Category Archives: technology
Immersed in Apples
Windows 10 support ends in mid-October 2025, and back in April 2024 I shifted from using a Windows home computer to an Apple Mac Mini. I didn’t make that decision lightly, since I’d used versions of Microsoft Windows for 40 … Continue reading
¡Arriba, Arriba! ¡Ándale, Ándale!
Digital technology makes it easy to modify the rate of media playback, and pitch correction makes it far more practical. My wife routinely plays YouTube videos at high speeds, and some folks speed up their audiobooks and podcasts. Recently, Audible … Continue reading
AI’s Potential Impacts on Employment
When I consider the likely impacts on employment of advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), I am naturally reminded of how automation in manufacturing blossomed in the second half of the 20th century. I’m currently reading Kurt Vonnegut’s Player Piano, his … Continue reading
Dark Fiber
Our home’s fiber has gone dark, and we are back on coax. When our house was built in 1981, it was connected to Southwestern Bell Telephone with twisted pair cable and also had analog television service via coaxial cable. As … Continue reading
Alone Time
The modern world is, in many ways, an introvert’s paradise. Technological progress allows me to enact part of the science fiction future I read about in childhood. While practical limits denied us flying cars and human travel beyond the moon, … Continue reading
