Bill Gates Looks Back…On Gizmodo

For the last week, Gizmodo has been running an excellent series about the world of technology back in 1979, the year that arguable the PC revolution was born. There have been lots of great stories which have brought up massive nostalgia and warm fuzzies for those of us who were alive back then…*cough*like me*cough*.
However, [...]

It’s Just a Phone…

Cross posted with mobilitysite.com.
Sometimes it seems like we can lose sight of that simple fact. All of this is just about objects and tools, things, it shouldn’t be about people and lives. It is business, nothing more nothing less, not life and death no matter how hard some people try to make it so.
VentureBeat [...]

Teach the Children?

 
I am well acquainted with the debate about how to teach your children about your religion and if it is better to let them find whatever they believe completely on their own, so as not to influence them unduly. I have heard many views and angles on the question (as a moderately religious parent, [...]

Analytical Awesomeness

So, I ask you, what if two of the greatest scientific minds in history, Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace had gotten together to do MORE than develop one of the first theoretical computers of all time?
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No, not to have sex you perverts, but to FIGHT CRIME!!!
The incredibly wonderful webcomic The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and [...]

My Favorite Troubadour

Of all the many and varied artists that tumble out of my Zune or iPod or other MP3 player, I have perhaps the longest relationship with Joe Jackson. I have been a rabid fan of his since before I was in high school. I gave his CD “Body and Soul” to my very first girlfriend. [...]

An Early Rock Star

There is nothing new under the sun…not even celebrities. The models and rock stars of today were the nobility and poets of days gone by. Long before there was Mick Jagger or Kurt Cobain there was Lord Byron. He was the sort of man that women desired and men envied, despite any number of [...]

What if these ARE the Good Old Days?

 
We are all quite used to the assertion that everything in the past was somehow better then it is now…or at least more moral. After all, the past couldn’t possibly be as violent and twisted and depressing and depraved as the present, could it?
Well, a cursory examination of history is enough to tell us that [...]

Sunday Music

Some days are just Meat Loaf days…no real reason for it.
They just are…so here is a personal favorite by Mr. Aday.
 

Yo, Joe?

Not to get TOO geeky all in one day, but io9 is currently considering whether or not the upcoming G.I Joe film is going to be the worst movie of all time or not based on the novelization of the script by Max Allan Collins.
Between what I have seen of it, heard about it, [...]

“House Kurita is Landing Dropships…”

BattleMech and the MechWarrior series of PC games were a big deal for me when I was in my teens and 20s, and I remember spending a lot of time playing MechWarrior games with friends and lovers. Nothing bonds you like blowing the crap out of giant robots together. Not only did I love the [...]

Your Brain on Chaos…

The human brain fascinates me just because we know so little about it. It is the center of so much and yet the greatest mystery still remaining in human anatomy. How does it work, and why? What is memory, or emotion…and is there really a soul that gives the spark to the mass of [...]

Culture Vultures

We are creatures of ego and vanity. There are things we do for no other earthly reason then to make people perceive us in a certain way. I still remember myself back in the day, wandering through the darkened streets of Chicago wearing a long military topcoat, black jeans and a grey tuxedo shirt, [...]

An Underground Digression

Tunnel
I don’t remember the where, or the when, but I remember a tunnel.
A tunnel leading up out of the earth, like a black and white mine shaft on Gunsmoke.
A tunnel humid and stinking in the mid day sun, faded blue carpet covering cement but just the center.
Just the center, where people walked down into [...]

Hetero as Low Fat Mayo

Well, it appears I have been outed. Stockholm Pride is running a hetero test on their website in support of their upcoming festival (July 27th to August 2) and to highlight just how idiotic sexual stereotyping really is.
The test is simple and no samples need to be provided. Just enter your Twitter account name (assuming [...]

Yet Another Carnival

I have been looking for the right day to post this video, which is one of my favorites of all time.
This is the day.