Should we trust robots? Do you trust your cat?
Every night, Fred, my pet cat of going on four years now, curls up at the foot of my bed, purrs, and sleeps soundly. In the morning, he wakes me for his breakfast with irresistible insistence....
Category: About Technology
Texting vs Talking
Was reading an article recently about dialog communications and how texting has replaced talking in a lot of modern communication. (http://alistapart.com/article/conversational-design) It had an interesting diagram that displayed a time line of human communication going back...
2 Way Speaker Project
Sometime in high school I developed a fetish for designing and building audio speaker systems. My very first effort was a 3’ high, 2’ wide, 1’ deep plywood box with one 10” driver...
Humanity from beginning to end in 3.2 million years
Two interesting texts describe humanity from both ends of the spectrum. Wanderlust , a History of Walking by Rebecca Solnet. 2001 In the early chapters, Rebecca explores anthropological research regarding the role of bipedalism in the...
Is it Sloppy or Efficient?
I recently read an an article on software development process that relates to common themes not only in programming but in problem solving in general. I didn’t agree with the author and commented on his article...
Life Philosophies for Aging Software Developers
While browsing thru various newsletters that had been piling up in my inbox lately I came across two articles that had similar themes and were written by people in my age group, more or less. Notice...
Should Computer Programming Be Required in Schools?
The following is one of several rants I have on the topic of computer programming as a life skill vs a vocational skill. I love swimming upstream on this topic. An article in Quartz at http://qz.com/340551 ...