Page 95 of 141 (2810 total posts)
01/07 Electronic Voting: interesting new wrinkle — A lot has been written about electronic voting machines and their vulnerabilities. There is indeed something very primitive about the way we vote today, with markers on sheets of cardboards. You’ve got to believe that we will not always be using physical means, and that sooner or later it will be co...
01/01 Temporal Gifts: travel through space and time — [Handmeon.com is a cool idea](/wp-admin/The%20idea%20behind%20gift%20ecology%20is%20to%20introduce%20objects%20-%20they%20can%20be%20store-bought,%20found,%20or%20handmade%20-%20into%20an%20ownership%20matrix%20that%20moves%20them%20along%20from%20recipient%20to%20recipient,%20accruing%20history%20a...
12/31 Space Shuttle Software: YERO — Who would think that our advanced space fairing craft have a YERO (Year End Rollover) problem? From an article about the YERO problem: > “The YERO problem relates to the shuttle orbiter’s computers needing to reset through a change of year, which could cause a glitch on orbit.” (from Nasa News) I’ve been reading more about the pre-Shuttle space program. One factoid which is almost hard to believe was that the computers on the Apollo had the power of a modern day digital watch. I bet they didn’t have a YERO problem 🙂
12/30 Inner Beauty — If you know or remember the great Inner Beauty hot sauce,  then you will be interested in this article whice (claims to) reveal the actual, original recipe for Inner Beauty Hotsauce. Let me warn you, it is very hot. I tried making a batch. It’s quite easy in the food processor. How did it come out? I would give it a B+ on my first attempt. It resembles the real thing but I thought the spicyness hid the flavor a little, and also it was a bit too watery. Next time I will try to up the mustard quantity a little. Still quite good, worth a try!
12/21 Keep an eye on Inquisix — Here’s an interesting new product, just into beta: Inquisix. This is a service for sales people who need a more effective alternative to cold calling to generate leads. They say: “Now there’s no need to waste time on cold calling when contacts are just an Inquisix Trusted...
12/13 Old wives tale, once more, turns out to be true — Have you had this debate? Does cold weather cause people to catch colds more easily or not? Well here’s an interesting article that says there is ‘scientific’ proof that flu infections do in fact spread more during cold winter months: > “Researchers in New York believe they have solved one of the gr...
12/10 What’s happening to Google? — You know I am a fan of Google. But lately I’ve had some conversations which have sensitized me to noticing the quality of Google’s search results. As I’ve written elsewhere, the world of [Search Engine Optimization is all about manipulating Google’s search resu...
12/09 “We are the people we have been waiting for.” — Tom Friedman recently had a good column about global warming (“global climate change”) and what is, or should be being done about it, where he quotes the Onion: ““Fall, the long-running series of shorter days and cooler nights, was canceled earlier this week after nearly 3 billion seasons on Earth, ...
12/08 Computer Science: Theory and Practice — Joel Spolsky of Joel on Software gave an outstanding talk at Yale which he has written up on his blog. For budding Computer Science majors, people getting into the computer world or business, there is a lot of good wisdom to be found here: My favorite passage is the discussion about the valu...