My Best Friend
You’ve probably never heard of Justin Tayler. If you have, you may be part of his inner circle of friends. Social media platform Facebook has a 5,000 friend limit, and Justin is renowned for having reached it. Why the limit? Facebook claims it’s “…to ensure manageable connections and interactions.” I’m guessing Justin must spend a lot […]
Awe
Our granddaughter accompanied my wife on a commercial flight to Las Vegas to attend the 90th birthday celebration of my wife’s mother. When I received a text that they had arrived safely, it included a picture showing our 4-year old GK sitting on the edge of the pilots seat, holding the control yoke with one […]
Time Is Not On Your Side
Jazz trombonist Kai Winding first recorded the song “Time Is On My Side” with his orchestra in 1963. Jimmy Norman added some lyrics to Jerry Ragovoy’s original, and it was later covered by soul singer Irma Thomas. Irma’s version caught the attention of a British rock band that often shopped for imported music in the […]
Sensors and Effectors
The human body is a marvelous piece of work – an intricate network of 206 bones, 900 ligaments, 4000 tendons, 100 organs, and more than 600 muscles (about 40% of the body’s total mass) It is serviced by a vast plumbing arrangement of veins, arteries and capillaries totaling around 60,000 miles. Input from 5 familiar […]
Buttons
My wife and I bought our Tesla in 2018, long before Elon Musk was rebranded as a chainsaw swinging “budget consultant”. One of the things that stood out was the simple elegance of the interior. Whenever friends rode in our car, their first question was always the same – “Where are all the controls?” Another […]
Eureka Moments
The belief that great ideas arise from unexpected brain farts is widely embraced, yet rarely true. The legend about Isaac Newton and the apple is probably to blame. Surely you’ve heard it. Isaac is sitting under an apple tree, pondering the true meaning and purpose of life, when without warning a piece of falling fruit […]
Research
Much of my over fifty-year career has been spent in research. This is where you try risky projects which are likely to fail with the hope that one will eventually succeed and give birth to a new revenue stream. Many see research as a glamorous occupation, until there is a layoff and only those with […]
Rizz and All the Rest
After going full goblin mode at the weekly staff meeting, you may have imagined your rizz rising, but if you followed up by posting a vape selfie without a vax label your followers might just unfriend you. If you think this first sentence is complete gobbledygook, making absolutely no sense whatsoever, you are half right. […]
Don’t Be Afraid
We spend an average of 6 ½ hours every day on the World Wide Web, a portion of the Internet consisting of pages and documents connected by hyperlinks. Over five billion people – two-thirds of the world’s population – works remotely, scrolls through information, and streams content using popular search engines and browsers to index […]
Enter at Your Own Risk
My ISP has been pestering me lately, claiming that my equipment is outdated, and I am not taking full advantage of the higher data rates available on my current Internet plan. I was skeptical, as always, that this was another ploy to sell me less for more – just how bad could my 14-year-old modem/router […]
