You hear this, or something to this effect, all the time, yet you hear it more often and with more urgency during an election year. If not now, when? It’s the time for change. Break with the past, hope for the future. Before it’s too late!
Okay, it’s now. No, it’s not now, now was then, [...]
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The Time Is Now!
Monday, May 5, 2008
“The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.” — Albert Einstein, physicist
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
May I offer a corollary to the famous quote used in the title: The most taxing activity in the world is doing one’s taxes.
Many people would guess the Professor dislikes taxes because they fund wars, but that is not likely to be true. Much as he separated the abuse of the (technological) fruits of science [...]
HGH: Hubris Growth Hormone
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Without naming names such as Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds or Raphael Palmero, there is a fascinating answer to be questioned in all of this. When it is so much easier to say nothing, or even to confess, especially since there are no punishments when a drug test had not been failed in real time (and [...]
Happiness is a warm glub, baby…
Monday, February 18, 2008
“Why does this magnificent applied science which saves work and makes life easier bring us so little happiness? The simple answer: because we have not yet learned to make sensible use of it.”
So responded Albert E to some question meant to challenge the role of science and technology, with a dash of insulting conspicuous consumerism. [...]
Dear Mr. Cotter… signed, Epstein’s Mother
Monday, January 28, 2008
While writing my last post I had a great idea for my next post. Paradoxically, that is the very reason there has been no posting here for some time. Sure I got busy, but I would have written a quick post at some point but nooooh, that’s not the great-big-killer next post the plan called [...]
Navigating the catalogues of Garmins and Tom-Toms and Magellans, oh my
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
I have held back my holiday shopper’s review for two reasons. The first reason is philosophical. As long as one isn’t tied to superstitious beliefs why not have one’s day of celebration and gift giving fall later, say mid January. That way one can avoid the pre-holiday sales where you get 15% off of items [...]
Wall Climber, X-Game Player
Sunday, December 16, 2007
More than ever the season of gifts is the season of gadgets. For those who aren’t exactly sure what makes something a gadget, it boils down to this: It’s a toy for adults who are in such denial of their childish side that they childishly insist on giving their toys another label, as if that [...]
Tis The Season
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
“Human beings can attain a worthy and harmonious life only if they are able to rid themselves, within the limits of human nature, of striving to fulfill wishes of the material kind. The goal is to raise the spiritual values of society.”
Hmmm, so we enter what is for a huge percentage of the world’s population [...]
Computer Tech Advance at IBM
Saturday, December 1, 2007
NOTE: Severely delayed “current event” blog to follow. This was written at the start of the the tech difficulty, but could not be posted until now.
Researchers are working on processors far smaller than micro-electronic circuits of today. They are close to having individual atoms hold information by having an on/off, or zero/one state. Presently they [...]
Is life possible when the computer goes kablooey?
Saturday, December 1, 2007
The first posts on this site included a discourse on whether Albert Einstein would blog, or even use a computer. Much of his success was due to simplicity, both in thought and in lifestyle. If he could get by without something, no matter how essential others might consider this thing to be, he would do [...]