I thought they were gone forever, but it turns out two major commentaries I wrote on Y2K in 1999 and…
Category: Nostalgia
Just Who Is In Charge Here?
“The real danger is not that machines will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think…
Asking For Forgiveness… An Earthly Example of How Not To Do It
In 1833, the Supreme Court took on one its more unusual cases: UNITED STATES v. GEORGE WILSON The case does…
Unexpectedly Joining the Distributed Workforce
After an unusual set of circumstances, my company has shifted its IT and software development staff into a distributed workforce…
Technology is so SaaS-y, it’s not modeling the real world
“The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think…
The Beale Ciphers Solved! … or not?
When I was about 14 years old, I encountered one of the most fascinating puzzles in history: the Beale Ciphers.…
The 26th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall
I was lucky to be in the United States Air Force and stationed at Tempelhof Central Air Base in Berlin, on…
The Third Man to credit for the fall of The Berlin Wall
The Fall of the Berlin Wall is an event that is very personal to me, since I was stationed at…
To Florida, or not to Florida: a quality of life question … maybe
I’ve been really amused over the last few months with some discussions about the best (or at least better) place…
The French Taxi Driver Test
This analogy, which I heard long ago while living in Europe, is a very revealing exercise. The story goes as follows:…