Some Things I Get, Some Things I Don’t Get
Some things in life you like, some you dislike. Some things transcend that in our Venn Diagram of understanding: the things you “get” and the things you “don’t get”.
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Quick Thoughts on WordPress 3.0 Beta
A few days ago I installed the current beta release for WordPress 3.0 (WP3), which is scheduled for general release in the next few weeks. I wanted to see what the “gotchas” might be as well as get a head start on getting my themes up to snuff. Here are some of my impressions with getting things up and running.
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Factigamy – The Exploitation of Non-analytical Thinking
Factigamy is fun. You act like a carnival barker, spewing forth out-of-context “facts” in a cynical display to prove any damn thing you want. You should try it. Win friends and influence people.
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Clouds Around My Silver Lining
When it comes to computing with “the cloud”, I’m of mixed opinion. Conceptually it’s brilliant. In terms of how it’s being implemented, not so much.
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Swirling Tides of Media Change
The Internet continues to force content creators and IP-hoarders to re-imagine the future of their business models. The trouble is…no one knows where it’s all heading.
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Sex After Marriage
My take on this week’s group blog topic: Sex After Marriage…or this misconception among men that all women lose interest in sex after marriage.
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If I Had a Billion Dollars…
You’ve just been handed a billion dollars. You’ll never have to work again. Problem is, now you have unlimited time on your hands. How do you choose to spend your days?
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Updating English (again)
Strict grammarians aside, I like to think that many people understand that English is a vibrant and adaptive language. We’ve entered into an amazing era of linguistic experimentation and adaptation. To that end, I’d like to once again throw in my 2¢ worth
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Believe – Part 3, Having Vision
Any intelligence is effectively useless without an ability to perceive that which is external to the intelligence. The key to vision isn’t the how of image gathering, but the processing and interpretation of the images gathered.
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Tweeku
You all know that I enjoy haiku. Several years ago, I found that haiku fit very well within a text message…so well in fact that I almost prefer it. And it turns out that it fits well with Twitter’s tweets, too. But are haiku too last millennium for us?
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Is It Now Time For Blipverts?
This past television season has seen an amazing shift in the entertainment viewing landscape. Due to a ripening of a variety of media, we have finally entered the nirvana of on-demand entertainment. The question is: how to monetize it?
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Will Ayla’s Adventure Ever Conclude?
I’ve been a long-time fan of Jean M. Auel’s Earth Children series of books: The Clan of the Cave Bear (1980); The Valley of Horses (1982); The Mammoth Hunters (1985); The Plains of Passages (1990); and The Shelters of Stone (2002). As this was supposed to be a hexalogy, and we currently only have five published titles, the question many fans have been asking is: “When will the 6th book be coming out?”
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Was It Easier Being a Kid?
I was watching some children in the neighborhood playing. Some were doing something with a ball. Others (this was weird) were sitting at the curb texting. Now, while I’m happy that they are apparently at least somewhat literate, at least enough for texting, I couldn’t help but wonder if something gets lost?
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Believe – Part 2, The Necessity of Chaos
Construction of our AAI will require many elements to work together for sentience to be achieved. The glue we will use comes from chaos theory.
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Are Men Useful For Anything Other Than Gamete Production?
I have an XY chromosome pair. I say this only as a fact. When I consider the species to which I belong, I can’t help but wonder what possible use the 50-ish percent of us with that particular genetic trait have other than to provide a necessary component for procreation?
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Foreclosing on the Fourth Estate
I’ve never been much of a newspaper reader. I am a news reader, however. A better method of delivery than RSS, but just as easy and common, would fit those of us who simply can’t deal with the unwieldiness and expense (economic and environmental) of paper.
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Believe – The General Purpose AAI Robot Project – Part 1, Overview
Who doesn’t want to build a really smart robot? The trouble is, many people don’t think outside the box enough. Me? I don’t think it needs to be a box. I say we start designing for the possibilities soon to come instead of holding ourselves back.
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Tips For Being a Good Manager
Like many of you, I’ve had many different jobs in my life and I’ve had many people in the workplace I’ve had to answer to. Like some of you, I’ve been in that other place…being the person in charge of others. Whatever side of the relationship you are on, it’s an interesting ride.
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