Posted in Information, Internet, Inventions, Web on March 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’ve worked with computers for decades and backing up has always been a hassle - both at work and at home. I used to have a tape system for home but it became impractical years ago when hard drive space far outpaced the expense of tape drive technology. In recent times I’ve been using external [...]
Posted in Information, Internet on March 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Every time I use Google, especially when I’m trying to find a product review, I’m overwhelmed with sites that are trying to sell me something. Any word in my search term can set off a signal to bombard me with results from vendors. I don’t mind the Adsense listings in the right column, but the paid [...]
Posted in Computers, Fiction, Information, Inventions, Kindle, Science Fiction on February 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’ve always loved science fiction but keeping up with the genre is a big damn job. I constantly worry I’m going to miss a breakthrough novel with the impact of Neuormancer or The Life of Pi or Replay just because I was wasn’t keeping up with the times.
As a young bookworm I read several [...]
Posted in Information, Science Fiction, Web on January 4, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The Internet is truly amazing, but I’m not sure if Millennials who never knew a world without the Internet know that. I thought I’d pass on some old fart stories about how social networking among science fiction fans used to work. They aren’t as bad as the stories my father told me about walking miles [...]
Posted in Information, Kindle on November 23, 2007 | No Comments »
Amazon introduced the Kindle on Monday and I ordered one on Wednesday. It didn’t take me long to decide I wanted one even with all the bad web press. I can understand why most casual readers wouldn’t feel the need for an ebook reader, but I can’t understand why so many people are attacking the [...]
Posted in Information, Least Popular, Magazines on June 10, 2007 | No Comments »
I often think about that movie Short Circuit with the little robot named Number Five who kept shouting, “More input, more input.” That’s how I feel about life. I wish I could process information as fast as Number Five.
This morning I cleaned off several chaotic stacks of mail from my desk. I have hundreds of [...]
Posted in Copyright, Information, Least Popular on April 14, 2007 | No Comments »
Libraries used to be repositories of knowledge. Writers wanted their books bought by libraries so they could be preserved for all time. Times have changed and their labors of love are being lost. Quite often when I buy a used book on Amazon.com I get an ex-library edition back in the mail. I recently bought [...]
Posted in Computers, Information, Magazines, Television, Web on March 25, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Yesterday I sat down and read through the latest issue of Time Magazine. I am an information junky, but I don’t read magazines as much as I used too, not since the web. Reading the web is an exciting way to take in data – I can start with Slashdot and follow a link to [...]
