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StarLink is Disruptive Innovation. What does that mean?

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Only (right wing) Lunatics Don’t Trust Digital Voting. RIiiiggghhhht

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Looking for an inexpensive, easy to use computer?

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StarLink is Disruptive Innovation. What does that mean?

February 16, 2021December 18, 2025
Commentary Politics Technology

Only (right wing) Lunatics Don’t Trust Digital Voting. RIiiiggghhhht

January 28, 2021December 18, 2025
Reviews Technology

Looking for an inexpensive, easy to use computer?

January 3, 2015January 3, 2015
Business Economics energy Life Technology

“Bank” your gas savings–literally!

January 2, 2015January 2, 2015

Politics

Real Conservative?

Was I wrong?

December 18, 2025December 18, 2025
  • A glowing digital touch screen with a "Submit" button being hovered over by a skeptical-looking finger or an old-fashioned paper ballot box.

    Only (right wing) Lunatics Don’t Trust Digital Voting. RIiiiggghhhht

    January 28, 2021December 18, 2025
  • Has Post-Modernism Led to our Collapse?

    Has Post-Modernism Led to our Collapse?

    November 14, 2020November 27, 2023
  • Revisiting “The Cult of the Amateur”

    Revisiting “The Cult of the Amateur”

    September 9, 2019September 9, 2019
  • “Fair Share?”

    March 17, 2015December 18, 2025

Business

A long-exposure shot of satellite streaks in the night sky or a modern router glowing in a dark, rural setting.

StarLink is Disruptive Innovation. What does that mean?

February 16, 2021December 18, 2025
  • Buy local–for the right reasons!

    January 20, 2016January 20, 2016
  • “Bank” your gas savings–literally!

    January 2, 2015January 2, 2015
  • Part 3 of the “Internet of Things”

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    May 31, 2014July 15, 2014

Science

Solar Kill Shot possible?  Crackpots and Scientists Agree. Sort of.

Solar Kill Shot possible? Crackpots and Scientists Agree. Sort of.

February 21, 2011
  • Our Snowy Vision

    Our Snowy Vision

    February 6, 2010February 6, 2010
  • Seriously, Petroleum may not be “Fossil Fuel” (and may not be running out!)

    Seriously, Petroleum may not be “Fossil Fuel” (and may not be running out!)

    October 2, 2009October 2, 2009
  • Quote for Today from Paul Feyerabend

    Quote for Today from Paul Feyerabend

    August 16, 2009August 16, 2009
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    A letter to @jasoncalacanis about how I see/use Twitter

    April 10, 2009December 21, 2009
Commentary Technology

Google and Political Commentary–Who is really fooled?

January 14, 2007January 17, 20074 min read

As blogs have noted (see here and here) that if you type in the word failure (or, as Google’s own sight points out “miserable failure“)

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Commentary Technology

So what is it? a smartphone with MP3 player? Or the most popular line of MP3 players, with a smartphone inside?

January 9, 2007January 9, 20077 min read

I had quite the interesting conversation with my brother about the whole Apple announcement thing. Mostly it centered around my failure to predict the price-point

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Technology

Yup… Zune killed iPod

January 9, 2007January 9, 20071 min read

Just kidding. I have been watching as someone “live blogs” about the new iPod phone with pictures. If anyone thought Zune was going to win

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Commentary Education

Cartoons as syllabus?

January 8, 20073 min read

I happened across a quite thought-provoking story today at the website “Ask Dr Kirk.” Dr Kirk draws our attention to a professor who has creatively

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Education

Grading Schema

January 6, 20071 min read

Okay, so the “props” thread on this one is huge.   I found this link via my brother, so props end with him.   But

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Commentary Politics

An interesting view of the “first 100 hours”

January 6, 2007January 7, 20073 min read

I have recently been introduced to a blog “Dispatches from the Culture Wars” where the authors appear to generally be more supportive of the Democrats

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Commentary Politics

Truthiness is… in it’s own right!

December 22, 2006April 12, 20071 min read

Well, apparently Truthiness is winning many “Word of the Year” competitions. You may recall, class, that I have often pointed to The Language Log as

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Science

Getting Lunar Science Wrong

December 5, 2006January 6, 20072 min read

It’s not every day that I get to write a blog that essentially “corrects” a story from the Russian News and Information Agency, but today,

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Science
Podcast Religion Science

Dawkins, God, and the presumption of Assumptions

December 3, 2006December 3, 20062 min read

My brother has chosen to poke the hornet’s nest, by writing about Richard Dawkins, and his apparent attack on no lesser figure than God Himself.

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Religion, Science
Politics

Back to the Future…

November 16, 2006November 16, 20063 min read

Remember the fun we had with that blog, “A Liberal Dose?” I still occasionally visit his site, and this time in reading his post, I

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