Flip-flopper, I, nailed by hard-charging reporter
No, it’s not some Republican attack-dog PAC that’s making this claim: rather it’s friend and former colleague Cathy Healy, who notes on her NewStoryTelling blog that I have radically changed my position on the Kindle since she interviewed me some months ago. Absolutely guilty as charged: since I’ve actually had one, it’s become part of [...]
Kindle, a very satisfactory device
So, here’s my Kindle on the breakfast-nook table this morning. Despite the fact that we are long-time subscribers to the print NY Times (and SF Chronicle) I do most of my newspaper reading these days on the Kindle, and this after only 3 weeks since its arrival on Father’s day.
I like it, and it’s dropped [...]
Word Processors
One of the writer’s mailing lists to which I subscribe has a thread on word processors of yore. Writers of similar vintage to myself have been bemoaning the loss of ancient software like PFS:Writer (I ran it on my Apple IIe). One writer admitted he has kept WordStar running, even on his most recent machine. [...]
More on Martian ice ‘mystery blob’
Here’s a lightened, cropped version of the lower image in the post below, showing no Sol-20 type clumps in the shadow, but clearly showing the ‘mystery blob.’
Re-reading a couple of MPL press releases makes me believe that additional digging was done in the trench pictured on Sol 19, resulting in the images of Sols 20 [...]
Ice on Mars: first look
Ice clumps on Mars? The recent announcement, first spotted on the MPL Twitter blog reports that the small grayish clumps visible in the lower left of the trench in the photo marked Sol 20 above, have disappeared by Sol 24, a discovery that is consistent with water ice sublimating into the thin, very dry Martian [...]
The Smart way to Caltrain
Spotted this Smart ForTwo at the Menlo Park Caltrain station when I returned from physical therapy this afternoon. Gotta say that, other than a bicycle, this is probably the best way to get to CalTrain. My Escape Hybrid is good, too…
A Kindle arrives
Sweet spouse Linda gave me a Kindle for Father’s Day - we’ve been spending the last 48 hours fiddling with it. Initially, I’m getting the NY Times and Wall St. Journal daily, and have a Kindle ‘Howto’ book. The ‘electronic ink’ display is amazing - and legible in just about any light. It’s very light [...]
Your iPhone and registration, please
This minor hack came along to Father’s Day brunch as a conversation piece, but I’m thinking, with the right security features, this might not be a bad idea. You could keep credit cards and other small personal documents in a special secure area, which docs would be able to send a special, encrypted ‘handshake’ at [...]
Cell service providers: the end is nigh?
Aaron Vronko hinted at this in our interview last Thursday: once a mobile device has IP access, do you really need a cell phone company in the loop? Especially our current batch of providers, mostly former landline companies that completely missed the IP turn in the technology road. Few of these companies, seeking to recreate [...]
Image issues
This is bad.
This, however, is fun. I’ve been trying out the new, fast Mac by pouring over satellite images of Mars, looking for crashed spacecraft. Really, it’s fun…