The end of the world as we know it
No, not a REM song, Boeing has set forth the stuff a lot of science fiction movies are based on, eradicating the life out of electronics. They have come up with a missile, that instead of blowing up the target, sends a huge burst of microwave energy instead. This has the effect of shutting down […]
If we don’t – Remember me.
This has go to be the best blog I have ever seen. No thinking, just visual fun. Just go there and look. If You Don’t Remember Me is the name of the site and you can click on the link and see an image on the full post. The photos are gif files, which by default […]
Employers make it hard to find good workers
I came across this article today while reading Today’s website, and was not shocked. Back when I was a manager and had to sort through stacks of résumés, I tried to look for content. What caught my eye was design factors, you know, stark white paper or a good color. Spelling, etc. Then, I looked […]
The folly of Facebook
Facebook, what image comes up for you when you read that name. It’s a name loaded with lots of impressions. I first heard of it years ago when my daughter had it. I was jealous and glad to see something had replace MySpace at the same time. You see, back then only students could have […]
A final irony for a space shuttle
On September 20th, 2012, the shuttle Endeavour was on it’s last flight, so to speak. This time it was not in space, but low flight over the Southwest on it’s swan song tour before being put in a museum. Terrible ending for a great spacecraft. Just looking at images of it, it needs to be […]
Mount Baker
As an introducton to my pictures while I build pages, a couple of years ago my wife and I traveled to Mount Baker, in northern Washington, to see the sights. I am always on the lookout for strange sights along the way and was rewarded with a little shopping area where there was a fence […]
Eli Pariser talking about “Filter Bubbles”
(From his “Ted Talk”) – As web companies strive to tailor their services (including news and search results) to our personal tastes, there’s a dangerous unintended consequence: We get trapped in a “filter bubble” and don’t get exposed to information that could challenge or broaden our worldview. Eli Pariser argues powerfully that this will ultimately […]
A Look At Homelessness
When people think of homeless, certain stereotypes quickly come to mind. The dirty bums sleeping in downtown doorways at night, the beggars in parks that smell of alcohol, the leftovers of society. That used to be true. Those definitions need to be changed and updated. A homeless person could be the worker in the next […]
