Living in the future: Floppies
In one of the boxes I pulled out of the garage a couple weeks ago, there were 100+ 3.5" floppy...
Archive for Computers
That syncing feeling
The problem with doing one little minor computer task late at night (like, say, "sync my new books to my...
Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage
I just picked up the printed book of The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage, and so far it's regularly...
Some pros and cons of Glass
Mat Honan wore Google Glass for much of 2013; in an article for Wired, he talks about what it's like...
When the Internet of Things fails
For the past three or four weeks, I've had a blizzard of technological failures. There was a period when my...
Star Trek science
I've seen a couple of people complain about the new Trek movies not being very scientific, which led me to...
Backup day
I hereby declare today to be Back Up Your Data Day. Today, I recommend doing a backup that you don't...
Computer-player gender?
When you're playing an abstract computer game against one or more computerized opponents (chess, say, or checkers, or Dicewar--any game...
Belief and bias confirmation
I've observed for a while now (or perhaps I should say "believed") that people generally tend to notice evidence that...
PEBKAC
Sometimes, customer service and/or tech support are the problem. But sometimes, I'm the problem. I have to reconfigure my work...
Futurism now! (Singularity, non-Singularity, and Rapture)
Just happened across a Vernor Vinge piece from early 2007 called "What If the Singularity Does NOT Happen?", presenting three...
Technology delays
Last week was a week of waiting for certain items of technology to appear. (Wrote this on Saturday but didn't...