What Cockroaches With Backpacks Can Do. Ah-mazing : All Tech Considered : NPR
Not a lot of people know this, but the Borg actually started as and evolved from…
What Cockroaches With Backpacks Can Do. Ah-mazing : All Tech Considered : NPR.
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My most action-packed dashcam video so far: this is from last November when I was driving back from a performance of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.
Wrong Way Driver
We saw this yesterday on the drive home from work.
Facepalm or How Not To Inspire Confidence
Either this person has a great sense of humor or I am in trouble.
Also see most recent Osophy.
Denver-Boulder House Hunt Update: Buyer Be Rich
So the market in the Denver metro area is quite out-of-whack. It’s heavily skewed in favor of the sellers. And the rental market isn’t any better. So I thought I’d start documenting our woeful quest here on my blog. We seek to buy a house nearer to our works.
Osophy on Names, Common Misspellings of
Incompetence is pervasive and silent.
IPv6 or An Experiment in Address Space
The time has come to make this blog IPv6-only. And so it is. As of right… now.
Unless I hear any objections, it’s going to stay IPv6-only.
P.S. I’ve also enabled SSL. Finally, right? I know!
Update: Well, that didn’t last long. But I’m keeping the SSL. 😛
Phil's Guide to Modern Communications Technology Options
It appears that some of you may not know which communication tool to use or when to use it. Here is a helpful guide:
(Note: Sync = synchronous means real-time communication, asynchronous means not real-time.)
Name Privacy Sync Speed Form Description Postal Mail (Snail Mail, USPS) medium to high asynchronous slow printed text This is the original form of written correspondence. It is still useful and relatively secure from eavesdropping, provided you didn’t compose the letter on a computer to start with. Telephone (phone) medium synchronous real-time voice What one gains in instantaneous communications, one loses in the ability to compose thoughts before communicating them.