My late aunt (by marriage, not a blood relative) suffered from this. I’m sure that it partially contributed to her eventual loss of the will to live.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
Amazon Fire TV
A review.
I bought a Sony Blu-Ray player around Christmas time that has a lot of streaming built in, and moved the Roku to the bedroom. Not sure the features justify an upgrade for me right now, but if you don’t have such a device, it looks pretty cool.
Asteroid Strikes
There have been several city-killer-class impacts since 2001. We were just lucky they didn’t hit cities. And Chelyabinsk really dodged a bullet last year. You should support the B612 Foundation. Don’t expect the government to do anything about this.
The History Of Navigation
Hiawatha Bray has what looks to be an interesting new book
The FAA Learning Period
There was an interesting discussion at the #SpaceTechExpo on Tuesday afternoon. An indefinite extension is one of the key recommendations in my book.
Government Motors
It’s not that GM’s new owners didn’t care. It’s just that they cared more about their political backers: the UAW.
Spacecraft Tech Expo
OK, now that I have my health care squared away (just under the wire), I’m heading down to Long Beach. Not sure how much I’ll be able to blog from there, but I’ll take a laptop.
No, Mr. Tito
SLS/Orion is not only not a “spaceship to everywhere,” it’s really is a spaceship to nowhere.
I really don’t understand what he’s thinking.
The New Space Race
The Modern World
Yes. “The modern world is astonishing. But it has a price: sometimes the expectation of no communication is better than an expectation of communication that goes unfufilled.”
[Update a few minutes later]
This seems related: Wifi is about to get faster.
Too bad it’s not about to get more reliable. I still have to reboot the router every time I want to watch Netflix.