Net Non-Neutrality
Update: If you'd like to comment on the new FCC proposed policy, the comment period is open. I Loves Me Some Netflix. But Come ON! When Netflix signed a deal with Comcast to pay them extra for faster, more consistent content delivery it was understandable from a...
Rifting on Oculus Rift
If you haven't heard of the Oculus Rift, it's a newly developed 3D virtual reality device that sits on your face like a large pair of goggles. It's said to be immersive and quite amazing even at this early stage. It garnered a great deal of attention a few months ago,...
A Small GMO Victory
I wanted to share a small victory. A relative had proclaimed herself an anti-GMO person to my consternation. She started sending me links, all of which I refuted. Then she told me she'd watched these 2 movies: Genetic Roulette and Genetic Chili, which, so help me, I...
I’ve Been Workin’ on the IPad
....all the live long day. So I am finally getting forced to make my IPad more useable as a work machine. My MacBook Pro is in the shop. The Dell laptop where we do bookkeeping and other Windows specific tasks is also in the shop (well actually, different shops), both...
The Amazing Meeting (Part 3): Taking Action
The conference, which took place in Las Vegas in July, was fun, exciting and stimulating. Meeting James Randi and other skeptic heroes, attending a live recording of The Skeptics Guide to the Universe podcast and just talking to so many nice folks was a thrill. I also...
The Amazing Meeting 2013 (Part 2): What I Learned
Last week I posted my initial impressions and an overall context for The Amazing Meeting that took place in July in Las Vegas. It's important for me to try and record some of the most important lessons from the 4 days of workshops, presentations and hallway...
The Amazing Meeting 2013 (Part 1)
I had the good fortune, OK, the good foresight to send myself to The Amazing Meeting (TAM) in Las Vegas this year. For the uninitiated TAM is the largest gathering of skeptics anywhere, put on by the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF). What's a skeptic? Who is...
The 99% in Vegas
In my last post I mentioned a conversation I got in to with the cab driver who helped me Escape from Hell!, also known as the South Point Hotel. The cabbie was genial and talkative. So I asked him how long he'd been driving cab. His story juxtaposed against the Las...
If Hell Existed
If hell existed it might look a little like South Point Hotel in Las Vegas. It's only 9:30 am. Already hordes of people are waisting health, money and time on rigged games of chance, unhealthy food and drink and cigaret smoke. Outside, it's 94 degrees and a guy with a...
Moves Moves Me
I am six months from being 62 years old! How did this happen? Trying to stay somewhat fit and looking forward to when ingestable or under skin monitoring implants I downloaded a free iOS tracking app called Moves. It simply tracks your movement using geolocation it...