So declared Clifford Stoll in a 1995 Newsweek article, now reproduced by The Daily Beast. There was actually a time when I thought the internet was for specialists, but I soon realized the error of my ways. (HT: The Agitator)
Using the AI Assistant I have added Jetpack’s AI assistant to my Threads blog, and today I tested it on a fairly lengthy post. I thought I’d show what it did here. I found its suggestions helpful, and I implemented most. There was another round, but they went beyond the time I was planning to…
Back in 1978-1979 I was in my final year of college and was teaching part time at a small private school. I have always been fascinated by electronics, and a bit of an early adapter. At that time, the big technology issue for classrooms was the use of calculators. If children used calculators in class,…
I was thinking about faxes yesterday because someone asked me for my fax number. Now the fact is that I removed my fax line around nine months ago, and that it had been used for nothing but receiving junk faxes for a couple of years before that. All my vendors and customers take purchase orders,…
Linux Magazine has an article with a list of 15 quality Linux games.
I think one of the questions we should ask about politicians seeking office is whether they have a grasp of modern technology and its impact on society. By this I don’t mean that they can identify a few social media sites, but rather that they understand how these things work. Obviously, different skills are needed,…
From the folks at smartermsp.com, we have some brief history of #FORTRAN (#TECHTIMEWARP). I wanted to add my humor note, as I was working with computers while FORTRAN was still fairly commonly used. I studied it and took a challenge exam, getting 4 quarter hours of college credit in the language, but I never owned…
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