Author Archives: Thanos

WordPress 3.9 “Smith” now available…

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Thanos

…and I am now running it here. Unfortunately I’ve calendared time with my resume today, so I don’t get to play with it past 11:00 am Central.

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Future of Technology survey from Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Thanos

A majority of Americans are optimistic about technology’s potential impacts on our future even after the last couple of decades of dystopian future films from Hollywood. Most of them when asked about specifics like personal implants or robots caring for … Continue reading →

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Intelligence Gathering and the Unowned Internet – NSA, Berkman Center Panel Discussion

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Thanos

A good discussion on what’s right and what’s wrong with the current NSA rule sets and oversight. It starts dry but gets very interesting, please stick with it to the end. The long-term viability of an unowned, open Internet remains … Continue reading →

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Some Sanity From the Kansas House

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Thanos

Educating our children is one of the most significant things we do as parents and as a society. It’s something key that differentiates us as a species from the other species on this planet – no other species takes as … Continue reading →

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Overnight Rain

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Thanos

This morning there was a lot of water flowing down the creek from the overnight rains, so I had to do one of those water rushing by shots.

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Why I love Google Image Search

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Thanos

I love Google image search because it provides contrast, e.g. a search for “Kit and Kaboodle” will deliver both this: . . and this: To read the whole classic Kit and Kaboodle cartoon from National Lampoon from 1981 go here. To … Continue reading →

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Waves

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Thanos

I like having a Submersible camera because you can put it down at the wave tops without worry.

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‘Electronic skin’ equipped with memory

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Thanos

This is merely the beginning — nano-technology razor thin wearable and/or implantable sensors coupled with computer on a chips wearing highly accurate medical devices that track everything will become the norm as these devices will become printable or otherwise available … Continue reading →

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What’s In A Name?: Okla. Judge Who Denied Transgender Name Changes On Biblical Grounds Gets Overruled

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Thanos

From Simon Brown at Americans United for the Separation of Church and State: An Oklahoma judge who used the Bible as the basis for denying name-change requests by women who had gender-reassignment surgery has been overruled by a higher court. … Continue reading →

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Volvo Road Magnets Tell Autonomous Cars Where to Go | EE Times

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Thanos

An interesting direction from the world of autonomous cars. Carmakers have been stuffing intelligence and instrumentation into cars since at least 1980 in an effort to get them to drive themselves, safely. Autonomous-car designs almost all depend on stuffing enough … Continue reading →

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