Title: The Dueling Machine Author: Ben Bova Source: Librivox URL: http://librivox.org/the-dueling-machine-by-ben-bova/ This is a long short story, or maybe novelette in length. Its a story of good technology used for evil in ways the inventor never considered. Reasonably interesting, but I found it fairly predictable. It might have had more of a surprise to it […]
Title: Manners, Customs and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period Author: Paul Lacroix (1806-1884) Source: Librivox URL: http://librivox.org/manners-customs-and-dress-during-the-middle-ages-and-during-the-renaissance-period-by-paul-lacroix/ This is an entertaining and enjoyable book, as long as you don’t take it too seriously as an authoritative resource. In the areas where I have detailed knowledge, there isn’t much that I […]
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I filed my taxes on time again this year. Same as every year since I started earning an income. Every year, it is a bigger and bigger pain. I used to do it by hand, and very early on started using a computer program that would do the calculations for me. Years ago I switched […]
Notes on “Mineral Rights Conversation”, a listening technique from “Fierce Conversations” by way of a WorkingLeadership training course. I’m not explicating anything here, simply putting notes in a place where I can find them easily for later use. Want to learn more? Follow the links above… 1. Interrogate reality 2. Provoke learning 3. Tackle tough […]
The Security Now podcast by Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte is doing a wonderful series on how a computer works. Every other week (or so, depending on security news) Steve takes the listeners through a discussion of how a computer works, beginning with first principles, i.e. logic gates. Steve has a talent for making technical […]