It looks like reading old newspapers isn’t a new pastime and remains as addictive as ever … Sonoma Democrat > 10 December 1857 OLD CALIFORNIA PAPERS. Californian. — We are indebted to W. H. Crowell, our esteemed County Clerk, for the perusal of a file of the Californian, a weekly paper published in San Francisco … [Read more…]
I suspect this is more common than I know but my first sighting of a kid riding a bike with a cell phone in one hand really bothered me. I use a dash cam and took the trouble to download the recording, find the kid, and clip it to a jpg file. He’s wearing a … [Read more…]
ARS on the Death of the IEEE 1394 FireWire Richard C. Moss – Jun 22, 2017 Good, bad, I’m the guy with the plug From our “Brief history of the USB,” here’s a quick summary on the pros and cons of FireWire’s tech: FireWire had a few advantages over USB in its time. FireWire devices … [Read more…]
WAPO reports on another data screw up with the political machines !
Pre-List: Bridgit Lee KAD – Katherine Downey Bob Bennett Gail (married Bob B above) John Forbes Kimberly Brown Mauri Laitenen Thomas Mahood Terri Morrison Alvar Green Chris Record John Walker Nina Roy Ray Roy John McCloud Mike Ford Joan Ford Stephanie Ford Melissa (sales 1984?) Kim Young Kevin O’Lone Jeane O’Lone Jamie Clay Lance Kemp … [Read more…]
Well, I’ll be dimmed, who’d have thought that things like this would be happening on the open sea? In my brief 5 years on the main, I swear things like this never happened! SONOMA DEMOCRAT 19 November 1857 The P.M.S.S. Company. Give it to ’em.— The following from the Morning Call, gives a rather deplorable … [Read more…]
In a heartbreaking article in the Washington Post about Secretary DeVos’ stand on climate change, the author, Valerie Strauss, adds a letter written by Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island Democratic Senator where the Senator writes of the efforts of the Heartland Institute, a climate denial “think tank” to promote a climate denial information packet sent to … [Read more…]
The history and basis for discrimination is highlighted in a Science News article about a new exhibit at the Musée de l’Homme in Paris.
Jill Lapore hits the nail on the head in her comment in the June 5, 2017 New Yorker “The Strategy of Truth.” Trump and Ailes
I revere the written word, but I’m bookmarking the audio of Dylan’s Nobel lecture because hearing it adds so much more than reading it ever would due to his incredible voice, the inflections and the music. The print version of the lecture is found here.