Reforma 222 is one of dozens of urban malls in the largest city in North America. It is a stop on the Turibus circuit, and a popular weekend family destination. Malls may be dying north of the border, but in… Read More ›
Articles
Total Eclipse
A slope’s worth of snow blocked the road; traffic backed up. Had the avalanche buried any cars that morning? We could not learn. This highway was the only winter road over the mountains. We waited as highway crews bulldozed a… Read More ›
The 1939 Pro-Nazi Rally
In 1933, deputy fuhrer Rudolf Hess ordered Heinz Spanknobel, a German immigrant, to form Friends of New Germany, a group based in NYC, with the goal of spreading National Socialism throughout the United States. Though Spanknobel was eventually forced to… Read More ›
Apple News
For a long time now I have been installing and trying out various news apps which has obviously meant that I tend to jump between them to read the latest on specific topics and what is happening in the world…. Read More ›
Music and everything else
As someone who remembers CDs, vinyl and even cassettes I have much fondness for the mediums that music has traditionally been housed within. Mini discs were cool, cassettes were convenient and vinyl offers of the emotion I need in… Read More ›
Unconnected
We decided to spend some time as a family away from our normal lives and to do things that we would not normally do, like talk to each other. This is not easy when your children are 13 and 17… Read More ›
The History of the Slinky
Mechanical engineer Richard James was trying to develop a new tension spring that could keep a ship’s equipment secure while the vessel rocked at sea. One day he accidentally knocked a spring off his worktable. The spring tumbled to the… Read More ›
Looks like AI is taking another step
Looks like AI is taking another step. It’s now starting to read emotions. And of course it’s far better at it than we are and can predict as well. Disney has come up with technology to gauge viewers reactions to… Read More ›
Dying
The questions, as it turned out, were unsurprising. Did I have a bucket list, had I considered suicide, had I become religious, was I scared, was there anything good about dying, did I have any regrets, did I believe in… Read More ›
Fitness trackers- pointless?
I waxed lyrical for some time about the Apple Watch and the fitness capabilities that it offers. I stand by that opinion, to a point, but have realised that the disconnect between the tracking and the user is quite substantial…. Read More ›
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