I look at Moore’s Law in two ways. One is the traditional getting more into a chip. The other is the overall power of a PC. That includes the GPU as well as the CPU. Unless you’re strictly heavy number… Read More ›
Articles
A day observing the NHS
So, had to take my Mum to the hospital today because she was suffering some worrying symptoms following a stroke 2 weeks ago. Over a period of 6 hours she had tests and scans to check for anything serious and… Read More ›
Is the latest iOS eating your battery?
A strange thing has been happening with my iPhone SE recently in that I am needing to charge it twice a day to keep it powered. By lunchtime I am hitting 20% and then again by 6 or 7pm. My… Read More ›
It feels immoral to just give up and detach utterly
The above comic resonated for me. Lately I’ve been thinking about that balance between fretting over the world and tending to one’s own garden, so to speak. On the one hand, I recognize my relative helplessness to make meaningful change on… Read More ›
The Troll Taunter
When people get forced off the web, their voices disappear from the internet’s public squares. The ideas and memes that dominate skew even further toward a white male perspective. The web becomes less interesting, less representative, less valuable. We all… Read More ›
Filipinos make up nearly a third of all cruise ship workers. It’s a good job. Until it isn’t.
The clearest sign that Regie Lagarde was under pressure came with the sale of his beloved Violeta, a vintage lavender-colored Mitsubishi Lancer. He cut a bad deal and sold her for just $1,800. He’d spent the previous nine months applying… Read More ›
Sometimes putting ink on paper opens up a 2D world
I’m inclined to think some of it’s just the interaction modes. Stuff like entering into a digital datebook is very linear. Sometimes putting ink on paper opens up a 2D world, you can write things in different directions, use arrows… Read More ›
Have you completely migrated to eBooks?
Related but not directly. I use an iPad mini for ebooks and I usually read in bed before going to sleep. The strange thing is that last year I decided to finish a trilogy where I had read the first… Read More ›
The real world
Do you ever wonder if your phone, tablet or computer actually help you to get things done or if they just get in the way? I have been pondering this quite often over the past 6 months when real events… Read More ›
Tough tough problem
Tough tough problem. No one wants to pay for anything online. Partially because we’re all cheap bastards. Partially because we’re worried that even “micropayments” would spiral out of control. Or any variant system I can brainstorm is prone to abuse… Read More ›
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