Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s plane was found. Do vaguely remember the Little Prince books. Of course, I remember the TV show much better.
Learning to do basic math skills with a calculator does probably reduce the amount of time needed to get to higher math skills. Howevr, it probably also makes people more dependent on having access to calculators. Probably I am not the typical person, but when I need to crunch numbers in my head I wish…
Patches! Get your patches! Oops. MS is down!
Ugh. CD sales are up. I can see the RIAA taking this as a sign that letigation does work. MORE 4/14: MPAA snagged a pirate.
The new Batmobile for Batman Begins? Are they serious? page link
I am still following the electronic voting rumblings. The latest? VoteHere released the source code for their software which is used by SeQuoia. Interesting move. Even better is the warm fuzzy they propose to allow people to check whether they voted for whom they think they voted. Some lawmakers are insisting on paper ballots. However,…
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Camera phones are not not so bad. Dvorack’s editorial on camera phones lacks a look at the convenience of having a camera so handy. Taking pictures becomes easier so that at something is taken. Setting up a camera in order to take pictures of the world around me often means I miss what I wished…
Google has a true knack for generating speculation and consternation. A rather impressive feat. The latest of course is Gmail, the 1GB of email storage they will provide. Searchable of course using Google search technology. Some speculate this is not feasible. Other, of cousre, speculate how Gmail might come to be. Those like me are…