Monthly Archives: February 2006
Ads for Astigmatic Adults
February 18, 2006 – 11:58 pm
There’s a scene at the end of 2001: A Space Odyssey where powerful space aliens place astronaut David Bowman in a zoo designed just for him. They’ve constructed it from his memories, so it looks mostly like an Earth hotel room, but it’s not exactly right. In the book version of the film Bowman looks [...]
Your First Computer
February 13, 2006 – 11:50 am
CNET asked a number of computer professionals what their first computer was. Jean Bartik’s was an ENIAC—now that’s cool. As I recall my parents got mine—a Texas Instruments TI-99/4A—for me when I was in grade school, after I had pestered them to get a computer (my dad had let me play with the new Macintoshes [...]
Reminds Me of South Carolina
February 11, 2006 – 11:21 pm
For most of today the skies were clear and not a sign of snow. But grocery checkout lines backed down the aisles as people raided local stores for bread and milk. The TV announced church and Monday school closings—all because of an impending, as yet to be seen, Nor’easter.
Bad Time to Pick a Fight
February 11, 2006 – 7:04 pm
Two people in Fresno yesterday got into an argument, smashing their cars into each other, right next to a joint police/U.S. attorney’s news conference. You can see the video on CNN.com’s home page. The U.S. attorney stops mid-sentence as everyone spins to look at the commotion. About five seconds later a half-dozen officers swoop in, [...]
Lots of Bats in Our Belfry
February 9, 2006 – 11:33 pm
Literally. This past Saturday our church held a cleaning day. That probably doesn’t sound too exciting to you, but our church building was built in 1873, so cleaning is like going on an archaeological dig. In fact, ripping up some old carpet, someone found this program from the seventy-third anniversary celebration of the church, held [...]