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I happen to view each day. Science, Techonology, Management, Culture,
and of course Writing
This is my day book for this week. I have modeled this after science
fiction and computer writer Jerry Pournelle's view, or as he calls it,
his Day Book.
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This
week: December August 25-31, 2014
Summary of this week:
- Richard Attenborough dead at 90
- The Napa valley has a significant earthquake
- Amazon buys Twitch for about $1Billion
- Everyone announces a smartwatch (yawn)
- Apple readies for its 9 September big event
Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Sunday
Monday August 25, 2014
An update on progress on Google's modular smartphone project Ara.
Director Richard Attenborough dies at 90.
How to hack into a computer by only touching it.
Why wear a computer on your wrist when you can wear one on your belt? And I continue to scream for recognition of the computers that people wear in their ears.
Tablet sales down and PC sales up. It is a basic refurbish cycle.
How is this for an Internet cafe? 25,000 users at SF 49ers new stadium.
There are now more adult women playing video games than pre-adult men.
We catch a glimpse of Intel's Next Unit of Computing 2.0.
The Napa valley had a significant earthquake Sunday morning.
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Tuesday August 26, 2014
A look at how the NSA is sharing surveillance information with domestic agencies.
For sale commercially: technology that tracks people as they travel the globe.
Amazon buys Twitch—a video game streaming outfit for about $1Billion.
This is rocking the tech world today, which is one of the reasons that
I don't consider these companies to be working in technology.
Just in case you wondered how really rich kids spend their summers...
What we hoped the Internet would be, and the disappointing reality.
How to build your own electric longboard, a.k.a., skateboard for $300.
Simplicam: a less expensive alternative to Dropcam. This is all old technology. I wonder why it is so hot now?
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Wednesday August 27, 2014
Ah,
the American public school system: it appears that L.A. school
officials bought all those iPads because of "close ties" to Apple.
Chrome version 37 is out.
Uber is trying to hire Lyft's drivers. At least they won't be in court for wage fixing.
Seagate is now shipping a 3.5" 8TeraByte disk drive. Life continues to change.
HP is recalling 6million power cables for laptop computers.
Few people liken Internet censorship to book burning. Perhaps more should. See the world of Internet censorship.
If you are a programmer, check out The Grumpy Programmer blog. He is 60 years old and knows of what he speaks.
Comcast attempts to explain that its data caps aren't data caps. No wonder they are the most hated company in America.
Great news (not). 3D printing allows printing "bump keys" that allow lock pickers to open your front door.
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Thursday August 28, 2014
Instagram discusses its Hyperlapse technology.
And now we come to the wearable computers...
Samsung shows its new round-face G Watch R.
Samsung introduces some type of headphones smartwatch thing or other.
Here is a really strong rumor about Apple's smartwatch coming in September.
And more really strong rumors about a large pile of new Apple products next month.
All
public officials should wear recorders to record everything they do all
the time. Such is the horrible state of distrust in America today.
One result of the Napa earthquake was an electrical surge that damage many computers.
Future fiction that we hope for real soon now: nano robots that swim through the body and destroy tumors.
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Friday August 29, 2014
Apple has built a large, well-hidden structure that it will use for its Sept. 9 big event.
A look at the HollyTube industry. It is actually an industry.
For two quiet years, Google has been building its own drone delivery system.
Great photos of Americana: Instagram @everydayusa.
The world is safe as we solve the mystery of Death Valley's sailing stones.
The Russian Army has now sort of officially invaded the Ukraine or something like that. It is hard to tell when and where this war began.
PHP 5.6.0 is now released.
Here is a great graph of a useless piece of information: the hours that people are "in the office."
Our DHS is warning government organizations of malicious use of Google Search by ne'er-do-wells. Gosh.
And our DHS is fighting court efforts to reveal how the DHS places innocent citizens on the dreaded no-fly list.
Official university researchers have proved that those really expensive naked body scanners the TSA used are worthless.
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Saturday August 30, 2014
There was a time when Americans, all of us, sang. Here is the 1937 IBM corp. songbook.
A look at how Apple has mastered the mainstream media.
The Internet Archive has put several million public domain photos on Flickr.
A look at how easy it is to hack into WiFi routers.
If you are one of the few who still produce content on your desktop computer, Intel introduces the Haswell-E 8-core processor.
The coffee nap—drink a cup, take a 20-minute nap. It takes that time for the caffeine to hit your body. This is more effective than just coffee or just a nap.
Imagination Technologies builds its low-cost, little single board computer.
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Sunday August 31, 2014
The entire "The Feynman Lectures on Physics" is available free online.
Alienware builds the "Mac Pro" of PCs for gaming. Can't wait to see it on The Big Bang Theory.
Three quarters of the Ikea catalog is fake—computer generated.
Anand Lal Shimpi of AnandTech retires from tech research and writing.
John Walker, Navy traitor, dies at 77 of cancer.
If you have everything, why not get a tablet holder for the bed.
Word counts for famous novels.
Rules, guidelines, for writers in this Internet digital or whatever we call it age.
Tips for writing on those days, when, you know...
This writer started by helping writers.
In case you haven't noticed, the sharing economy does not share.
Scams aimed at writers. There are many.
Most writers have a routine that works for them, unless it doesn't work for them.
One way to move from writing for free to writing for good pay.
Headaches, depression, and trying to write.
A look at several excellent writer's websites.
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