Dwayne Phillips ' Day Book
Items
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: June 1-7, 2015
Summary of this week:
- Windows 10 coming July 29
- Intel buys Altera
- Intel shows Skylake processors in 4K tablet
- Biostamps are almost here
- The Patriot Act is replaced by the USA Freedom Act
- Tim Cook blisters Google on monetization of users
- Researchers transmit power to a sensor over WiFi
Monday
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- Sunday
Monday June 1, 2015
Microsoft Windows 10 will be available 29 July.
Windows 10 upgrade icons are appearing on computer screens.
SanDisk introduces external SSDs.
The NSA's bulk collection has expired. Those who think the collection will stop today don't understand how the Federal government functions.
A moment in time, Ars Technica reviews the Windows laptop state-of-the-practice for Spring 2015.
Industrial espionage is alive and well in the Internet age.
ASUS shows a new tiny portable projector for use with your smartphone.
ASUS has a new convertable for Windows 10 with the type C USB port.
GoPro puts an LCD touchscreen on its low-end model and raises the price.
This story is all over the Internet, so it must be important: someone tossed an Apple I into a dumpster.
Nvidia evolves its graphics cards another step.
ASUS updates its ZenWatch.
SanDisk releases nub USB drive with 128GigaBytes of storage.
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Tuesday June 2, 2015
Most significant news of the day: The biostamp is almost here: a "temporary tattoo that feels like skin, yet is laden with electronics"
Early rumors that Apple is building a 2-in-1 convertable portable.
Intel shows a tablet with a 4K display usings its next-gen Skylake processor. Here come the tablet supercomputers.
Amazon is testing more robots for use in their warehouses. Unemployment will grow.
The story behind Google's cardboard VR success.
Fun in government (not): The state of Alaska laysoff 10,000 employees due to no money.
In Paris, the government is removing lovers' padlocks from bridges because the weight is collapsing the bridges.
Co-working firm WeWork is opening a second building in London as their first is full.
Medium is cutting back on publishing and staff as it tries to become a social network.
More churning with SourceForge and Gimp.
Google expands its Asian datacenters to keep up with new users.
Intel is buying chipmaker Altera for $16.7billion.
Some people are learning how to keep their data secure: Vanity Fair used a not-connected-to-the-Internet computer for its cover photo. This is called the good old-fashioned Air Gap.
In airport tests, our TSA failed to detect weapons 95% of the time. Why did we spend all that money???
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Wednesday June 3, 2015
Coming soon from Google: photo your food, it tells you the calories.
Tim Cook criticizes Google for gathering your information and selling it.
Banks and credit unions continue to adopt Apple Pay.
USB-C, Thunderbolt, Intel, Apple–it all adds up to more USB-C in Apple devices.
The Batteriser—a little metal strip that will allow our devices to pull all the energy from batteries before declaring them dead.
National Geographic comes to Apple TV.
The Patriot Act is gone, the USA Freedom Act is here. I am suspicious because of the name.
Ars Technica tries to explain the old and the new of NSA surveillance.
Intel releases more Broadwell processors and a new GPU.
Virginia designates 70 miles of road for self-driving car testing.
The PC makers are hoping that the release of Windows 10 will spur buyers to buy. Dell shows new desktop and laptop machines.
The usual reaction to the TSA failing 95% of the time: fire the chief and change training.
PERL 5.22 is released.
Amazon reduces shipping cost to further kill your local store.
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Thursday June 4, 2015
Researchers have broadcast power to sensor using only WiFi. This is significant.
A guy has OS X running on a Chromebook because "why not?"
Thoughts on the economic bonanza that Amazon Prime Air will be if the tech works.
How many arms should a robot have? The default answer is not two.
"It's unreasonable to expect extraordinary work from someone who isn't trusted to create it."—Seth Godin
The case of Dennis Hastert and how the FBI can prosecute anyone. The same happened to Martha Stewart.
These two may be examples of people who are not popular or likeable,
but they do illustrate the power that has been given to Federal
prosecutors by the office Congress and the President over the past
several generations.
A look at how the American Cancer Society revamped its IT.
Showtime launches its own streaming service, and it is cheaper than HBO's.
The near-future of the USB thumb drive will have two types of USB connector.
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Friday June 5, 2015
No Internet viewing today as I was out of Internet reach with college students.
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Saturday June 6, 2015
No Internet viewing today as I was out of Internet reach with college students.
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Sunday June 7, 2015
No Internet viewing today as I was out of Internet reach with
college students, but I had collected a few items during the week for
display today.
How one writer made more time for writing. It is about choices and sometimes about money (hire helpers).
Selling the personal essay. The key is relentless marketing, not writing.
Simple tips for writing
more. The tips are simple; actually following them can be almost
impossible for some writers at some times.
How James Patterson writes best sellers. It is not for everyone.
Tips for going from first to second draft.
Some exercises to help a writer write in new areas.
You are retired and finally have time to write. Now what?
Thoughts on writing a book manifesto before writing the book. Caution with all this "before you start writing" stuff as it can become a life's work and the writing never begins.
Tips on creating a writer's website as a writer without spending a fortune.
As a writer, it is easy to slip into writing the same story over and over.
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