Under SOPA, you could get 5 years for uploading a Michael Jackson song, one year more than the doctor who killed him… SOPA is a perfect example of legislation born from ignorance and reactive behavior. Yes, piracy is wrong.. but was it wrong when we were children dubbing tapes in a boom box or making [...]
This morning I read a blog entry from a dear blogger who I follow quite closely and whose opinion I greatly respect.. and also happen to have 4 children with. In my wifes blog entry, she writes about the various type of friendships she acquires and has acquired.. the reason friends become her best friends and others fade [...]
The Early digital watches with LED displays required that the user press a button to see the time displayed for a few seconds, because LEDs used so much power that they could not be kept operating continuously. This additional action kept people away from digital watches until LCD’s were brought into the market and thus [...]
The TRS-80 was to me a technological wonder. It was a taste of what I saw on the Starship Enterprise minus the beeping buzzing and Ahura in mini skirt. I was all of 8 or 9 when i began programming this marvelous machine using BASIC 10 cls 20 Print “Wow TRS 80 is the coolest. [...]