It kind of weirds me out that so many people are busily putting up ghoulish displays of skeletons and gravestones at the same time that thousands are dying around the world. I know that Halloween is supposed to be harmless fun, mostly for kids, and that people love a touch of horror. Still, for me, […]
Category: Musings
An old fool sometimes can be unsufferable about sharing thoughts of little value. I know, right?
Time Is Running Out – Energy Strategy Part 1
Our culture today is like a donkey starving to death when he is sitting right between two piles of hay, but can’t decide between the two alternatives. I am referring here to the tension between the two camps regarding energy policy: one says that we must immediately drop all use of fossil fuels at the […]
Open the Processors!
My bachelor’s degree was focused on computer architecture and logical design, and even though I don’t work in that field now, I still have a love for it. When I had a chance, I would sometimes implement “soft” processors within programmable logic and get them to operate in the context of a whole lot of […]
The US Constitution is Not Optional
There is a recent kerfuffle in New Mexico where the governor has declared that armed carry will be banned in certain counties where the rate of shootings exceeds a certain threshold. I could talk about the Second Amendment and how this regulation certainly violates it, in the name of a “public health emergency” no less. […]
No Easy Path
I was looking a little bit into web design. My experience with prior web sites was usually just a little bit of HTML and maybe some CGI. Either that or using a Content Management System like postnuke. Creating a website today is a much more versatile process, but i can see that the depth of […]