“6 Things Our Kids Just Plain Won’t Get”
Yesterday’s entry was grim, so here’s something a little lighter. And the thing that makes it funny, at least to me, is that it’s all true. (I always wondered where the term “dashboard” came from.)
Archive of posts filed under the History or Folklore category.
Happy Birthday, P. T. Barnum
Fun bit of trivia: Phineas Taylor Barnum (better known as P. T. Barnum) was born exactly two hundred one years ago today. Just about any American kid who watches any TV probably still knows his name, by way of the touring circus he founded, now known as Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. “The …
“Social Media: Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse”
Apparently today is supposed to be the Beginning of the End: the Rapture. At least according to Harold Camping, the latest of many to take up the job. If you believe, and think that your heart is truly pure, I’d suggest watching this for advice. And if you have pets, better call these guys too. …
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“The Case for Cursive”
On Christmas day when I was six, I eagerly ran downstairs to open my presents. I’d been told that I was going to get something (I think it was my first bicycle — we were living in Florida at the time, so Christmas weather wouldn’t pose a problem to immediate enjoyment). I got to the …
“The story of history is of more for less”
As I’ve gotten older and learned more about what’s going on in the world, I’ve been shocked and dismayed at the problems that I see. To the point that I’ve had serious thoughts about avoiding having kids, much as I want them, because bringing them into this kind of world seems to be a disservice …
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“Email protected by Fourth Amendment, says appeals court”
You know, when I see things like this, I have to ask where these guys were when e-mail was the sole domain of us geeks. Does anyone else remember Operation Sundevil? Or the raid against Steve Jackson Games (makers of one of my favorite games in my late teens, Car Wars) around the same time? …
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“Leading PC manufacturers dropping VGA support by 2015”
Technology marches on — and leaves laggards behind. One of my three remaining external monitors only has a VGA port; two others that I only got rid of earlier this year1 predated any kind of digital connector. Fortunately there are adapters. 🙂 1 I got rid of them only under protest. They were old desk-hogging …
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“Finger may point to solution in Amelia Earhart disappearance riddle”
The mystery of what happened to the famous and charismatic 1930s pilot Amelia Earhart has intrigued people for more than seventy years. It has been the subject of urban legends, and even worked into fiction — I found eight references to fictional works that mentioned her, four of which included her as a main character, …
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