Lawmaker Sues God — God Responds
Maybe you heard about the recent flap over a lawsuit that Nebraska State Senator Ernie Chambers filed against God last week? Apparently God just answered.
Archive of posts filed under the Interests category.
Topics on my particular interests.
“Strategy Letter VI”
Joel Spolsky, of Joel on Software fame, has been in the computer industry for a long time. He’s also a smart fellow who knows how to write, and he has just posted an insightful article on where it looks to him like the computer industry is headed. If you’re in charge of your software company’s …
“US teen trades hacked iPhone for Nissan 350Z”
Despite my opinion of the iPhone, I think he got the better end of the deal.
“5 Things Hollywood Thinks Computers Can Do”
Computers can do a lot — some form of computer runs practically every piece of technology nowadays, up to and including your toaster. But they can’t quite do everything that Hollywood thinks they can. (Call me gullible, but I was able to suspend my disbelief for most of those, enough to enjoy the movies. Except …
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“Nepal fixes Boeing 757 with goat sacrifice”
I can’t tell whether this is true or someone’s idea of a joke at Reuters. If it’s true, maybe they should put shrines to Akash Bhairab in our airports, instead of continually adding more human security people.
“Report on Hindu god Ram withdrawn”
It seems that religion always stands in the way of making money. Unless, of course, you’re a televangelist.
“Running the numbers on Vista”
Interesting… according to this article, not only is Vista not selling well, but there has been a huge jump in sales of Office for Mac, which he’s suggesting indicates that a large number of people are switching to the Mac. I’ve said it before: Windows Vista is the best thing that ever happened for Linux …
The iPhone — Does it Live Up to the Hype?
Over the weekend, and quite by accident, I saw my first iPhone. I expected to be underwhelmed. The iPhone, after all, has been so overhyped in the past several months that it would be nearly impossible for it to live up to it all, even though I’ve ignored the vast majority of it. And I …
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“Flying robot to aid China Antarctic expedition”
Yes, folks, the Probe Droid from The Empire Strikes Back is now a reality.
“Physicists have ‘solved’ mystery of levitation”
Man, I love technology! Even if it’s decades before they can levitate anything bigger than a quarter, just the thought of things like this, or the “invisibility cloak” that the same people came up with the theory for a little while back, interests me to no end.