Archive for the 'Tech' Category

The ultimate water cooler for really lazy people…

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

When I was a kid, my dad had to make a rule that you could never take the last ice cube from the little ice bin on our freezer drawer without opening and refilling a fresh tray of ice.  So my sister and I always left exactly one cube.  Then Dad changed the rule to [...]

The Mars lander has landed!

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

We’ve landed on Mars! Check out news from the Phoenix Mars lander.

Giant robot to rule International Space Station

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

OK, I may be exaggerating a bit, but this is how a lot of bad sci-fi movies start out.  A 12-foot tall, 3400 pound robot with 11-foot arms “rose like Frankenstein” to be installed at the International Space Station.  Watch out, guys!  In space, no one can hear you scream.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2008-03-15-space-shuttle_N.htm

Mark of the Beast to Be Illegal in California?

Sunday, September 2nd, 2007

The Bible’s book of Revelation is a tough nut to crack. To figure out what it meant to its readers, you have to understand all kinds of allusions, several literary genres, and a ton of historical context. I will not be doing that today
Instead I’m looking at a popular interpretation of Revelation 13:16-17
“He [...]

Nerd Pastor?

Sunday, July 1st, 2007

I saw a friend’s KC Wahe’s nerd test score so I decided to try it myself.  I guess I didn’t waste all that time I spent getting my computer science master’s degree and writing computer operating system code before I went to seminary.  It’s all paid off.  I have earned the coveted ”nerd god” rating:

Can anyone top that? I [...]

Living or Documenting?

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

I’ve experienced this a number times now so maybe it’s worth writing about…
Eleanor and I always used to take cameras along on our vacations and when we came home, we’d find that we had forgotten to take any pictures. Lately, with growing children, we’re more deliberate about taking the pictures. We want to remember each [...]

Kami the robot called tonight

Tuesday, May 9th, 2006

It was like a sci-fi show. The phone rang. I answered it…

Patents for Dummies

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

Though I saw my first smiley in 1987 or so, they’ve been around much longer than that.

Deja Vu - The end of the good times at Google?

Monday, December 19th, 2005

I remember the beginning of the end of the good times at Silicon Graphics, and it looks like Google might be heading that way.

Sometimes integrity matters more than results

Wednesday, February 9th, 2005

“This was a company that was the essential model of innovation, a great model of leadership style… No CEO uses HP as a model for anything now.” -Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, associate dean of the Yale School of Management (from an AP story)