Jason Pargin is becoming our go-to guy for a voice of reason on Facebook. Hard truths and reality checks. Mostly apolitical, but an astute observer of culture. I recently came across one of his videos that inserts some reality into content creation. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1D2ptjh638 You can check out his videos here: https://www.facebook.com/watch/jasondavidwongpargin For some reason, this […]
Category: Curated Absurdity
So…. I was at the Y yesterday, where they have a large-print copy of the Bible in the foray. I’m always curious with what page was most recently chosen by a passerby. Yesterday, the Bible was opened to Chapter 1 of the Old Testament book Lamentations. I’d never read it before. It is prosaic and […]
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Monkey Chow
So… I was looking for a new book to read and decided to search for one of my favorite authors, Neal Stephenson, on the Austin Public Library web site. Success! Interface, by Stephenson/George was available! I downloaded it onto my Kindle, then a weird thing happened. It didn’t show up. From past experience I knew […]
We received a call this morning from Jeff Bezos. He told us to knock it off – we either take an editorial position that excludes politics, or he is firing all of us. Swing the pendulum the other direction. This was odd, because we don’t work for him. But when the BEEZ says PLEEZ, you’d […]
The current American administration has brought great shame upon itself and America and her people. Friday, February 28th, 2025, is a day that will live in infamy. After observing the Friday news/social media/spending boycott, I awoke early Saturday morning to the news of the Trump/Zelenskyy press conference. I’ve never been more ashamed of my country, […]
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HOLMES IV
Today we are visiting with one of Elder G‘s predecessors, HOLMES IV, or “Mike,” to his friends. Mike is a sentient analog computer in Robert Heinlein’s novel The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Heinlein makes a distinction between Mike and digital computers, who simply follow rigid rules of logic. Perhaps Heinlein was envisioning today’s quantum […]
At the most basic level, a computer image is a grid of dots of different colors. A computer screen is feed the grid, dot by dot, starting at the upper left corner. It displays a row of dots, then moves down a bit, and displays the next row of dots. When it gets to the […]
There’s a pretty cool story about the Korean tidal energy project at Sihwa Lake. Here’s the net: Success! The International Hydropower Association has an interesting overview of the project: The 552.7 GWh of [annual] electricity generated from Sihwa tidal power plant is equivalent to 862,000 barrels of oil, or 315,000 tons of CO2 – the […]
[Guest Blott from UC#3] Gentle People – using my WLBOTT Amex card[1], I ventured to East Bernard Texas to evaluate the quality of Vincek’s Smokehouse. It is a Czech style place where you can buy fresh meat, cooked bbq or get your deer processed after a hunt. I would give the sausage I sampled a […]
It all connects. A logical progression. Starting w/the most recent BLOTT: Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! => Sleep Till None => Max Shulman => Max’s Daughter, Martha Rose => NYT Cooking Contributor => Yesterday’s NYT => Sardine and Egg Salad Sandwiches NYT Sardine Salad A moment to prepare, a lifetime to master…. (Recipe here) Elder G […]