Spaceport in New Mexico

Just reading this story about Virgin Galactic builing a spaceport in New Mexico brings me back to my childhood, reading those Heinlein stories and dreaming about the future. I am glad to be alive when the ‘future’ is happening. On the same page as that story, were stories about the accelerating erosion of one of … Read more

Slashdot Moderator Again!

It had been so many weeks since Slashdot had chosen me to be a moderator. Was I not compulsively refreshing the page enough? Were they mad at me for becoming a Digger? There were so many articles I was saying to myself – oh, if only I could moderate these. And now I can. I … Read more

Shaking Hands with Aliens

So you’re meeting some Japanese friends for the first time. And you want to make a good impression and show you are aware of other cultures. Do you shake their hands, or bow and exchange business cards? This bugs me when I watch movies. In the SF Channel version of “Dune”, when William Hurt meets … Read more

Another Exciting Day with Photoshop

Bali sent a proposal for a tag to be sewn inside (or outside, nobody is quite sure) of our jeans. The sales manager wanted to keep the hearts, but make the label more ornate. The final result is on the bottom.