Category Archives: Technology

RIP, Steve

Posted on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 by Keith

Steve Jobs has died. I’m writing these words of a Mac. But whatever platform you use, you owe the ability to do so to this man. His innovative thinking reached far and wide, from Pixar to John Hopkins medical research … Continue reading →

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More Human Than Human

Posted on Friday, May 13, 2011 by Keith

Note: This is a bit from the novel in progress that I cut. It’s a little too much of an info dump and I found a better way to convey the same information in half the words, while doing some … Continue reading →

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Number 1: Stop Eating Patato Chips

Posted on Thursday, October 14, 2010 by Keith

Over at io9, Annalee Newitz has a grand little editorial taking the piss out of the Singularity: It’s not that we couldn’t anticipate these problems, and even generate some Plan B ideas for dealing with them. But it’s hard to … Continue reading →

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A Bridge from the Past to the Future that Never Was

Posted on Saturday, April 17, 2010 by Keith

Don’t mind me, I’m just going to spill a few links here so I can find them later. This is a reference post of cool things that, for the astute, will give you an idea of what the new book … Continue reading →

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Yours is an Unoriginal Sin

Posted on Monday, April 5, 2010 by Keith

The iPad came out this weekend and the backlash is in full form. “Why would I want a big iPod?” says the computer geek, pushing his glasses up his nose. “I already have a netbook running Red Hat Linux.” Saying … Continue reading →

Posted in Geek, I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means, Technology, The Best Minds of My Generation, Things That Are Not Bombs | 1 Comment

The Wookie Always Wins

Posted on Thursday, March 4, 2010 by Keith

Paul Campos over at Lawyers Guns and Money makes an interesting observation about the lingua franca of our modern world, pop culture references: [...] at this point I find that the only two film references that I can always count … Continue reading →

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Cybermen with Italian Accents

Posted on Thursday, September 10, 2009 by Keith

Charlie Stross has found an odd turn of events in Italian Politics: …transhumanism is going to influence the next century because, unless we are very unlucky indeed, the biotechnology, nanotechnology, and telecommunications industries are going to deliver goods that combine … Continue reading →

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A New Utility: The Library as Critical Infrastructure

Posted on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 by Keith

Everyone who plays the board game Monopoly knows that the real power properties to own are the utilities. If you have Water Works, the Electric Company and all four railroads in your pile, you’ve got a solid chance of winning, … Continue reading →

Posted in Libraries, Technology, The Land of Suede Elbow Pads, What The Internet Needs Now | 3 Comments

Featurs, Not Bugs

Posted on Sunday, July 19, 2009 by Keith

I’ve been asked when my book will be available on the Kindle and I’ve sort of hemmed and hawed a bit in answering, because, to be honest, I don’t like the Kindle. I think it’s a flawed device and would … Continue reading →

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Google Was A Racecar Driver

Posted on Thursday, July 9, 2009 by Keith

Douglas Rushkoff has an interesting little piece up about Google’s new Chrome Operating System: Although Google Apps alone may not have convinced the public of the benefits of cloud computing, the introduction of $100 and $200 “netbooks” like the Asus … Continue reading →

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