As mentioned a little while back, I am putting the blog on hold and writing a book.
O.k. I didn’t do such a good job of that (as the latest posts can testify) but that hasn’t stopped the book from coming along nicely.
They can read be read here.
I’d love to get some feedback on what I’ve [...]
The First Two Chapters Are Up
Robots and Pirates in the News (Ninja absent…but they’re Ninjas…so…)
There have been major news stories in the last couple of weeks involving robots and pirates making war. The ninjas are staying out of the spotlight, but as that is their nature, this shouldn’t be noted as evidence that they aren’t very busy.
First up, the pirates…
NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) — Pirates who hijacked a crude oil [...]
U.S. Power/Prestige Set to Decline Over Next 20 Years (It will Be O.k.)
This is something of a follow-up to my post the other day regarding World War II and the Great Depression. In that post I made the point that a significant portion of the economic success the U.S. enjoyed from World War II to, well, now, was due to the fact that after WW2 the U.S. [...]
Regarding World War II and the Great Depression
I put together a video of an argument last night that I would like to share with you.
If you are a youngin’ and completely lacking in historical context, here’s a bit of it…
That’s it for now, as I went out and about after finishing the video and [...]
The Earth in a Phone
Amidst the launch of Google’s own Android mobile operating system, the company is bringing its Google Earth software to the iPhone App Store. As reported by our sister site News.com, the iPhone version replciates much of the desktop application’s core experience, downloading imagery from Google’s servers as the perspective shifts and dotting the map with [...]
Last Chance…Squandered?
The Associated Press: NASA warming scientist: ‘This is the last chance’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Exactly 20 years after warning America about global warming, a top NASA scientist said the situation has gotten so bad that the world’s only hope is drastic action.
James Hansen told Congress on Monday that the world has long passed the “dangerous level” [...]
It’s All About the Electrons (Flowing, Yo)
The Coming Energy Wars | Newsweek International Edition | Newsweek.com
The lack of any spare capacity in the global pipeline makes it difficult to solve such situations with sanctions; taking any oil off the market would, at this point, merely ignite an already explosive situation. The megatrends fueling the global supply shortage tend to feed on [...]
