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This blog is about technology, the future, and science fiction. Some posts are about our world's current tech. Others will focus on what could be. I'll post some stories of the future to muse about how strange things could really get if humans ever make it to the stars.
Or, how much they might stay the same.
STATUS OF THE MS: Nearly done! I have taken the lessons from workshopping it, and from reading some other seminal works of Sci-Fi to squeeze out all but the tension, conflict, excitement and, I hope, satisfaction of characters who struggle and only just overcome their challenges and themselves.
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Monthly Archives: April 2015
Overdoing it in the garden again
Today’s post was to be covering some more Android Wear watch faces, as well as some hints for using the bubble cloud launcher. However this morning’s effort to turn the characteristically heavy clay soil in my garden plot resulted in back … Continue reading
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Game on in wearables: Apple Watch vs. Android Wear
I’m a watch guy. I have several nice watches that cost more than an Apple watch, and I consider them fashion statements. None of them will be outmoded anywhere near as quickly as a modern ‘smart’ thing, which have lifecycles … Continue reading
Posted in AndroidWear, Reviews, Technology
Tagged Android Wear, Apple, Apple Watch, design, smartwatch, Sony, strappedfortime
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Will AIs kill us all?
Woz thinks AI is out to get us. Elon Musk isn’t too sanguine about our future either; he likened AI to “summoning the demon.” And with him is Bill Gates: “I agree with Elon Musk and some others on this and don’t understand why … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged Amazon, Artificial Intelligence, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Google, IOT, robots, Skynet, Steven Hawking, The Woz
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Top Ten Enemies to Writing
10. Neighborhood/homeowner/condo association. Dandelions, what dandelions? 9. Medical issues. I cannot type until I fix this hangnail. 8. Equipment problems. 4K monitor! Yeah, I need that. For my eyes. 7. Game of Thrones. Who’s gettin’ killed next? 6. Noise. Users of … Continue reading