Category Archives: technology

What’s wrong here?

Posted on 9 December 2010 by

The WikiLeaks thing is boiling over. Assange is in jail awaiting extradition to Sweden on rape charges, and his supporters are attacking anyone who won’t support him. Anonymous hackers are trying to shut down the web sites of any and … Continue reading →

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The moon landing

Posted on 24 May 2010 by

My latest package from Amazon arrived a couple days ago, and included a copy of MoonFire, a gorgeous coffee-table tome from Taschen, with text by Norman Mailer and photos from NASA. It’s a history of the Apollo 11 mission, with … Continue reading →

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How Long Will it Last?

Posted on 12 May 2010 by

I hinted at this topic in my post about e-readers: How long will our digital data last? I was first struck by the importance of this issue about 25 years ago when I bought a new computer and attempted to … Continue reading →

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e-Reading

Posted on 26 April 2010 by

The 26 April 2010 issue of The New Yorker had an article on e-publishing, specifically the battle between Amazon’s Kindle and the new iPad from Apple, and the effect that these and other similar devices are having on the publishing … Continue reading →

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