The data storage problem is almost solved. If you were born after, say, 1960, you will see a day on which the entire sum of human knowledge will fit on something portable and inexpensive. We’re mostly there now, actually. The next challenge is doing it inexpensively with no moving parts, and we’re way up that … Read more
Shall we go over a couple of money language items, folks? “$2 million dollars” says, literally, “two million dollars dollars.” What you really want is “$2 million,” which says “two million dollars.” I suppose you could just write “two million dollars” as well, or “$2,000,000.” “.59¢” means I can buy 100 of them for 59 … Read more
A month or so ago, Saintseester invited me to see/hear Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey, who was appearing at ‘seester’s university in the next town. So I took this afternoon off to attend. This is the kind of thing for which I need to find more time. Lea and I both had a fairly active … Read more