Three millennia later, it's still all about technology and people. My technological voyages today were no exception ( Read more... )

Electric bikes are easy on your legs, but they make a great upper body workout. So far my bike has been treating me well. With a ten-mile range, the trip to Caltrain is a little tight, but I haven't run out of juice yet. I did on the first day I rode it up the hill: I'd been maxing it out on the flat, and it got halfway up, before I had some ( Read more... )

I'm looking forward to an entirely electric commute.

( An exercise in physics )

Ok, this is worth a blogging. I'll see if I can get this finished while still on the train! The Bay Point line bart this evening left Macarthur, and came to a confused halt on the Richmond line. How does one turn a train around ( Read more... )

What amazes me is how the APOD folks could post this stunning shot and not refer to the Wizard of Oz.

I manage to update my web page so infrequently it's a bloggable occasion. Here's the photographic evidence of our (relatively) recent trip to Cape Town, featuring the usual mix of family, friends, and penguins.
http://bab5.org/~dag/2005/03ct/index.html

My music collection this historic morning brings up the following songs, born out of another time of turmoil, far far away. Here is a playlist (16 minutes total) and here's a little bit about the songs.

* David Kramer, Out of the Blue. A folk singer tells of his origins.
* Johnny Clegg, These Days. Clegg is known as The White Zulu. A very ( Read more... )

I recently got hold of a genuine 8-inch floppy disk, with a 246k capacity, and truly floppy. But when the 3.5 inch disks hit South Africa, they were, of course, called stiffies. If you don't believe me, read the article.
Stiffy disk reaches retirement age

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Last night Molly brought a new puzzle, which had a number of us going ( Read more... )