Since I know y’all are just waiting breathlessly for updates on our new Electric ATV or ATEV from Barefoot Motors, here’s a recent article on Wired: Behold the Tesla of All-Terrain Vehicles. Our vehicle is supposedly going to be ready in March. Y’all can start making travel plans to come test drive it; I’m starting [...]
Posted by Deb in Environment, Shameless Promotion, Technology, That which is awesome on December 20th, 2008 | 4 Comments »
“First, writing the decisions down is essential. Only when one writes to the gaps appear and the inconsistencies protrude. The act of writing turns out to require hundreds of mini-decisions, and it is the existence of these that distinguishes clear, exact policies from fuzzy ones.” — Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. “The Mythical Man-Month” (via Brad)
Posted by Chris in Business, Philosophy, Technology on December 4th, 2008 | Comments Off
[from my GeekDad post] No, that’s not a typo. Graeme Base’s newest book Enigma can teach kids about cryptography, but it deserves an extra “crypto” for the clever way the subject is hidden in a story about magic, friendship, and family. Bertie Badger visits his grandfather, the retired magician Gadzooks the Great, and learns that [...]
Posted by Chris in Books, Geekdad, Technology on October 21st, 2008 | Comments Off
[from my GeekDad post] OK, so he’s not a mutant, but he’s no ordinary cat. Mr. Lee has been outfitted with his very own CatCam, designed and built by his owner, J. Perthold, from a keychain digital camera and some custom circuitry. The CatCam provides a peek into the daily adventures of Mr. Lee as [...]
Posted by Chris in Animals, Fun, Geekdad, Technology on October 7th, 2008 | Comments Off
Warning: What follows is a rant triggered by having to log into yet another site in order to carry out some simple task I do 50 times a day on a dozen different sites. It’s not me at my most thoughtful, and it may only make sense to people who care about Web site authentication.
Posted by Chris in Technology on September 5th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
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