Category Archives: Blogging

Meet the Future of Humanity

Her name is Sefra Rose Bowermaster. She arrived on the scene this morning at 7:41 Am MDT. Weighing an impressive 8 lbs. 14 oz and measuring 19 3/4 inches long, she is an American / Malaysian hybrid and clearly destined for greatness. What a future she will see! The pictures tell the whole story. The […]

Michael Sargent 1969-2009

It is with great sorrow that I pass on the news that our dear friend and co-blogger Michael Sargent was killed in an automobile accident yesterday. The Colorado Springs Gazette reports: Michael Sargent made “the future” his hobby. A science buff with a penchant for computers, the 39-year-old Colorado Springs man blogged for The Speculist, […]

More From Last Week

As promised, here’s my take on the customer event my team and I put on at Techwave in Las Vegas. This one (perhaps) provides a little more context. Or watch it on Youtube and click the Watch in High Quality link to see it in all its glory.

Busy, Busy, Busy

Sorry I haven’t been blogging the last couple of weeks, but I’ve been putting in much longer work hours than normal. Sometimes you just have to do what you have to do… (Lots more embarrassing video here.)

The Speculist – Still Written by Humans

I hesitate to link to this, because it might be just a joke. Well, it looks like a joke that was somehow taken seriously enough to become a business. Sort of. Introducing Autoblogger! Their bot will write blog posts for you while you’re out having a life. Here’s the hilarious video explaining the “need” for […]

Now This Is What a Long Comment Thread Should Be

Since I spoke ill of long comment threads on the podcast the other night — bemoaning their tendency to slide off into repetition and somebody being called a Nazi — I must recommend this post over at Marginal Revolution, where Tyler’s readers show how to do a long thread right. (Okay, some of them are […]

Day Job Encroaches

Since Stephen has seen fit to put a picture with a big Brand X logo on the blog for which I shell out monthly hosting fees using money earned in the employ a far superior company, I think it only appropriate that we listen in on some exciting developments from the The Data Warehouse Institute, […]

It’s Hard to Believe…

…that it’s only been 15 years. On this date in 1993, Cern made the Worldwide Web public domain and the rest, as they say, is history. Cern had actually developed the technology in the late 80′s. I remember living in a pre-Web world. I used a Mac with a dial-up Internet connection. The service was […]

It's Hard to Believe…

…that it’s only been 15 years. On this date in 1993, Cern made the Worldwide Web public domain and the rest, as they say, is history. Cern had actually developed the technology in the late 80′s. I remember living in a pre-Web world. I used a Mac with a dial-up Internet connection. The service was […]