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XKCD answers the question “What will new technology do to us?”
When you have questions about what will technology do to us, the first place to look at is the web comic XKCD: Remember: New technology is always scary!
Posted in Chapter 1
Tagged Because I can, Scary technology, web comics, XKCD
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24-hour Video Game Streaming Fund Raiser
My friend and occasional guest blogger Aaron Blackman is doing a 24-hour live streaming video game fund raiser for Omaha Children’s Hospital. He writes: My wonderful wife Michelle had surgery on her heart when she was 3 years old. She … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 12
Tagged Aaron Blackman, Because I can, fund raising, video games
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Why you need to pay attention to what you write (It can be spelled right and still be wrong)
Over the last few weeks there have been several spectacular copyediting errors in newspapers around the country that probably passed right through a spelling/grammar check but still managed to totally humiliate the publication and the staff members responsible. For example: … Continue reading
Questions Worth Asking (Maybe) – All-Disney Edition
How many African-American writers does Hulu have working on their series? Zero, none, zip, nada. (And just 4.8 percent of all TV writers are black.) Behind-the-camera diversity can be as important as in-front-of-the-camera. (Disney is one of the major owners … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 3, Chapter 8, Chapter 9
Tagged animation, Because I can, Bechdel Test, corporate ownership, Disney, diversity, questions, race
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How Lin-Manuel Miranda helped boost a tweet about insulin in Puerto Rico
The one thing you need to know about me as I tell this story is that I’m an insulin-dependent diabetic. My pancreas checked out several years ago and no longer does much. Which means that I have to manually control … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 12
Tagged activism, Because I can, diabetes, Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda, social media
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When Nature Puts On The Really Big Show – Total Eclipse on the Prairie
The total eclipse of the sun in Kearney, Nebraska this afternoon was absolutely stunning. You didn’t need any fancy equipment to see the images. Just look down and see the pinhole images provided by the trees. Lots of high school … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 6
Tagged Because I can, history, news, science, total eclipse
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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
What’s the story behind the possible end of Snopes? Yes, it’s a true story. Sadly, it’s a typical new media battle over who will control a web site. Truly hope this ends well. How do reporters (or anyone else) authenticate … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 14, Chapter 6
Tagged Because I can, Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk, e-mail, ethics, fake news, high school journalism, movies, Questions worth asking, Snopes, streaming
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Proceeding Home
On Sunday of last week I I discovered in the parking lot of my hotel in Florence, Alabama that I had a leaky seal on one of my motorcycle fork legs with fluid seeping out. I was in the middle … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged 2017 motorcycle tour, Because I can, motorcycles, National Parks Tour, Travels
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Proceed As The Way Opens
Proceed as the way opens My two sons learned to loathe that phrase as they were growing up. Conversations would go something like this: “Dad, what do I do if this doesn’t work out?” “Proceed as the way opens.” “Dad, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017 motorcycle tour, Because I can, motorcycle, National Parks Tour, Proceed as the way opens, travel, William Least Heat Moon
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I’m going down to Florence…
A couple of years ago my Dear Wife and I drove 350 miles or so up to Sioux Falls, South Dakota to see Rosanne Cash and her band play one of the most sublime shows either of us has ever … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 7, Motorcycling
Tagged 2017 motorcycle tour, Because I can, country music, motorcycles, National Parks Tour, Rosanne Cash
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