Saturday Video Roundup is Science Video Roundup today.
Ghost in the Shell: a 2-minute review
The 2017 remake of the manga classic is marvelous to behold, but not especially filling emotionally. Went to see Ghost in the Shell the other day. In IMAX. IMAX 3-D, to be precise. […]
Large cuts to NOAA research, satellite operations will degrade weather forecasting and military preparedness
Donald wants to dramatically cut government funded research and satellite operations performed by NOAA without affecting the military. It won’t work.
Few rules, fewer regulators — President Donald’s shrink-the-government plan
In the absence of rules and sheriffs, bandits will multiply. The end game of the heavily mediated engine driving American political strife boils down to these questions: What is the appropriate size […]
Should artists retain the rights to their work and images after they die? Jane Austen, zombies and undead mashups
What do we want from our art – novelty or originality? “The… idea, then, is that every technology has a philosophy which is given expression in how the technology makes people use […]
Remembering 2016: the year when everyone died
No, famous people won’t stop dying on January 1. But we lost too many bright lights this year and we hope that 2017 will be better. Here’s a list of noteworthy people who […]
Boulder, Colorado Bureau of Investigation planning new DNA analysis in JonBenet Ramsey case
Can new procedures tell us who killed the child pageant queen? Were there multiple murderers? According to NBC News, “new DNA testing is planned in the unsolved murder of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey.” […]
Macs are easy to use, so long as you don’t install non-Apple hardware on them – The Tech Curmudgeon
If you have a Mac and buy everything Apple, you’ll always be fine. But woe be unto you if you dare to buy hardware from a third party and try to install it on a Mac.
After Donald, of squandered talent, wasted time, and a lost future
Trump will reign over dust and desolation… On 1 September 1859, telegraph operators across Europe and North America watched in horror as their equipment began to spark and behave erratically. Some disconnected their […]
Beware the Windows 10 zombie screen – The Tech Curmudgeon
Windows 10’s update has a zombie screen where you just might get impatient enough to accidentally brick your own computer.
