The Unfortunate Ubiquity of Smartphones
Bill Kauffman at The Spectator
Topic
Technology
A collection of 170 issues
Bill Kauffman has Never Owned a Cell Phone
Kauffman sightings have grown increasingly scarce. It's too bad. He's great. His most recent offering at The Spectator is mediocre (by Kauffman standards), but it's worth posting for the lede itself: he couldn't order a bagel at an airport because he doesn&
QR Codes Aren't Evil
They just feel that way. We ought to be asking "why?"
Front Porch Republic and Modernity
If you weren't aware, Front Porch Republic is the Internet's premier proponent of localism. Bill Kauffman started it (with others, if memory serves). Though he doesn't make a lot of appearances there, the site is in the talented hands of Jeff Bilbro, who puts
Artificial Intelligence Doesn't Have a Right Hemisphere
Language is the prime material of logical constructions. Owen Barfield, Poetic Diction (1928)
Large language models are trained on human data from the Internet. Lex Fridman, #370, Edward Frenkel (37:30)
"AI Might Eliminate Us, but It Can't Replace Us." Anonymous
The Architecture of Speed
Thoughts build your everyday existence. Technology affects your thoughts. The implications? Ask Marshall McLuhan.
Sometimes I’m Gothic. Other times, Tudor-ish. In the morning I might be Romanesque, but by the afternoon I’m Bauhaus.
The architecture of my mind changes day-to-day, hour-to-hour, sometimes minute-to-minute. I generally want to live
Wednesday
Ride the Wave
I came into an easy $80 a few weeks ago, so I splurged on something that has
long intrigued me: a shortwave radio. I bought a Grundig G4000A. The model was
recommended by a "survivalist" blogger as a solid less-expensive radio, and the
Amazon reviews
Friday
Received in an Email
My computer guy saw yesterday's post and emailed further suggestions to me. I
pass them along as a public service:
"Don't click OK or CANCEL on pop-ups that are telling you that you are infected
or that your hard drive has
Thursday
Cyber Hell
Man, whatta rotten week of technology. My computer at the office got hacked. The
following is a memorandum (redacted as appropriate) that I circulated to all
attorneys and staff. You might want to read it carefully:
> My work computer has been compromised. The virus is particularly insidious.
Monday
iPad Review
I bought one ten days ago. It's really cool, but I'm not convinced it's worth
the price. It doesn't do one key thing that I was told it would do (see below),
but it does a lot of neat stuff.