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Category Archives: Internet
Makeup Your Mind
(I’m close to reaching my goal of 250 posts. What happens then? I don’t know). I’ve just read a story about someone who went for 30 days without makeup. I’m not sure why I read it as I, like most … Continue reading
Posted in General, Internet, Miscellaneous, Society
Tagged beard, body hair, cold cream, exfoliation, Makeup, self-esteem, spouse
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Fake News
All news is fake to some extent. When a reporter watches some event unfold he or she will have their own in-built and acquired biases, no matter how hard they try to keep them under control. Those who watch or … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, General, Internet, Miscellaneous, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Society
Tagged 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division (United States), alternative facts, Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Baudrillard, Fake News, Gulf War, Huffington Post, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Trump, United Arab Emirates, United States, Veteran, World War II
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The Search for the Fundamental
When does it stop? This screen that I am looking at, the keyboard that I am typing on, the invisible air between my eyes and the screen, even my body, all are composed of atoms, I told and believe. Apart … Continue reading
Mainframes were different
Mainframes were … different. Today we have devices that have orders of magnitude more processing power than the old mainframes. The old mainframes were big machines that performed business tasks for large organisations and that cost millions of dollars. The … Continue reading
Real or virtual caving? What’s the difference?
A bit less than a year ago I posted about caves virtual and real. I’m going to expand a bit on this today. I worked for many years as a Linux Systems Administrator, a job which I loved and to … Continue reading
Trivia
Embed from Getty Images Most people know that bees make cells which are hexagonal to store their honey. As it says in the article, this is the most economical structure in terms of the amount of wax that is … Continue reading
