I wonder if pilots will actually be ok with losing a robotic winman... er wingbot. Equipment becomes an extension of the soldier, sailor, airman, marine, guardsperson, etc... I wonder if in training and in practice, it doesn’t turn the other way around, where due to value (material, physical and psychological) the…

I can’t remember, but I think that I had my finger scanned when I lost my ID on the way to the airport. I had my credit cards, but not my ID. I know I had to use the same credit card to check in and get my tickets, but I think I had to also submit to a fingerprint scan at a the ticket counter. I think they also…

I have used OCR for a long time now, and searchable PDFs (even locked one’s) are a-thousand times more useful than a bookmark.

Free, as in free unless one wishes to save the PDF. Then it’s software-as-a-service.

I just walked by that spot with my family. The pier looks about the same, there are some significant changes mostly due to fires, storm damage, and rebuilding. I joked with my family about the most important part of the pier is that Batman saved Santa Barbara’s from certain doom. (And he did it with panache and…

If there is the possibility of a sequel then the character is immortal.

They can and will do both.

Yes, the answer is yes.

I don’t see asking for ice as a major faux pas, but rather something to highlight cultural differences. It’s a great conversation starter.

A block or two away from Paddington station.

At a wonderful bed-and-breakfast a kid at the front desk asked if he could get me anything before he left for the night. It was hot and muggy and I asked if I could have some ice to make iced tea. He brought me 3 sad little melting pucks on a China dish. He was proactive about it the next night, and that gave me a…

Well that’s the real trick, isn’t it?

I love the early short stories of Stephen King. I go back to his first collection of short stories (The Night Shift) every-other year or so. Along with some other favorites. My mother read me that story in elementary school. For some reason, I still get goose bumps driving through the desert alone, hoping to…

Just before you go to sleep you might hear something. A scrabbling noise, a scrape, the sound of a hanger moving in the closet. Get up and look for the noise. There’s something waiting for you.

Absolutely do this! But some thieves are forgers too.

That robot was designed by a kid as part of a contest, or if you only believe the move’s universe by one of two men who were in a loving and committed relationship that was ahead of it’s time.

I should have started with:

I am writing mostly as a Devil’s advocate here.

David Mitchell on Mensa

We live in the Matrix. Everybody had the same third grade teacher. ;)