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My dad wouldn’t drive a Ford if his life depended on it but somehow he knew a guy who knew a guy and he, my friend Rich, and I worked the Punt, Pass, & Kick trials in Milwaukee for a…

This guy created a 10,000 x 10,000 check box and the website allowed users to check boxes on/off, where any change would be reflected to everyone. I enjoyed it; it had a certain Zen / Mandala effect. But then, by…

It’s a jungle out here. Ordinarily I’m a live and let live guy, a let it slide guy, but when something so audacious, so brazen occurs under my very nose, well, I have to say something. There ought to be…

What is ransomware? Who is behind ransomware attacks? Who get hits with ransomware attacks? So where does that leave the Seattle Public Library?

Quotes Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to. You will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do. I shall either find a way or make one.…

Ordinarily I only run on the UW campus on weekends (those kids don’t need that visual of me in shorts as they make their way to and from class.) But since the students are on spring break, it’s our first…

Well before the movie Yesterday I had the idea to use time travel to go back and steal one song from every renowned songwriter. Would Bob Dylan be any less of a genius if I stole Don’t Think Twice, It’s…

The Mercator Projection is the most recognized map of the world today. Developed by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569, it revolutionized sea navigation. It quickly became the de facto view of the world, propogated into classrooms all over the…

I read nearly one hundred books in 2023. Before you start planning my ticker tape parade, I should mention that they weren’t all War and Peace. [Editor’s note: None  of them were War and Peace.] With that disclaimer, here are…