A readable Wired article about why proofreading is difficult. My father, a technical editor for the U.S. Government, says he…
I like everything. Or at least I did, for 48 hours. Literally everything Facebook sent my way, I liked—even if…
While my 16yo son was mowing the lawn with our push-reel mower, our neighbor on one side slowed down his…
The play that coined the word "robot," Karel Capek's R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), included violent robots, compassionate robots, and herd…
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Untrained teachers. Damage-prone machines. OS bogged down with ineffective security software. The whole town clogged the school's WiFi. What an…
Psychology Today summary of research that debunks the myth of multitasking, with a nifty little practical test. Much recent neuroscience…
New Kindle Helps Readers Show Off By Shouting Title Of Book Loudly And Repeatedly