I have your dislike of flying (though I don't mind driving that much).

HOWEVER, if a job EVER offered me a few days in Antarctcia I couldn't imagine turning that down....

I am often critical of our nation's policies, not because I hate America, but because I love the US that was enshrined in the Constitution and envisioned by the founders....

Humans are highly social creatures. As much as we look at job performance metrics, there is substantial interactions going on constantly in a workplace that are substantially missing for a...

There are good reasons to buy local, but 'warm fuzzy' isn't one of them.

Every transaction has priorities. Sometimes it's price, sometimes it's specialized service, and sometimes it's maintaining a relationship...

The reason I find black letters harder to read, is that when there is a small visual bleeding of light (dirty glasses, fatigue etc, smearig of white tends to partially...

At my age, I find light letters on black much easier to read.

But framing this as an 'energy' issue is just one more exercise in absurdity.like so many other 'feel...

The future isn't what it used to be.

For some stuff that didn't quite work out as planned:

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/06/26/translation-by-machine/

"In answer to the question “When shall we see a machine translate?” my...

I suspect it's one of those things that is useful for only a small subset of people, but for them its very valuable. I've never had to do it, but...

There's additional stuff along this theme at:

http://www.eweek.com/slideshow_viewer/0,1205,l=%26s=700%26a=209608%26po=1,00.asp

It's easy to be so wrapped in the business/tech side that one misses where the real action is...

Improved databases don't change people's lives.  The real action is in the consumer...

Personally I can't stand fluff of simulated 'walking through shelves' and other irrelevant nonsense.

I want detailed information about products, high res photos where appropriate and effective search capabilities. Let's not...

I remember reading of a site where they suddenly needed several year old backups, and they pulled the tapes from the archive, mounted them,... and then realized that no one...

ah yes, a kindred soul.

As it happens I am starting out tomorrow on another road trip with my 71 Chevy RV

The thing that makes it fun is that it's a...

"Now if only they'd do a 4WD version of it!"

I'd like to see a 4x4 with independent computer controlled motors on each wheel (no transmission), kind of like a diesel...

You are unique...

... just like everyone else.

Oddities make people interesting. Even regarding people whose style of dress or choice of hobbies are something that I never would consider, I'm glad...