The Marv in the Moon

On December 21, 2010 we will see a total lunar eclipse on Winter Solstice, an event that has not occurred since 1638 CE. Decembers always seem to bring transitions, and Saturday, December 11, 2010 will mark the 20th anniversary of the passing of Marvin Argyle Everett (1909-1990), who could have been one of my favorite [...]

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Heinlein Lives On

For myself, I never tended to goosestep into pushing the writings, or personal life of Heinlein into a cookie cutter corner of human thought or political persuasion. To me, the basic Heinlein is enough: Hard Work, excessive logical thought, and extreme appreciation of sexy science or logical beauty, and pragmatism above all else. Authority? The authority at the ‘platoon’ level is plenty to run several universes (20 or so). Loyalty? To the person next to you, in the trench or cube. God? Let’s talk.

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Hello world! 2.0

26 Feb 2008 Update: Be sure to watch Download: The True History of the Internet on the Science Channel starting March 3… Original posting 27 Dec 2007: The first computer program I typed in was on my VIC 20 (20K RAM) by Commodore, purchased from Sears, hooked up to a $10 B/W TV from a [...]

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Klaatu Barada Nikto (when’s lunch?)

OK, I’m an old guy. But way back before the beginning of time (you know, before competition reality TV), I was reading Heinlein and Asimov and Vonnegut. These old guys were writing about a future that we seem to be actually living today. I love the web. Here’s something I stumbled on, looking up references [...]

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Heinlein Lives

…and he built a crooked house. Not the Kirk Douglas movie, but the Robert A. Heinlein short story. Now in the Social Network rez Video Game, Second Life, comes word that someone has built a Tesseract House, in 4 dimensions. Holy Escher, Batman! Here’s the story…And He Rezzed a Crooked House. Heinlein is one of [...]

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