I’ve been paying attention to the Tesla ecosystem for years. I got my first ride in a Model S in 2013, and immediately fell in love with the neck-snapping acceleration. I thought seriously about buying one… but the entrance into the front seat required more gymnastics than I liked (I’m 6’4” and the doorway was just too low), so I never pulled the … [Read more...]
Surplus Domains Available
April 23, 2020 by
Well, it's time to start blogging again. Twitter has robbed much of the time and mental energy that I used to devote to this blog, but maybe the Great Coronavirus Pause is a good opportunity to add some new content. In the meantime, though, I decided to log into my domain management account and bozhe moi! … [Read more...]
Scary Error Messages
October 2, 2017 by
Apple literally wrote the book on Human Interface Guidelines. I have a copy of the original paperback, published in 1987. It's still worth reading. But the current version lives online. Check out the guidelines on alerts. … [Read more...]
Back to the Moon
September 4, 2016 by
DragonCon is enormous. If you haven't been there, you have no idea how big it is. But, over in the Hilton, is a small (but overstuffed) set of conference rooms that host the "Reality Tracks." These tracks are for a different kind of fan… those who want to build science fiction, not just read about it. … [Read more...]
My Talks at DragonCon 2016
August 24, 2016 by
My annual post in response to the people asking me "What are you talking about at DragonCon this year?" … [Read more...]
Surplus Book Extravaganza
June 30, 2016 by
One of four truckloads of books, headed for storage. They creep up on you. Multiplying silently in the night. Smuggling themselves in the front door, disguised in innocent Amazon boxes. Building themselves nests that spread to cover every wall in your house. Then one day you turn around and realize you're sharing your house with 6,500 books. … [Read more...]
The Martian
September 29, 2015 by
Why am I using my monthly newsletter column to talk about a Matt Damon movie? Because it's relevant to Georgia Tech. Last week, I was fortunate to score a handful of passes to an advance screening of "The Martian." Unless you've been living under a rock, you know this is Ridley Scott's new big-budget movie starring Matt Damon as a NASA astronaut … [Read more...]
Why We Can’t Go to Mars
September 9, 2015 by
DragonCon is enormous. If you haven't been there, you have no idea how big it is. But, over in the Hilton, is a small (but overstuffed) set of conference rooms that host the "Reality Tracks." These tracks are for a different kind of fan… those who want to build science fiction, not just read about it. … [Read more...]
My Talks at DragonCon 2015
August 27, 2015 by
My annual post in response to the people asking me "What are you talking about at Dragon Con this year?" … [Read more...]
Desdemona
May 1, 2015 by
I'm frequently reminded that I lead an interesting life. I got a particularly strong reminder last month, when I got to experience one of the world's most advanced motion simulators -- Desdemona. Desdemona is a unique asset operated by TNO Netherlands Organisation for Applied Research in Soesterberg, southeast of Amsterdam. In a somewhat … [Read more...]
