All the Pages Are My Days - the first 12 years
the (archived) online world of Mike Rodriquez 2002-2012
I’m not gonna dwell on it today, but the simple fact is that the things that made America a great country are diminished as compared to one year ago, especially in the area of civil rights and civil liberties. Thankfully, the true American spirit is starting to show, and here’s an example, courtesy of the … Read more
This keynote address, presented by Tim O’Reilly at an Apple developers conference in May of 2002, is a very interesting read that serves as Tim’s overview of the leading edge of the tech landscape, and is not Apple-centric in the least.
“I’m an inventor, and that’s what made me interested in trend analysis: Inventions need to make sense in the world where you finish a project, not the world in which you start the project.” Ray Kurzweil 2002
Starting w/the 146 pictures taken during 5 days in Mendocino, I’ve selected the best, most representative ones and made them available on the web. After selecting, sorting, and renaming, the only thing left to publish the photos was to copy them to a shared (via samba) folder on my local linux box. There I’m running … Read more
We spent Labor day weekend, padded by a day on each end, at a nice, rustic lodge located on the Mendocino coast of northern California, near Little River. The Seafoam Lodge is a warm and welcoming place, friendly to both kids and pets as evidenced by the frolicking on the expansive front lawn. Seafoam boasts … Read more
Get ready for some of the toughest riddles you’ve ever encountered! Even some of the easy ones leave me scratching my head. [ ..:: wu :: riddles(intro) ::..]
I first read about card counters in the late 60s or so, and then again once or twice in the intervening years. Each time there were new twists to an old hustle, usually involving more and more hi-tech assistance. In the 90’s a group of MIT smarties tried a unique approach, involving team play, that, … Read more
Here’s an interesting story about a San Francisco photographer who is photographing and assembling a 30 mile long panorama of San Francisco. Ranging from popular tourist spots to lesser known areas of the city, the tour will include photos near both bridges. seamless city – about the project
And soon it will be a crime to even ask. politechbot.com: Ashcroft balks at Congress’ request for antiterror oversight
Have you ever *really* cconsidered why the 1st and 2nd amendments are in that rank order? ‘Cause the first allows us to speak to these issues and the second, heaven forbid it ever becomes necessary, allows us to preserve the first. politechbot.com: Ashcroft’s plan for detention camps for “enemy” U.S. citizens