Monthly Archives: January 2025

JANUARY 2, THURSDAY

TIME On January 1 we have to remember to change the date on bank checks.  And it looks like many people, becoming aware of the passing of time, feel a need to make New Year resolutions, using this awareness of

JANUARY 2, THURSDAY

TIME On January 1 we have to remember to change the date on bank checks.  And it looks like many people, becoming aware of the passing of time, feel a need to make New Year resolutions, using this awareness of

JANUARY 1, WEDNESDAY

THE AMERICAN WAY (2) Our disconnected way of living is simply the American way, it starts with everything being spread out and accessible only by car.  In Winsen, my wife’s home village, people have cars but everything necessary is within

JANUARY 1, WEDNESDAY

THE AMERICAN WAY (2) Our disconnected way of living is simply the American way, it starts with everything being spread out and accessible only by car.  In Winsen, my wife’s home village, people have cars but everything necessary is within

DECEMBER 31, TUESDAY

THE AMERICAN WAY (1) New Year’s Day, 2025, with only one years to go until quarter century is complete, a century which in my mind just began and will then be one quarter of the way done.  Another 13 years

DECEMBER 31, TUESDAY

THE AMERICAN WAY (1) New Year’s Day, 2025, with only one years to go until quarter century is complete, a century which in my mind just began and will then be one quarter of the way done.  Another 13 years

DECEMBER 30, MONDAY

GREENVILLE MALL So off to Greenville we went to the Apple Store.  I read recently that when the artificial intelligence industry gets into full swing the hubs which will gaing to attract  this new business are not the huge cities

DECEMBER 30, MONDAY

GREENVILLE MALL So off to Greenville we went to the Apple Store.  I read recently that when the artificial intelligence industry gets into full swing the hubs which will gaing to attract  this new business are not the huge cities

DECEMBER 29, SUNDAY

DIGITAL LIFESTYLE (2) What I never got around to yesterday was wondering how technology can be so threatening to so many people when I find that technology enriches my life in almost every way. I have read a number of

DECEMBER 29, SUNDAY

DIGITAL LIFESTYLE (2) What I never got around to yesterday was wondering how technology can be so threatening to so many people when I find that technology enriches my life in almost every way. I have read a number of

DECEMBER 28, SATURDAY

DIGITAL LIFESTYLE I forget where I have written about this before, so if I am just repeating myself just skip this post.  At this point and I thinking about going to Greenville, SC, on Saturday to buy a new iPhone. 

DECEMBER 28, SATURDAY

DIGITAL LIFESTYLE I forget where I have written about this before, so if I am just repeating myself just skip this post.  At this point and I thinking about going to Greenville, SC, on Saturday to buy a new iPhone. 

DECEMBER 27, FRIDAY

BACKLASH I am not an academic, I am certainly not a scholar, my response to India is almost entirely a sensual one, not an academic one.  But one thing that I stumbled on in reading about India was the reasons

DECEMBER 27, FRIDAY

BACKLASH I am not an academic, I am certainly not a scholar, my response to India is almost entirely a sensual one, not an academic one.  But one thing that I stumbled on in reading about India was the reasons

DECEMBER 26, THURSDAY

THE SINGULARITY I just began reading a book called “The Singularity is Nearer: When We Merge With AI” by Ray Kurzweil who is an engineer at Google.  He is the inventor of a synthesizer that can recreate the grand piano

DECEMBER 26, THURSDAY

THE SINGULARITY I just began reading a book called “The Singularity is Nearer: When We Merge With AI” by Ray Kurzweil who is an engineer at Google.  He is the inventor of a synthesizer that can recreate the grand piano

DECEMBER 25, WEDNESDAY

GODS I just had another sudden realization which reveals to me how slowly I think and how blind I am to the obvious.  It makes me think that I might be the last person for this to dawn on.  It

DECEMBER 25, WEDNESDAY

GODS I just had another sudden realization which reveals to me how slowly I think and how blind I am to the obvious.  It makes me think that I might be the last person for this to dawn on.  It

DECEMBER 24, TUESDAY

DECEMBER 24, TUESDAY CHRISTMAS My family has always celebrated Christmas on Christmas Eve because Kathe, my wife, was German and she was the one who made Christmas magical in the same way her German mother had made Christmas magical for

DECEMBER 24, TUESDAY

DECEMBER 24, TUESDAY CHRISTMAS My family has always celebrated Christmas on Christmas Eve because Kathe, my wife, was German and she was the one who made Christmas magical in the same way her German mother had made Christmas magical for