Links December 2013Links December 2013
Andres Lozano gave an interesting TED talk about the use of electrodes inside the brain (deep brain stimulation) to treat Alzheimers disease, Parkinson’s disease, and depression [1]. Daniel Pocock wrote[...]
Dell PowerEdge T110Dell PowerEdge T110
In June 2008 I received a Dell PowerEdge T105 server to run in my home for a client [1]. That system has run well for over 5 years for the[...]
A Basic Income for AustraliaA Basic Income for Australia
There has been a lot of discussion recently about the concept of a Basic Income (Wikipedia), largely due to the efforts to change the Swiss constitution to provide a Basic[...]
A Better UniversityA Better University
I previously wrote about the financial value of a university degree [1], my general conclusion is that the value is decreasing for most fields of employment that don’t have a[...]
Preferring Not ToPreferring Not To
I’ve just read Bartleby the Scrivener which is a short story about a scrivener who refused to work saying “I’d prefer not to”. It reminded me of some situations in[...]
Links November 2013Links November 2013
Shanley wrote an insightful article about microagressions and management [1]. It’s interesting to read that and think of past work experiences, even the best managers do it. Bill Stone gave[...]
Failures of Intelligence AgenciesFailures of Intelligence Agencies
There’s been an ongoing news issue related to the NSA that I’m not going to directly comment on, Charles Stross has one of the more interesting comments about it [1].[...]
Bad Advertising of ProtoplastBad Advertising of Protoplast
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome In early 2010 I wrote about Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, I gave a picture of the wrist brace and a description of the process of creating it [1].[...]
Aldi Changes, Cheap Telcos, and Estimating CostsAldi Changes, Cheap Telcos, and Estimating Costs
I’ve been using Aldi as my mobile phone provider for two months now since Kogan was shut down [1]. Now Aldi have cut the transfer quota on their “Unlimited” plan[...]
Links October 2013Links October 2013
Wired has an interesting article by David Samuels about the Skybox, a small satellite (about the size of a bar fridge) that is being developed to provide cheap photographs of[...]