Thinking about my kids’ world. It’s already different from mine. Answering machines and voicemail came when I was in grade school and are almost dead. Long distance isn’t. It’s easier than ever to create. And everyone gets to be an individual. This thought was spurred in part by looking at summer camps and recoiling at the…
Read MoreThe reality of being a single dad is even more complicated than this because all the lines are about half-an-inch wide (to scale), so it’s really an enormous mass of grey. OTOH, maybe that means I really should just stop trying to figure stuff out — but that’s hard to do when your primary skill…
Read MoreI recently purchased 1Password v4. I thought, reading the reviews and the FAQ, that it would import the 548 password combinations I evidently had stored in Firefox. NOT TRUE. The product was shipped with only the ability to import its own format (thanks for nothing) and CSV files. Checking, opening, and retyping 548 sets of…
Read MoreThis article on increasing mortality rates, i.e., decreased lifespan, among certain American women is a good one to for econ and math professors to give to their stats students as a quiz. “Identify errors….” In an email to a friend, I described this article as half-written” because it so obviously makes statements that are completely…
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