Gaming for a better world
My bad for not updating this sooner but I’ve been primarily focused on my son, my house and my new job. I thought I would take the time to talk about my new job and the direction I’ve taken both personally and professionally. For the past eight years I’ve worked as a consultant with [...]
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Here’s another article from Big Think about a new robotic tractor that farms crops. The Kinze tractor made by Kinze Manufacturing and Jaybridge Robotics is a robot drone tractor that does the farming without a farmer. Pretty cool stuff. Click here for the article.
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This is an interesting article from Big Think. I found this blog a few weeks ago and I’m really enjoying it so far. In the article, Daniel Altman talks about how China will grow to become an economic powerhouse but their likelihood of maintaining it is not very high. Altman details key factors as to [...]
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I saw a link for this blog post after reading a post on Bruce Schneier’s blog. Basically the author actually read the Terms and Conditions change (Applause!!) and saw the following – “for any purpose, at any time, provided that following collection of such location and speed information identifiable to your Vehicle, it is shared [...]
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Awesome article about how living within your means financially has just as much to do with math as it does conquering your emotions. Great read and the book (Switch: How to change things when change is hard) the author talks about is awesome too. Click here for the article.
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Here’s an interesting article talking about how even before the financial crisis/meltdown occurred America’s jobs were on the decline. They basically say that advanced in technology have reached the place where businesses no longer need to hire additional resources since the ones they have are doing more. With everything I’ve been reading over the past [...]
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I find it funny how anytime any technology company is hacked everyone turns to China and China is the guy in the room throwing his hands up like “NOT ME!!”. So as if on cue, China comes a day after the hack of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and say they had no involvement. The thing I [...]
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Well this certainly isn’t a good thing. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries had 80 computers compromised and even had some of the big databases compromised. This is never good. Click here for the article.
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I think we beat the climate change stuff to death but this article is pretty cool. As always take this with a grain of salt and use the information to better prepare yourself but it sure sounds like Ice in general is melting at a rate faster than it’s being replensihed. The positives are that [...]
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One of the things I really find fascinating is the degree to which the “big boys” operate. For those of us in the normal world we live in MySQL or MSSQL database in the GB’s and maybe a few TB. For the big boys they’re dealing with databases in the PB and even larger. That’s [...]
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My bad for not blogging recently. So far I’ve had to work with my dad needing open heart surgery to redo the valve replacement that started to fail, appraisal hell with the house my wife and I are pursuing and my wife 9 months pregnant. The surgery for my dad went great and he’s now [...]
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Here’s an article from Ars Technica about the changing landscape of renewable energy. I don’t believe that renewable energy will save us, but I believe that it combined with a change philosophically within all humans pertaining to how we consume energy will. Humans take energy for granted (especially Americans) and until we truly grasp it’s [...]
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Here’s a great article from Wired looking at the Stuxnet malware/virus that affecting Siemens PLCs/Software around the world (mainly Iran). It does a good job detailing the players involved and what transpired during Stuxnet’s tenure. As an engineer that works in a manufacturing environment this issue hits home to me. I see several areas where [...]
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Wow, Just wow. Talk about not being prepared for a changing world market and about thinking you’re invincible being the market leader. It seems Cisco is the same pool as Microsoft when it comes to business stagnation.
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My random thoughts of the week: The Casey Anthony verdict was surprising to say the least. Logically from the outside I feel confidant in the idea that Casey had some hand in the death of her daughter. The extent of that may remain a mystery forever but it’s sad to see her walk away without [...]
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Here’s an interesting article talking about America’s decline from the world stage considering technology. The first part of the article admits that many American companies are driving technology and innovation forward but then gives some stats that put the title into perspective: Only Four of the top Ten companies receiving patents were American 5,000 of [...]
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