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How Everything Gets Enshittified — and How We Can Fix It
Cory Doctorow’s Enshittification isn’t just a rant about Big Tech. It’s a field guide to how our digital world curdles over time—and how we might reclaim it. I purchased the Kindle version of this book. After I read the book, I started trying to withdraw from Big Tech. In prior book reviews, I put the…
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Exploring Chaos Theory: From Niagara Falls to Science
My wife and I recently took a trip to Niagara Falls, staying on the Canadian side. I also just finished reading Chaos: Making a New Science, by James Gleick. As I looked at the falls and the rushing Niagara River, thinking about all of that turbulence enhanced the experience. James Gleick’s Chaos: Making a New…
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Overcoming Challenges in Learning Electronics
I have always been interested in learning electronics, including robotics and sensors. I have started numerous times, acquiring books and kits, but never got any momentum going. Often the reason was stopping was time commitments to work and family. Now retired, time is less of an issue. The accumulation of materials in my shop was…
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Laser Etcher
My wife got me a laser etcher. I have been playing around with it, but was having trouble with positioning the start of the etching. Finally figured that out. Looking forward to work with etching.
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Napoleon
I am currently reading Napoleon by Andrew Roberts. He has a lot of detail on the battles, but the maps in the book are not very helpful to me to understand what happened. I found a YouTube channel that does a good job of illustrating the battles (https://www.youtube.com/@EpichistoryTv). If I watch the videos in conjunction…
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Writing and Thinking
An interesting essay on writing by Paul Graham. An interesting essay on writing by Paul Graham. https://paulgraham.com/writes.html
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Unavailable Thoughts
My son said a while ago that there were thoughts a person could not have if he only spoke one language. I said I had trouble believing there were thoughts I could not think. Robert Pirsig, in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, has some Koreans tell him that thinking in a language with…
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BOOK REVIEW: Forest Walking by Peter Wohlleben & Jane Billinghurst
Originally posted on Tiger Riding for Beginners: Forest Walking: discovering the trees and woodlands of North America by Peter Wohlleben My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon.in Page Out: April 26, 2022 Wohlleben’s “The Hidden Life of Trees” was one of those rare books that profoundly changed the way I looked at the world, and…
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Bridge
3/12/2022:The WordPress WordPrompt this month is Bridge. First thing that came to mind is a back bridge, facing up, head and legs on the floor. A great overall exercise. I have not done one in quite a few years, but am working up to it. On alternate mornings my exercise routine is based on the…
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