Observations of a NeoDigital Luddite
I finished reading Emma Newman’s novel Planetfall a couple of evenings ago and I’m been trying to figure the best way to write about it since. In general terms, the easy stuff is … it’s science fiction; it takes place on another planet with the cast of the story being a group of colonists that Read More …
Be Curious. Hold on to the doubt. Embrace the mundane. In this case, it all really is, honestly, rocket science. Most of us who count ourselves among the ranks of “Space Geeks” knew the public story of the amazing 2012 landing on Mars of a 900 kg, Mini-Cooper sized rover, via what seemed like an Read More …
I have to admit that I did not read Andy Weir’s novel The Martian until after I’d seen the movie. The movie proving, as several of my friends have pointed out, especially in combination with what happened in Interstellar, that you never, ever, ever get in to an airlock with Matt Damon… My take on Read More …
Jobs and Woz – yes, those guys – once sold illegal electronic devices to the rich and powerful of Hollywood. This is one of hundreds of tidbits of information within the covers of a highly enjoyable book I’ve just finished reading, Exploding the Phone by Phil Lapsley. Through the course of five years, over 100 Read More …