Author Iain Banks announced today that he has terminal cancer. As an fan of his sci-fi and fiction works this is sad news indeed. As…

Something has been bubbling amongst my colleagues. Something we’ve all been trying to articulate over many years in one form or another in blogs, posts,…

So there is this construct Theory of mind on how the data flows Strike heart and long for creation Reflection on where the music grew…

Tones sound and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes. – Beethoven  

Hurricane Sandy creeps ominously closer and we’re as prepared as we can be.  At this point the projected landfall is still early tomorrow morning. We’re…

Lately there has been some upheaval on the home front (episode redacted for this post) affecting our lives.  So for some much needed sci-fi escapism…

What a difference a year makes, let alone eleven. I still remember a beautiful September day, much like today, casually arriving at my office across…

My son Eli is turning one year old on August 5th.  It certainly has been a year of deep learning for my wife and I…

In working with software projects for the web I find that a very important class of end-user is often overlooked: the admins.  We often work…

My son Eli is about 23 megaseconds old today!  That’s around 9 months – the rumor is that the fun really starts now 😉

My son Eli tentatively stood on his own today 😉 while i’d love to have a panopticon [observational] environment because of my(/our) wonderment at his…

Wired has a great interview with Vernor Vinge – interesting because I just finished reading his “Zones of Thought” series!  In the interview he talks…