Wardenclyffe, in case anyone is wondering, is the tower/facility that Nikolai Tesla had constructed as his laboratory and to explore his theories about radio, electromagnetic waves, and wireless power transmission. Construction was halted when his main financier, J.P. Morgan, famously asked (paraphrased) how giving away power was going to make him any money. The facility [...]
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My audience have spoken!
“Rob!” they say. “We want more updates! More often! We want more photography and less of your personal ranting!”
Well, what am I to do? Click to read more…
This guy is everywhere!
On the way home from Sam’s Club, I saw Jesus Christ getting into a mid-size sedan at Walgreen’s. I didn’t know he lived in Gainesville. I thought he was somewhere in Mobile, because Valerie intro’d him as her new boyfriend when we were in Mobile for Christmas. I forgot to wish him a happy Birthday, [...]
My pervasive computing rant
I believe that the promises SF has been making for so many years are finally coming true. The era of the pocket computer, the memocomp, the PDA, the pocket terminal, whatever the various authors have called it - it’s here and it’s in my hands right now. It’s my iPhone.
From the device in my pocket, [...]
… and here it is.
I’ve now done it. I totally trashed the previous version of this site - keeping the content, just in case - and have now upgraded to a shiny, new WordPress Blog!
Joy, roiling and bubbling. Try to contain yerselfs.
