Today is my day for sniffling and wheezing with a head cold, rather than taking the road trip I had planned to Kitchener for a needlework show. Instead, I dropped into a recent tech conference in California via YouTube for Tim O’Reilly’s talk while I knitted a sweater ordered recently from the net, based on [...]
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An old iMac (very old, but still runs OS X) found a new home today, from my mother’s basement into the hands of the seven-year-old daughter of a friend. My sister, the original owner, used it daily for years to do her work as a publicist for theatre, TV shows, films and assorted celebrities. After [...] Today I went for a wonderful hike in a nearby forest, not just for myself, but for my mother, whose declining health makes it impossible to do some of the things she loves. The woods were alive with sprouts of trout lilies and wild leeks, and there were blooming hepatica, bloodroot, and coltsfoot and even [...] Commemorating 19th century geek Ada Lovelace is as good a reason as any to (1) start blogging again after a long hiatus and (2) honour two people I know who are admirable examples of women who embrace technology and science with enthusiasm. I am very blessed to know them personally – they are my mother [...] Julian Treasure, who is in the business of making sounds work better, especially for people who sell things, gives a quick primer on how sounds affect us in this short TED talk. I especially like his closing comment, offering bird sounds, which he prescribes at a minimum of 5 minutes a day. I had some great conversations with people I don’t normally see while I was away in Toronto. One friend recommended a conference called Gel, short for Good Experience Live, usually held in New York. Its user experience focus brings together creators and thinkers from various fields, making it somewhat like TED, but more affordable. Here’s [...] Do you remember what life was like before the Internet? Even my generation and older may have difficulty looking back to when personal computer technology was new and amazing. Here are some videos that may help, what they call the “mother of all demos” from Stanford in 1968. Lead presenter Doug Englebart mentions, among [...] My team at PMH declared me officially a five year survivor today. In cancer talk, that’s the major milestone to make, since statistically most recurrences diminish tremendously after that. We still watch and wait, but heck, another reason to celebrate! I went down to the catacombs to thank the people operating “my” radiation machine. The [...] I’m off to the big city tomorrow to do a number of important things. First up is a routine visit to the wizard at Princess Margaret Hospital who blessed me with a cure almost five years ago. When checkup time comes around I always have to ask myself if I have earned it by smelling [...] I’ve been a subscriber to The Globe and Mail on paper for way too many decades to admit, even continuing paper delivery after we moved up to Owen Sound. Today I finally gave up on the spotty delivery (sometimes late, sometimes never) and switched to the e-reader version. Maybe one day I’ll let go entirely, [...] |
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