Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Telemarketing

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As I wrote back in 2001 , I still respond to telemarketers with, "Please put me on your do-not-call list," and I hang up. But I...
Thursday, April 17, 2014

Why Victor still isn't visiting the U.S.

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It's past time for me to update "Why Victor can't visit the U.S." Last June, the day after the Supreme Court overturned...

Fighting vandalism in the near future

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When we have the "internet of things" and ubiquitous sensors, here's one small use that would warm my heart: anti-vandalism. ...
Saturday, November 23, 2013

Words, politics, memorization

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I dislike most memorization, although my love of words makes vocabulary an exception. However, when I'm learning a foreign language, I ...
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Thursday, November 14, 2013

New Mexico's "Space Trail" (Nov. 2013)

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At White Sands National Monument At Spaceport America Link to more photos . I found this tour in the Caltech/JPL retiree newsletter. ...
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Sunday, October 13, 2013

New York City, Sept. 2013

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In Central Park Link to five photos of Central Park. I'm just back from a month with Victor in Yucatán. The stay was interrupted ...
Sunday, September 8, 2013

Autographs - Daniel Vieyra

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(Click the image to enlarge it.) Dan and I attended Rice together. Dan is an architecture professor at Kent State . Since leaving R...
Friday, September 6, 2013

Oregon (August 2013)

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At Crater Lake Link: Photo album (22 photos)  As always, view the photos individually to see the captions. I've flown over Oregon ...
Saturday, August 10, 2013

Pay-per-Read

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I sent the following letter to the Los Angeles Times (not published (see below)): I hope one of Bezos's experiments with the Washingt...
Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Taking campaign promises seriously

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The Los Angeles Times printed this letter from me last week: Opponents have many complaints about Morsi, but one is that while campaignin...