Month: April 2020
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Number Six
When he awoke, his head hurt. The drizzly fog of sleep thinned and parted. Rays of reality sliced through the departing clouds of his mind, and he gradually regained the ability to think clearly. But his head still hurt. Felt like a fever. A realization stung him like a slap…
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The Good & The Bad, as of 4/25/20
Bad news about Covid-19 seems to spread as fast as the virus itself. But there’s also been good news. So I’ve combined the latest good and bad news, to help us keep a balanced perspective: Good News: On April 23rd, U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned that the pandemic is…
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Bluetooth Contact Tracing
Imagine your cellphone contacting all the cellphones in your near vicinity, without your knowledge. Actually this happens all the time. The Bluetooth chips in our cellphones constantly send out query signals for other Bluetooth-enabled devices. This is how a cellphone pairs with ear buds, or with a car’s entertainment system,…
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Improving Our Bird Brains, Part 5: Osprey
Some of the biggest and most beautiful birds my wife and I witnessed while in Florida were ospreys. Nobody knows what ospreys really are, but scientists call them Pandion haliateus. They’re considered by ornithologists to be one of the most unique birds on the planet. In fact they’re so unique,…
Chasing Unicorns 