tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40539042025-10-20T12:47:33.218-07:00The personal journal of technology journalist and conference speaker Randall S. Newton.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger147125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053904.post-42258969183527191782015-12-03T03:12:00.000-08:002016-01-21T06:00:58.860-08:00

[UPDATED 19 January 2016] These are the visual directions to my apartment ("flat" for those of you who prefer British English) in Langewiesen. They start with you being anywhere on the TUI campus. You are most welcome to come anytime, not just the prime hours of 12:00 - 16:00. But outside those hours I might put you to work preparing or cleaning up! DON'T TRUST GOOGLE MAPS TODAY. It does not

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The following was sent to me by a public relations agency representing the person mentioned. I have not edited it. Physics Engineer’s Formula ProvidesKey to Biblical Clock It’s not the end of the world that fascinates engineering physicist Daniel Friedmann, it’s the beginning. Forget the Mayan Long Calendar, Friedmann has come up with a formula that converts “Bible time” to years as we know

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The blessing of publishing in pixels is that you never have to stop editing. The curse of publishing in pixels is that you never have to stop editing.

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I know they are out there, but in my travels big hotels with good Internet service seem to be few and far between. So far, the quality of service at The Venetian in Las Vegas has been great. I'm using wifi in my room, and have no complaints. I even caught up on my podcast downloading, catching some videos I have been reluctant to download at home. The rooms are huge here, by the way. I have a

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A Taiwanese researcher has announced a new system on a chip (SOC) design for wireless data transmission that blows away current standards. The UCLA-trained researcher says the chip could be mass produced for less than $1 each. Details at PhysOrg.com. 

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Drop everything and follow the link below for the funniest photoshop'd moment of the campaign. Trust me, whether you believe Barack Obama is da bomb or are praying for Sarah Palin, you will laugh out loud at this obviously doctored photo on Guy Kawasaki's blog:http://holykaw.com/trust-me-drop-everything-and-lMake a nice pair, don't they?

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I'm in another major city in another large downtown hotel for another day of meetings. The details aren't important. I've reached a tipping point in recognizing a fundamental truth about business travel, one I will arrogantly describe as a law:Newton's Law of Hotel Connectivity: The larger the hotel, the slower the Internet connection.

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I have noticed that the professional training one gets -- or the summary of life experience that replaces training for a specific profession -- strongly affects a person's outlook.Take a look at the professional training of the men and women on the presidential tickets, both Democratic and Republican, of the last several years and a trend emerges. To make it easy, I have put one particular

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In naming Gov. Sarah Palin as the Republican nominee for vice-president, John McCain has introduced America to Ronald Reagan 2.0.Whether that is good news or bad depends on the perspective you bring to politics. But the more I look, the stronger the comparison becomes. Conservative, but compassionate. A pragmatic politician, not an ideologue. A natural for TV. Articulate and passionate. A former

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There is a common phrase in American Christianity: "Love the sinner, hate the sin." Recent events have convinced me many are willing to set aside the phrase when the sinner is a high-profile evangelist.For years Canadian healing evangelist Todd Bentley has been a controversial figure. He is covered with tattoos and piercings, he speaks openly about angel encounters, and he likes to relax by

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No matter your political opinion of the current US actions in Iraq and Afghanistan, I know all Americans agree that the members of our Armed Forces deserve to be given support and respect. Please follow the link to The Gratitude Campaign and learn a simple hand gesture that lets you communicate your gratitude and support for their willingness to serve their country.http://

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I didn't know America's first president, George Washington, was a Democrat. But it seems he is, because he has decided to make an endorsement in the Democratic party's race for a presidential candidate.You can check his YouTube coming out at this link. (Warning: Video may offend those over 40.)

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LifeHacker has a great article on the "Top 10 Obscure Google Search Tricks." Even if you consider yourself a sophisticated Google user, I think you will find some gems in this list. Tips include shortcuts on tracking package shipments, how to get Google to search only faces in an image search, a quick way to get the local time anywhere, and how to convert different forms of measurement (money,

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Check out "Here Comes Another Bubble," now posted at one of the companies who are making the bubble happen.

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Francis J. Beckwith, an associate professor of philosophy and church-state studies at Baylor University, has written an op-ed column for the Waco (Tx) Tribune-Herald that is a powerful and remarkably short definition of pro-life. A quote:What then is the pro-life position? It is the view that the membership of the human community includes prenatal human beings, even if excluding them would

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Former Baylor punter Daniel Sepulveda is the two-time winner of the Ray Guy Award, for best punter in college football. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers and played his first official NFL game last week. The result is explained in a blog called Northbound in their piece "Daniel Sepulveda, Hero of American Youth." Several punting opportunities calling for different skills and high

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[This is a letter to the Editors of BearMeat, a sharp-tongued and barely lucid blog about Baylor Sports and alt.waco.culture. The three reincarnated fools who run BearMeat appointed me Assistant Editor of Research and Fan Club President recently. I now give them cause to regret their actions.]Dear BearMeat Editors,On the afternoon of Sept. 16 2006 I was struck by a bolt of karmic lightning and

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As The Guardian reports, arctic ice disappeared this summer at a rate never seen before. Excerpts:Mark Serreze, an Arctic specialist at the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre at Colorado University in Denver, said: "It's amazing. It's simply fallen off a cliff and we're still losing ice." The Arctic has now lost about a third of its ice since satellite measurements began thirty years ago, and

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It is not often I eagerly await the release of a new movie. But Feb. 2008 is just too long to wait. Take a look at the trailer for Expelled, starring and written by Ben Stein.

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Watch this very elaborate and clever practical joke:http://view.break.com/350100 - Watch more free videos

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I've been meaning to write about Barry Bonds for a while, but never made it a priority. (When all one does is write, write, write, every day, doing a little writing "just for fun" isn't a high priority.)Today I came across an eloquent statement about Barry Bonds, steroids, and the culture that brought the two together. It is written by Tony Long, copy chief at WIRED News. In an article for his

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MSNBC has the story of a companion cat at a hospice center who seems to know when patients are very close to death. Read "Cat Plays Furry Grim Reaper at Nursing Home."Here at Castle Newtonstein, both my mother and my mother-in-law are permanent residents. Our older cat, Kahlil, visits both laps regularly. I doubt we will find a similar predictive value in her behavior.

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Overheard in a pizza place in Texas by my daughter, Amanda:Speaker 1: "I don't know who he was. Some Indian guy." Speaker 2: "Feather or Dot?"

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"Take my apartment, take my paintings, only give me back my head."

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What follows is the last bit of an article mostly about something else, from Forbes Technology columnist Elizabeth Corcoran. (The column is entitled, "Smile, You're Always On Camera," which mostly about a new cheap small camcorder that will be everywhere shortly, and is recommended reading.)Jonathan Schwartz, the pony-tailed chief executive of Sun Microsystems (nasdaq: SUNW -

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