Communicating in a networked world
NASA flew the retired Space Shuttle Endeavour through the San Francisco Bay Area this morning. It was a treat for tens of thousands of us who waited and watched for this very last flight of the Endeavour. It is one of four shuttles going into … [Continue reading]
This is a way geeky night for us engineers, and somewhat akin to the 1969 moon landing in many ways. I’m watching the Mars rover Curiosity landing right now (14 minutes delayed, of course, due to the speed of light). “Parachute deploy!” they say just … [Continue reading]
The predominant “web server software” used for WordPress sites are Apache and nginx. [1. tech discussion: Apache launches a new thread (a “program”) in server memory for every incoming page and object requested by your site visitors. This can rapidly … [Continue reading]
I work on a Macbook Pro with a 15-inch screen most of the time (when I’m not on an iPad and mobile). Carting around this portable window on the online world has been easy and nice over the years, but it doesn’t give me enough space to “spread out” my … [Continue reading]
Woohoo! The US Postal Service [USPS] comes thru! They’re in the 21st century now!I work from a home office and I’m one of millions of people in the US who have a post office box [POB or PO Box] for delivery of business mail, rather than having it all … [Continue reading]