I'm postponing the learning challenge for the month of May as I'm realizing that I have a few things that I need to take care of that are going to take up my time (presentations, anniversary, etc.) and this month is starting to get more and more booked. So I …

For the month of May I'm turning my attention to one of my first loves: my Atari 8-bit computers. The Atari 8-bit computers used the 6502 processor chip (as did several other famous computers including the Apple II and the Commodore PET / C64). My goal for this is similar to …

This past weekend I transitioned my main desktop machine over to Ubuntu 14.04. I've been putting it off for a while now (obviously) but with the recent move from Chrome to no longer support Ubuntu 12.04 the time came for me to seriously look at making the switch …

J: "... and we learned in class that Curious George is not a monkey."

C: "So what is he? A small human?"

J: "No, he's not a monkey. Does he have a tail?"

C: "No, he doesn't have a tail"

J: "Then he's an ape"

[Discussion on JoDee's anthropology teacher relating …

I'm living in the future.

Writing this on a tablet computer. (Nexus 7)

Using a wireless keyboard using a standardized protocol (Bluetooth).

While using another wireless protocol to communicate with my desktop computer (SSH, WiFi)

Sitting at my kitchen table. (Wood, circa 2000s Art Van)

Communicating this to you over …