Gordon's Notes

Commentary: politics, science, technology and humanity. Secular humanist.

Sunday, July 31, 2011

iPhone 6: Make it less precious

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This morning I heard the bell toll for my iPhone 4. It sounded like " This accessory is not optimized for this iPhone” . This, of cou...
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Saturday, July 30, 2011

Google seeking feedback on the new Google Calendar look

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Give us your feedback on the new Google Calendar Look is a thread created by a Google Employee to get "feedback" on the new Googl...
Friday, July 29, 2011

Nature: daily science news and opinion

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I used to read the Scientific American science news feed , but periodically I'd tap on an article title only to find it was a subscriber...
Thursday, July 28, 2011

American health care costs: dog, man and Rimadyl

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The good news is that Kateva's creatinine is back where it should be and her stomach is holding out. The bad news is that, even if all...
Sunday, July 24, 2011

What killed Intuit's Quicken?

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Quicken is dead. Yes, you can still buy something called "Quicken" for Windows -- though not in the UK where the produce was ter...
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Friday, July 22, 2011

Roots of the irrational in American politics: pre-dementia and religion

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I've written recently about the role of religion in the reasoning of the GOP base . This is an  elephant in the room ; pundits will disc...
Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Jon Udell on G+'s distracting chatter

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Jon Udell has been testing G+. He nails it in two words ... Distracting chatter is useful. But thanks to RSS (remember that?) it’s optiona...
Friday, July 15, 2011

God's Will and the debt limit

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Theocratic states are, by definition, not rational. Stalinist Russia, Fascist Germany, Mao's China, Kim's Korea, Revolutionary Iran ...
Thursday, July 14, 2011

I went to Hogwarts

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Many ages after graduation, it occurred to me that I went to Hogwarts . It went something like this: Gryffindor: Page/Fleming Hufflepuff...
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Checkmate.

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The GOP has been playing voter poker with the debt limit. Obama has been playing a different game: Obama Campaign/DNC Raise $86 Million in S...
Tuesday, July 12, 2011

The GOP collapses

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McConnell Proposes Giving Obama Authority To Raise Debt Limit Alone . This will be retracted and denied and stuffed down the memory hole. D...
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Ebert on Murdoch and The Guardian

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Roger Ebert pays some debts to Murdoch . Debts of vengeance that is. Murdoch has made many enemies. He was particularly good at making enem...
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Monday, July 11, 2011

Criminals lacking competence ... boiler room spoofers

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For the last week or so I have been getting mobile calls between 1am and 6am from 408- 555 -1212. Fortunately my iPhone charges downstairs, ...
Sunday, July 10, 2011

People you may known on G+ ...

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Circles - suggested I know this guy on G+ : Really?

Dyer on Murdoch

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Gwynne Dyer, a journalist once blacklisted by convict  Conrad Black (Canada's mini-Murdoch), has  reviewed Rupert Murdoch's latest...
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