Author Archives: jlredford

One of the pleasures of my field is to find a technical paper written in the driest passive-voice-only larded-with-acronyms style on a subject that is astonishingly, gruesomely science-fictional.  Last month’s issue of the Journal of Solid State Circuits had such … Continue reading →

Yes, it’s cheap, yes it’s obvious, and yes it’s meaningless, but I can’t resist noting that today’s date, 01/11/10, is both binary and a palindrome, at least when written in the North American, non-Y2K-compliant style.    The next one is Nov … Continue reading →

So here’s an interesting idea – making the gas pedal push back when you get too close to the car in front or should shift for fuel economy: Full description here at Green Car Advisor.  They claim that when people … Continue reading →

Another storm, another clearing of the driveway.  I don’t mind it all that much, at least this early in the season, since snow brightens everything.    It’d be entirely fine if you didn’t have to drive on filthy slush.   I’ve seen … Continue reading →

So I was planting tulip bulbs a few weeks ago when it occurred to me – this is the first time in weeks that I’ve touched something not man-made.  Almost everything in our day-to-day environs is an artifact.  Our clothes … Continue reading →