Although it still is early in the news cycle, so far we know from Tempe police reports that an Uber robot has murdered a women. The Uber vehicle was reportedly headed northbound when a woman walking outside of the crosswalk was struck. The woman was taken to the hospital where she died from her injuries. … Continue reading Self-Driving Uber Murders Pedestrian
A friend recently went through my liquor cabinet and pulled out a mostly-empty bottle of Knob Creek. I had forgotten about it, although in the early-1990s it had been a favorite. It was introduced to me by a Milwaukee bartender in an old dark wooden dive of a bar on the city waterfront. “I’ll take … Continue reading Lost History of American Bourbon: Knob Creek
The US used aircraft to drop explosives in Somalia, killing a large number of people. This abruptly has reminded us all of the existence of ongoing US military operations there, under the aegis of Africa Command (AFRICOM), and I see confusion in my social networks. Perhaps I can help explain what is going on. Allow … Continue reading Why Were 150 Somali Militants Killed in a US-led Air Strike?
I attended a strange meetup the other night. It is one of the amazing benefits of being in San Francisco. You can go in person to meet people on the cutting edge of technology and hear their vision (pun not intended) of the future. In this case I met someone from ski.org who was game … Continue reading How Google Will Destroy Stoplights