When’s the last time you tried to predict anything — other than an extremely safe (50% chance of it coming true) prediction that some sports team will beat some other sports team in some sort of game?

As I’ve said many times before, prediction is a very tough business to be in, with thousands or more, known and unknown, [more...]

On my home network, I currently only use wired ethernet connections to my three PCs and laser printer.

Of course, my DSL modem/router has both wired and wireless capability, but so far, I haven’t had any real need that would [more...]

Regular readers of this Journal know that my wife and I have been married a very long time.

In fact, more than twice as long as either of us was alive before we met.

She is my angel, my joy — and very much my better half. [more...]

Knowing that this Journal enjoys an international audience of between 4,000 and 6,000 visitors per day, I usually try to write as clearly as possible, without using idiomatic expressions that wouldn’t make sense in other cultures.

Of course, like every other rule, my rule is made to be broken. For example, I broke it just yesterday, when I [more...]

When we look around at our modern, ecologically friendly technologies like hybrid cars, reusable shopping bags and high-efficiency light bulbs, we may be tempted to pat ourselves on the back for all of the energy that we save.

But when it comes to “living green,” our lifestyles don’t hold a candle to those of our [more...]