The whole basis of slapstick comedy is that many people find humor in the travails of others.

In other words, it’s funny — as long as it’s happening to someone else.

Famous comic actor/writer/director/producer Mel Brooks made a very lucrative career out of [more...]

It’s a very controversial proposal that one Slashdot submitter describes as follows: “In the name of national security, the feds are considering a law that would let the government turn off the Internet — or at least order broadband providers and ISPs to disable access.”

If you [more...]

It’s a very, very significant improvement.

Google’s Chrome browser has had it since its first release.

But Firefox has never had it. [more...]

I know I’m not the first person to ever think of it, but years ago, I reached a valuable conclusion about life: “A smart person learns from their mistakes. A wise person learns from others’ mistakes.”

But hardly anyone I know intentionally tries to [more...]

Years ago, whenever one of my college computer students asked me how many computer courses I’ve taken in my lifetime, I’d always tell them that I’ve only taken two: BASIC and FORTRAN (programming languages), back in 1982.

Then I’d add, “Most of what I know about computers, [more...]