Today at work, Angela shared with us this story: Google’s self-driving car takes blind man to Taco Bell, and I just couldn’t be happy for anyone, not Google, not the blind man, and not even Taco Bell, who finally got a customer that could afford a car. Perhaps my irritation with Google over their self-driving […]
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Fun (& dissapointment) with Email Fraud
Last week, a coworker tapped me on the shoulder and said, “I got this weird e-mail.” It was from “accounts@[his bank].com.” It read, “Your account has been overdrawn by $1 billion. Come up with the money by five o’clock, or we’ll break your legs.” I waited for Nick, my coworker, to share his thoughts and […]
Car Motors and Radio Waves
To play music from my iPod on my car stereo, I use a small radio transmitter: I plug a the device into my mp3 player, set it to a certain radio frequency, turn the car radio to the same frequency, and voila. What I realized this week is that the motor turning affects the signal: […]
Quest for the Murderer pt. 2: Itrek and Andad
[A letter in Adelmar’s hand:] Esteemed pursuer or pursuers, I write to you from one week in the past to inform you that you are too late: this refuge is abandoned, and I am seven days ahead of you. Without prescience to compete with the likes of mine, I am certain you must tire of […]