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What would I be doing right now without access to a computer? I’ve had access to a computer on an almost daily basis since I was ten years old. I cannot imagine what my life would be like without a computer, and I cannot imagine what I would be doing right now without access to… Yearning to read the remainder of “I cannot imagine my life without it?” Click this link!

Well friends, it has been a journey of seven years for this BBS with many a hurdle jumped and this will be my final post on this system. I am moving all of my writing and code over to my fancy new website and will continue to write and post code on there. I just… Click this link to read the remainder of this post

As a software developer, and primarily a game developer, I am continually amazed to think that opportunities are governed not by how hard I work but how hard I network. My net worth is directly tied to the value of my network. Employment, gigs, money, opportunities, access to cool technology, access to cool parties are… Needing to read the rest of “Net Worth?” Use this link!

I’ve been doing a lot of work recently on Virtual Reality with Silicon Graphics workstations. Lots of fun. And I was thinking about the experience of Virtual Reality. Virtual Reality, as it is today, is really low resolution. Shaded polygons (if that), limited draw distance, lag, poor frame rate, everything that is wrong with 3D… Yearning to get the remainder of “Virtual Reality & Commerce?” Click this link!

We need an image compression format that supports both lossy and lossless in the same container. We also need an image compression format that supports multiple levels of lossy compression within the same image. The image format should support non-complex regions, e.g. this rectangular area, where the compression cab be tweaked to be lossless or… Continue reading the remainder of “Lossy & lossless compression format.”

With the price point of LED lighting falling rapidly, the far lower energy requirements of LEDs, and the ability to produce natural white light at reasonably high lumens, I wonder how long it will be before we start switching all of our street lighting on roads, motorways and other areas to LED installations.

I find that my friendships last between 3 to 5 years. By the time that five years rolls around, the story arc of my life, my personal development, the things I have undertaken and moved on from, that kept me friends with someone, are no longer a strong enough pull.

If you could talk to your future-self, 20 or more years from now, what would you ask about?

Commerce, buying stuff, over the Internet, is going to be so amazingly big in the future it will dwarf all traditional retailers. I cannot emphasize this enough. In the future, ten years, twenty years, thirty years, you will be able to purchase literally anything from your computer. You’ll be able to get anything, and I… Needing to get the rest of “The future of commerce?” Click this link!

Currently taking a large batch of antibiotics and other meds because you know, tooth infection. Take this one every four hours. Take this one every eight hours. Take this one every 12 hours. Take this one every 24 hours. Pill bottles should come with a little digital clock built-in to the lid that immediately resets… Needing to read the remainder of “Medical Reminders?” Click this link!