by Ira | Sep 22, 2014 | Challenge, Journal
It is starting to change in recent years, but for so long three-dimensionality was something largely ignored by space sci fi. Probably because display graphics just weren’t sophisticated enough (or too expensive) and you couldn’t really show a particular...
by Ira | Sep 21, 2014 | Challenge, Journal
Open house this morning. A little slower than I’d hoped overall, but still gave away a fair amount of applications. We’ll see if we get any bites from any of those. One guy I met was actually a neighbor, living in the building right behind us which was...
by Ira | Sep 20, 2014 | Challenge, Journal
The Ho is outside in the living room right now watching the HBO broadcast of the Beyonce and Jay-Z concert from Paris. Not to say that it’s “broadcasting” live. No, it’s a concert video, editing, etc. But, it premiered tonight. I watched about...
by Ira | Sep 19, 2014 | Challenge, Journal
My little brother Russell died in a car crash 8 years ago today. I remember exactly where I was standing when I heard the news. I had just come out of the bathroom at Maggiano’s, and my mom had left me message saying that I needed to call home. I did, and she...
by Ira | Sep 19, 2014 | Music, Today's Track
Ummm…yes, please. The current top track on the techno charts (and yes, techno the specific sub-genre…the stuff that still sounds like it came from Detroit…not the blanket-term for “nnnttsss nnnnttssss”), and I can freaking see why. This...