Leaking Truth
November 3, 2013Snoop-dogs ain’t no tiny wieners — in the Guardian yesterday: But the documents reveal, too, the darker side of the NSA. It is indiscriminate in the information it is collecting. Nothing appears to be too small…
Category Archives: Technology
Angela’s Anguish
October 28, 2013In less than six short months, out has popped a storyline that just still won’t go away — America’s big spy agency is shown to be a cankered sore on a near-day-to-day basis. Now, the…
One Ringy-Dingy
October 23, 2013Leaks continue of the NSA’s nefarious proclivities worldwide, this latest today carries some technological irony: Obama and Merkel spoke over the phone after the chancellor reportedly received information that U.S. intelligence may have been monitoring her…
No Such Animal — Yet ‘poised for future successes’
October 21, 2013Once again, Monday morning and life starts at the top, then goes straight-down the tubes. Deep, wet fog as the work week starts here on California’s north coast, and we’re sure everyone’s geared-up and ready…
Downfall
October 20, 2013Foggy and quiet this early Sunday — California’s north coast right now in the faint light is enveloped in a deep-gray moist of a morning. And not to mention, way-gothic. Fits the mood all-around. I’m…
Humorless Jesting
September 27, 2013Once again, crystal-clear skies this early Friday (whoopee!) and it’s on to the weekend — can’t come fast enough. And if you have been aware/understand anything at all about climate change, and have some walking-around…
‘Inadvertent Criticality’
September 21, 2013Under the news layers, another slice of possible horror from the never-ending terror-tale of the Fukushima nuclear plant — this time the possible extraction of 1300 spent fuel rods from Unit 4: Conditions in the unit…
Rabbit Hole Upchuck
September 20, 2013Crystal-clear and a bit chilly this Friday morning on California’s north coast with a majestic full moon hanging mega-bright over it all — despite that, we’ve a 90 percent forecast for rain later today, maybe…
Hearing Voices
September 18, 2013Overcast and cool this way-early Wednesday on California’s north coast, and if the last few days are any indication, the weather up here is returning to its normal mode of cool damp. We’re coming off…
Attention! Cowboy on the Bridge
September 15, 2013(Illustration found here). Further tales of the NSA — this one on the Dr. Strangelove character, NSA chief Gen. Keith Alexander, and the good general’s Star Trek obsession, and on our dime. Via PBS: “When…