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Welcome!

Posted on January 1, 2006 by Jack Henderson

I just looked up at the calendar and realized that I’ve been fairly absent from the site for a little while. Time gets away from me, but I haven’t been idle. I’ve been working pretty obsessively on some new things … Continue reading →

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How the Inca Leapt Canyons

Posted on May 8, 2007 by Jack Henderson

A fascinating story from John Noble Wilford, for the New York Times.   Yet the suspension bridges were familiar and vital links in the vast empire of the Inca, as they had been to Andean cultures for hundreds of years … Continue reading →

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I really hate to call these “old” computers…

Posted on May 6, 2007 by Jack Henderson

…I owned three of them. Pictured here is one of the first computer’s I ever used, a TRS-80 Model 1. It came with either 1K or 4K of RAM, and for “sound” we put an AM radio next to the … Continue reading →

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The man who made Kathie Lee cry

Posted on March 25, 2007 by Jack Henderson

Charles Kernaghan is the director and chief firebrand of the National Labor Committee. Check out the organization and their accomplishments, I think you’ll be inspired. From the Washington Post Kernaghan will perhaps forever be known as the activist who made … Continue reading →

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The Marching Morons

Posted on March 12, 2007 by Jack Henderson

SF author Ben Bova presents an essay on the prescience of science fiction, with particular emphasis on societal trends toward a dumbed-down populace. The theme of the story Bova references, The Marching Morons by CM Kornbluth, was somewhat echoed recently in Mike Judge’s … Continue reading →

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