Which Is Worse: Power Outage or Digital Outage?
A friend in Westport, Connecticut called me yesterday from his landline. Landlines have declined due to the advancement of mobile network technology and the obsolescence of the old copper wire network. Eventually the metallic networks will be completely out of date, perhaps within the next five years. I don’t know many people who have landlines […]
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Incredible Splashdown This was a big week for SpaceX. SpaceX and NASA brought astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley back to Earth from the International Space Station safely and exactly according to plan. They splashed down off the western coast of Florida on Sunday afternoon. It was exciting to watch. Like all astronauts, these two […]
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Mars Here We Come This was a big week for America, China, and the UAE. All three countries launched spacecraft on 300 million mile journeys to land on Mars in February, 2021. The NASA launch with the United Launch Alliance (ULA) was dazzling. On board is a compact car sized six-wheeled robotic vehicle which has […]
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Carbon Neutral Update Apple Inc. has pledged to become carbon neutral across its business, including its mostly overseas supply chain, within the next 10 years. I believe many more major companies will rearrange its operations to battle climate change. The iPhone maker said Tuesday its new commitment means, by 2030, every Apple device sold will have […]
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The Vote on Internet Voting On Tuesday evening the 14th, Bob Reby, CFP®, Founder and CEO of Reby Advisors, and I discussed Internet voting in a Zoom webinar hosted by the Ridgefield CT Library. In part, it related to my book, Election Attitude: How Internet Voting Leads to a Stronger Democracy. I pledged to donate […]
