by Bob | Oct 30, 2019 | Hidden History
That’s called foreshadowing. The message was supposed to be L-O-G-I-N, but after the L-O the system crashed. It was going from a lab at UCLA to one at Stanford. It’s interesting that the internet came about as computing faced a crossroads in development:...
by Bob | Oct 29, 2019 | Books, Movies and TV shows
Tuesday, 29 October 1929. The day that changed the world. Ushered in the Great Depression which would end with World War II. What if it hadn’t occurred? What if history was changed on that day? And on other 29 Octobers throughout history? What if Sir Walter...
by Bob | Oct 28, 2019 | Survival
Wildfires are a very nasty natural disaster– not that any of them are good. They are deadly, move fast and are unpredictable. We had one here in East TN a few years ago that killed 14, hurt many more and destroyed a number of residences. I recently drove through...
by Bob | Oct 26, 2019 | Books, Movies and TV shows
Based at The Ranch, just outside of Area 51, the Nightstalkers are the elite Special Operations unit that takes care of the things that go bump in the night. They ‘correct’ the mistakes of scientists. They are our last defense against self-annihilation. They’re also a...
by Bob | Oct 25, 2019 | On Writing
November is when many writers go into hyper speed and participate in Nanowrimo. It stands for National Novel Writing Month. It doesn’t mean you have to write a novel in a month, but it’s a way of helping people set goals and encourage each other to write....
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