Saturday, January 30, 2016

Nutrients and Beer Hallmark Austin Food Culture

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Fitppl is a local firm that makes plant-based “superfood” supplements.   Each measured serving of both their cocoa and blueberry and th...
Friday, January 29, 2016

In Suspect Terrain

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According to most geologists, plate tectonics explains the major features of Earth’s surface. Continental land masses floating on the magma...
Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Birds of a Feather

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One picture is worth 1000 words. Iranian president Hassan Rouhani asked Pope Francis  to pray for him  after Vatican talks. Lest w...
Saturday, January 23, 2016

Passwords

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Are your passwords strong enough to resist a brute force attack? Passwords are just about dead. Many systems now offer “two factor identifi...
Friday, January 15, 2016

Impossible Usually is Not

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Oil at $100 a barrel is “impossible” the headlines said. But I remember Tom Peters in the early 1990s warning us that we would never again ...
Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Police in a Global Culture

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English is the lingua franca of Earth. Just about anywhere you go, important information will be in English, certainly in cities where visit...
Wednesday, January 6, 2016

The Future Starts Slowly

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Not only was Star Wars: The Force Continues a disappointment, I spent two weeks slogging through The Zenith Angle by Bruce Sterling. ...
Friday, January 1, 2016

Welcome to the Future

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New Year’s Day is completely arbitrary – and truly necessary and important. Various days have been the beginning of a new year. The vernal ...
Friday, December 25, 2015

The Innkeeper’s Dilemma

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Who should be evicted to provide a room for the lady expecting a baby? And what if someone needier came along? Ultimately, would Mary have ...
Sunday, December 20, 2015

Corporations and Capitalism

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Many libertarians are opposed to corporations, calling them creations of the state.  They certainly are creations of law . Corporations are ...
Thursday, December 17, 2015

The First Newtonmas

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We commonly call the Nativity scene “the first Christmas” though it was not. The first Christ Mass could not have been celebrated before th...
Monday, December 14, 2015

Saving the World Through Beer

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Save the World Brewing Co. of Marble Falls, Texas, is “America’s first 100% philanthropic production craft brewery.”  They just extended th...
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