Author Archives: Alaska

These books are awesome, and will be a delight for a broad age range, too. Read ’em to your toddler, and he will devour them on his own by grade school, and still be rereading them from time to time … Continue reading →

Lots of womyn’s solstice anti-global-cooling chant groups around Livermore and the Bay Area this weekend. I’m just gonna leave that right there. (ducks) – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

That is exactly what this is, even if Ayn Rand might have looked at it askance. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

It’s basically catastrophic insurance, and we dealt with it very often during Alaska’s and Kaya’s lives, and reading this reminded me of the way it worked: every time you needed something done you would get a very detailed cost estimate … Continue reading →

Moore’s Law is dead? IEEE isn’t known for being wrong. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

The triangle trade puzzled me at a gut level: yes, immense profits, but so much effort? Makes much more sense when the trade winds are given their due. Really cool. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

A few months ago Rachel Lucas made it back from an extended time in Europe, and the prodigal’s point of view is a refreshing one. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

People surviving is scarier than not, because then we won’t learn our lesson. Just read. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone