Since the beginning of the year I’ve been going through the largest personal computer and technology transformation and learning experience since I first started using computers back in 1992. It has been like learning computers all over again with the simultaneous joy and frustration that comes with it. With AI, I’m able to greatly exceed…… Continue reading Tech Transformation: Linux, Self Hosting and Shedding Subscriptions
Category: Internet
Posts about the internet, separate from my Computer category.
Worldcoin – World ID
Worldcoin and its World ID launched this week. Another crypto project that I wouldn’t have paid attention to except it is run by Sam Altman, the CEO of Chat GPT. One of the main differences with this one is you have to “verify yourself as human” by getting your retina scanned by an “orb.” Well,…… Continue reading Worldcoin – World ID
Home Internet – T-Mobile versus Comcast
I finally pulled the trigger disconnecting Comcast and giving T-Mobile home internet a try. Comcast has been getting on my nerves for years with their overpriced service and the dance we must do by calling in to try and keep the price from rising too much year over year. They also put data caps and…… Continue reading Home Internet – T-Mobile versus Comcast
A Voice of Reason in the NFT Space
*This is a post I’ve just written on DSCVR which is a Reddit like forum hosted in the Internet Computer ecosystem. NFTs are incredibly popular there which has fulled a party-like atmosphere where there is zero criticism but plenty of hype, FOMO and nonsense. I have just left a post offering a bit of criticism…… Continue reading A Voice of Reason in the NFT Space
My Thoughts on the Value of NFTs
NFT was Collin’s Dictionary’s word of the year 2021. However, the truth is nobody knows what *is really going on* or where this technology will lead. The only ones who do have an inkling are those who spend more than a modest amount of time online and they fall into a couple of camps as…… Continue reading My Thoughts on the Value of NFTs
The NFT Space is Ridiculous: NFT Euphoria Distortedly Mirrors the .com Boom of the Late 90s.
Last October was the first time I started paying attention to this whole NFT business. It has taken some time to get any type of grasp as to what is going on in the NFT space but a quote I recently read sums up the experience: “Nobody knows what is going on but it is…… Continue reading The NFT Space is Ridiculous: NFT Euphoria Distortedly Mirrors the .com Boom of the Late 90s.
Lapham’s Quarterly – Technology
For the past two years I’ve not been very good about reading my Lapham’s Quarterly in a timely manner. With kids free time is at a premium and any reading time that does appear is often devoted to books on my reading list. I am trying to more time for this periodical for the same…… Continue reading Lapham’s Quarterly – Technology
Mateo discovered NFTs.
I discovered NFTs in September. Yes, I had heard about them in the news but hearing about something and paying attention are two different things. A light when off in my head when my son said “people like to collect things.” Let’s back up and start with crypto. I had heard about it in the…… Continue reading Mateo discovered NFTs.