Category Archives: Publications
Redneck Environmentalism
The farmers and ranchers of the Dakotas are ahead of environmentalists on preserving the prairie and fighting global warming. The first night of my visit to North Dakota Brad Crabtree fed me a hearty steak dinner-courtesy of a steer he’d … Continue reading
The amazing keyless keyboards
I struggle with my keyboard and mouse every day. I’m an abysmal typist, and lousy posture has taken its toll on muscles and tendons, making input painful at times. Plus, keyboards and mice just aren’t fun. The PC has evolved … Continue reading
Will you be assimilated?
Future of tech will make you look like the Borg “You look like a Borg,” people told me as I tried out head-mounted video displays for this month’s column. It wasn’t just an objective observation, like saying “You look like … Continue reading
Our Common Journey
Towards Cooperative Environmental Monagement [View on Amazon] I began this book in 1996, partly as a retrospect on progress since the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. By most accounts, the results of Rio have been disappointing. Though the … Continue reading