Mission Impossible: Should you choose to accept this burger (and other bio-engineered foods)?

I had planned to order a late breakfast, but as soon as I saw that the Impossible Burger was on the lunch menu, I knew I had to give it a try.

Eye to AI*

The medium is the message, according to McLuhan. But while I get the medium, I am wondering what message is being conveyed by the sprouting of AI commercials I am beginning to see around me.

Gone City

I’ve been dipping into Richard (Dick) Walker’s new book Pictures of a Gone City: Tech and the Dark Side of Prosperity in the San Francisco Bay Area … It’s a fascinating read.

View from the Bay

This is the astounding nighttime view (from Emeryville in the East Bay) looking towards the Oakland Bay Bridge.

50 Years of Bits and Bytes…

My memories of five decades of computing are brought wonderfully back into focus while visiting the Computer History Museum (CHM) in Mountain View, California.