Limited Technology
As an unabashed fan of both e-ink technologies as well as reading, I regularly look for and upgrade my e-readers: going from the original Kindles, to the Kindle Voyager and Oasis[1], to the Remarkable...
Technology
AI Optimism
When the hype cycle around AI was picking up a few years back, there was this pervasive fear that we were on the cusp of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). ChatGPT and its ilk were such...
EV Overcapacity
We're well into the bust stretch of the EV boom-bust cycle. The boom portion started just as we eased out of the COVID lockdowns. Tesla had nurtured—almost single-handedly—the market demand for...
Productive Computing
I've been using the Vision Pro now for almost 3 months. It's a neat machine, crammed with technology and party tricks pulled from the future. Yet, after the initial hype, its...
Smart Home Babel
When we were preparing to move into our current home, I took advantage of the renovations we were undertaking to lean into the smart home revolution, to build out a network of interconnected components that...
Checking in on Minority Report
Minority Report was a 2002 film, based on a Philip K. Dick novella of the same name, about what happens when a couple of oracles who can see possible futures are used by the police...