IN AWE OF HUMMINGBIRDS
I CONFESS TO BE not much of a bird watcher. Indeed, I take delight in the satirical “Birds Aren’t Real” movement claiming our avian friends are actually Biological Intelligent Reconnaissance … Continue reading
WORKING THE INTERNET’S EDGE WITH ANALOG OPTICS
WE LIVE IN DIGITAL TIMES. Yet, as noted recently here in SimanaitisSays, analog computing is having a resurgence. “Delocalized Photonic Deep Learning on the Internet’s Edge,” by Alexander Sludds et … Continue reading
THE ELEMENTAL SPORTS CAR
LET’S CELEBRATE A TWO-SEAT SPORTS CAR, its twin-cam front engine linked efficiently with rear-wheel drive by a central spine of boxed steel. It has a soft top, tidy styling, pop-up … Continue reading
SAE INTERNATIONAL ON SMART CITIES PART 2
YESTERDAY AN SAE INTERNATIONAL Update discussed smart city aspects of pedestrian-to-vehicle communication and evolving standards for micromobility. Today in Part 2 another Update author explores the basic tenents of smart … Continue reading
SAE INTERNATIONAL ON SMART CITIES PART 1
WE HAVE SMARTS GALORE: smart phones, smart kitchen appliances, smart clothes, smart cars, even smart cities. But what exactly does this term mean? More than just stamping the tops of … Continue reading
MUSLIM LORE—FROM GLUBB PASHA AND THE NEW YORK TIMES STYLE MAGAZINE PART 2
YESTERDAY, SIR JOHN BAGOT GLUBB described the high points of Islamic culture culminating in 732, only a hundred years after the death of Muhammud. Today in Part 2, we glean … Continue reading
MUSLIM LORE—FROM GLUBB PASHA AND THE NEW YORK TIMES STYLE MAGAZINE PART 1
HAVING ONCE MET Sir John Bagot Glubb, aka Glubb Pasha, I now and again enjoy perusing his authoritative and most readable account of the founder of Islam. The Los Angeles … Continue reading
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE—MOTOR RACING ENTHUSIAST
IN APRIL 1963 R&T (and not part of any April Fooling), J.H. Greene offered “Shakespeare on Sports Cars,” a thoughtful literary analysis confirming that the Bard of Avon was a … Continue reading
ST PAUL’S LORE PART 2
AN IMAGINARY STROLL initiated by Stephen Browning’s On the Trail of Sherlock Holmes led me past the Cathedral Church of St Paul the Apostle. Who would have guessed it would … Continue reading
ST PAUL’S LORE PART 1
I WAS STROLLING with the world’s first Consulting Detective and his able chronicler past St. Paul’s Cathedral; this, encouraged by Stephen Browning’s On the Trail of Sherlock Holmes. Browning describes … Continue reading
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