“Classic vs. Modern Computing”
I was feeling a bit nostalgic this week and began to think about some of the differences between computers 40...
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“Quicksort Inventor Tony Hoare dies”
I found out late last week that one of the heroes of early computing passed away on March 5, 2026,...
“Sentient AI”
Over the past couple of weeks the company Anthropic has made the news multiple times, and to me each time...
“Ancient Doors”
The Pantheon doors, estimated to have been installed in 115 AD during Emperor Hadrian’s reconstruction, were solid bronze, measuring 7.53...
“Language of the Future?”
I was reading through some of my old issues of “Compute!’s Gazette” magazine and came across an article in the...
“A Technology Ahead of Its Time”
I was digging through some boxes of old computer hardware last week and came across a device that I built...
“The AI Playground”
Did you ever think about giving your computer a break? It seems that some of the new large language models...
“Truth in Media”
By Scott Hamilton I have written several times in the past about the misinformation on the Internet, especially on social...
“Cyberattacks on the rise”
By Scott Hamilton I was enjoying a nice vacation in the Eastern Caribbean when I came across a very troubling...
“Old Ironsides”
By Scott Hamilton It was 1797; our nation was only 21-years-old and barely holding together. Much like today, the nation...
