In the quiet darkness, the softly glowing hands on President George Bush’s Rolex pointed to 3:56 when the phone next to it on the nightstand began beeping.
He exhaled sharply and grabbed the handset.
“Hello.”
“George, we’re under attack,” said National Security Advisor Stephen J. Hadley. “We need you in the Situation Room right now.”
Other members of the [...]
In my office there’s a soft hum emanating from under my desk and the cooling fans blow warm air on my shins. The dual Xeons are putting out now, and my photos glean colors I never thought possible without film and chemistry.
The Past:
Holding a bulky black SLR from Nikon and balancing it just right, I’m [...]
And in the cold grey dawn of the New Millennium we Stood To in our beleaguered trenches, gazing red eyed across a ghastly No-man’s land of Web sites, Videos, and CD-ROMS, feeling the cold tickle of a Search Engine’s electronic fingers clamping tighter around our trembling testicles.
No Angels, No Visions of Glory, just a rolling [...]
You’ll have to pry it from my cold dead fingers…
No, I’m not talking about my gun here. I’m talking about my Mobile device. Yes, that shiny white thing I drag around with me everywhere I go. I shudder at the memory of being without it just a one short year ago. But now I’m a [...]
Clever Hans was a horse owned by German schoolteacher Herr Von Osten. Towards the end of the 19th century Herr Von Osten, who was also a keen horse trainer, decided to try and teach Hans mathematics.
Before very long Hans was touring Germany demonstrating his abilities not only with very basic math, but with fractions, telling [...]
The smell of cigarettes wafts from a large room across the hall luring you in. Dimly lit, the oily smoke leaves its thick footprint and mixes with soft jazz-fusion pulling you ever closer like a moth to a flame. The jazz louder now possibly turned up in another room. Sofas are thick leather in [...]
