Dr. Samuel Says
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Bidness
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Tuesday, 06 January 2009 |
Hello from fabulous Las Vegas, where I've settled in to await the dizzying pageant that is the Consumer Electronics Show. Las Vegas is my favorite place in the world, for the first 48 hours. It's fun to indulge all your vices simultaneously. I can usually commit all seven cardinal sins within about an hour and a half. After a couple days, though, I find I lose my stomach for it and need to head for more wholesome pastures. Des Moines, say.
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Tuesday, 30 December 2008 |
Here's an interesting statistic for you: According to a Pew Research Center study, 40 percent of Americans now rely primarily on the Internet for national and international news. That's compared to 35 percent for that old standby, the newspaper. Sad, somehow, isn't it? All those plucky newsboys and cranky editors out there, staring at a bleak future.
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Thursday, 30 October 2008 |
'Ello guv'nor, or whatever, from glamorous London. I'm in town for the annual Stuff Live international gadget show. I love this town. So much history! Last night, in the spirit of the season, I took the London Ghost Tour and logged some interesting ectoplasmic readings on my Zuul 3000 EMR detector. Also: London Bridge is, actually, falling down. Good thing I had my portable seismometer with me. I've already alerted Parliament. Why I keep doing favors for these guys, I'll never know.
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Wednesday, 15 October 2008 |
Hard to believe, but twenty-five years ago this week, the first commercial wireless call was made. That's right -- the cell phone is 25 years old. How things have changed. What was once a very expensive toy for yuppies is now more or less ubiquitous. I even got my Dad using one, and he's about as rabid a Luddite as you're likely to find. He has exactly one TV is the house, an old cathode-ray cabinet-style box, which he uses as a workbench in the garage.
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