Living La Vida Loca

A Global Adventure

Computers and Internet

  • I clearly remember as I was growing up that the year 2000 seemed like a distant future. When I watched the film “2001: A Space Odyssey” I could not imagine how the world might look THAT foreign, and that computers would potentially behave as HAL did. Fast forward to today – January 2024 – and we… Read more

  •  The applications Microsoft brainiacs come up with on a regular basis never cease to amaze me.  The latest is form Microsoft Research – still in Beta – but mind-blowing nonetheless. If you have ever dreamed of being an astronomer or astronaut, the WorldWide Telescope is for you.  See the planets and stars through the eyes… Read more

  • I’m sooo confused…

    Well, I am desperately trying to add to my "Technology Outside the Box" blog about my Zambia trip last year, to no avail. I have feeling this has become a page in space that is now a remnant of a prior version of WIndows Live Spaces…so I will just have to move my musings to… Read more