Author Archives: Quantum Tom

Ray Kurzweil on the future of digital books | Technology | Los Angeles Times

Big fan of Kurzweil. May he live to see the singularity. Inventor and technology futurist Ray Kurzweil thought the same thing. So the man who developed optical character recognition and voice recognition came up with Blio, a digital book software program that promises to put those gray-scale displays to shame. via Ray Kurzweil on theContinue reading “Ray Kurzweil on the future of digital books | Technology | Los Angeles Times”

We’re in trouble… « Bits & Pieces

The Population of this country is 300 million. 160 million are retired. That leaves 140 million to do the work. There are 85 million in school. Which leaves 55 million to do the work. Of this there are 35 million employed by the federal government. Leaving 20 million to do the work. 2.8 million areContinue reading “We’re in trouble… « Bits & Pieces”

Nike Confuses USC With that School Near Diddy Riese. « Lost Angeles

Unless I am being punked this is absurd.  Unless I went spontaneously colorblind, this is utterly insane.  Nike spends more money on their products and ads and R&D than almost anyone out there.  I know sometimes spicing up a team’s clothing designs sparks sales.  Sometimes, we like a Dodger hat in brown with a keyContinue reading “Nike Confuses USC With that School Near Diddy Riese. « Lost Angeles”