Over the past two years, so-called wireless "smart meters" to measure electricity have been installed in millions of Northern California homes by PG&E, our utility company. The company claims … [Read more...]
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South Dakota Public Radio Memories on the Fourth of July
On the fourth of July, 1976–200 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence–I stood in a corn field on a farm near Brookings, South Dakota. I had just arrived to become Program Coordinator of KESD-FM, an NPR station located on the campus of South Dakota State University. Little did I know that someday [...]
Singing Bringing Tears of Hope in a Troubled World
Today was our annual Christmas concert at Holy Spirit Church in Fremont, California. Holy Spirit is blessed with a youth choir, a parish children’s choir, as well as two other choirs, one singing mostly contemporary pieces and another a variety of contemporary, traditional and classical. Singing offers significant health benefits, such as prolonged life and [...]
Internet Privacy in a Sea of Web Cookies
Worried about Internet privacy, web monitoring, flash cookies and who’s watching your website activity? Need better privacy protection in your life? Read on. Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal published the first article in a series called “The Web’s New Gold Mine: Your Secrets,” a comprehensive piece describing how ad networks and Internet tracking companies are [...]
Surf Dog Makes Waves Doing What She Loves to Do
Recently I wrote a piece on doing what you like doing to find a a satisfying job and career. My main point: “follow your bliss,” as philosopher Joseph Campbell frequently wrote. Turns out that doing what turns you on also applies to human companions like Surf Dog. You see, Ricochet, who was trained as a [...]
Young Kid–Birke Baehr–Wows TED Crowd About Food Supply
TED talks and videos, if you’ve seen them, bring incredible, brilliant minds to the world at no cost. I urge you to subscribe to email notifications of current, short videos, also available on iTunes. Birke Baehr, an eleven-year old kid, blew the crowd away speaking about organic vs. our mass-produced meat and other staples. Don’t [...]
MobiSnippets are Coming Soon? What are MobiSnippets? What Do They Want?
They’re’s a rumor that something called “MobiSnippets”are coming to MobileBeyond, MobileDiscoveries, IM-Mobile and my personal blog. So I’ve scratched my head, asked all the neighbors what they are, and no one can tell me. Suzie told me they’re not sharks like the ones that visited the Golden Gate Bridge. Or those icebergs that invaded New [...]
Why Good Humor Keeps Us Sane
In our stressed-out, sometimes troubled lives, it’s soothing to chuckle over good humor. When we tire of bad news on the Web or tube, in fact, an uncontrollable belly laugh may even keep us sane. My sister was kind enough to email me a few good humor one-two liners. Here they are (with a few [...]
Sometime – a Tribute to Parents Everywhere
Parents and Love of Children During our lives, we meet many people. Some we admire, others not. Some bring us joy; others, sorrow. But no people form us more as human beings than our parents. I’m fortunate to have had two caring, loving parents who helped me and my sister grow up with integrity. In [...]