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Watching time, the only true currency // A journal from John B. Roberts

Day: May 17, 2006

  • MacBook in my hands

    I started a new gig today, and a very pleasant part of the day was spent setting up a spanking new MacBook. (Yes, more on the new gig soon… not meaning to be cryptic, just trying to gather my thoughts semi-intelligently. And it’s late. And I want to watch the Champion’s League final from earlier…

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  • Book: The Terminal Experiment

    I travelled this weekend, which meant I got to start and finish Robert Sawyer’s The Terminal Experiment. In a fun combination of two technology sectors, the story follows the impact of EEGs taken at a nanoscale level and software constructs of human brains/personalities. Call it a mashup, even…with an evil genius AI committing real-world murder…

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