Slightly Off KIlter

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  • Weekly Wrap-up 2005_01

    The first full week of 2005 has been off and on rainy and clear (somewhat more rainy than clear). My new calendars arrived (I was a little late ordering a few of them). My office calendar this year is the Proverbial Cats wall calendar. We've got a World Wildlife Fund songbirds calendar in the bathroom… Continue reading

  • On Intelligence – take-away lessons

    Some take-away lessons from On Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins… The book concentrates on the neocortext (aka the cortex), a cauliflower-like sheet of tissue on the outer surface of the brain. “Almost everything we think of as intelligence — perception, language, mathematics, art, music, and planning — occurs here. your neocortex is reading this weblog entry.… Continue reading

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  • Treasures 2005_01

    Treasures are positive things that strike my fancy, that make me feel happy or thankful or interested. Treasures are memories encapsulated in just a few words. These are my Treasures for the first week of 2005. A new year New calendars! Krispy Kreme pumpkin spice cake donuts (the only KK donut I like). Available October… Continue reading

  • Optomap

    I had an eye appointment today. They have a "new" gadget called Optomap (they've had it for about a year now). The patient looks into a 4" diameter hole in the front of a big white box (face turned sideways, nose smooshed into place). A green light flashes and the machine takes a picture of… Continue reading

  • Weekly Wrap-up (Mon Dec. 27 – Sun Jan 2)

    Happy 2005 It's been a wet week. Lots of storms passing through. We've had rain followed by sun and blue sky, followed by more rain. The snow level has gotten down to 300 feet according to the weather reports, which means that if we could see Mt. Diablo (barring the fog) we'd see snow on… Continue reading

  • On Intelligence

    Why hasn’t Artificial Intelligence taken off? Why don’t we have robots? How “smart” is your car? What is “intelligence” after all? Where does creativity enter the equation? Is the brain just a computer without the silicon? Jeff Hawkins’ book On Intelligence (written with co-author Sandra Blakeslee) addresses these questions and does an admirable job. Hawkins… Continue reading

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  • On Intelligence

    Are you interested in how the mind works? So is Jeff Hawkins (of Palm OS fame) and he’s written a very interesting book about it. Continue reading

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  • Treasures 2004_52

    Treasures are positive things that strike my fancy, that make me feel happy or thankful or interested. Treasures are memories encapsulated in just a few words. These are my Treasures for the past week. Receiving as a gift something I really wanted but no one knew! How wonderful. A nice dip in the hot tub… Continue reading

  • Weekly Wrap-up (Mon Dec 20 – Sun Dec 26)

    Happy Merry Ho Ho Ho The Lab where Rich has been working is closed for the last two weeks of the year so Rich is home and we can have lunch together. Monday he went down to the chiropractor, then called me and we had lunch at our favorite diner. We haven't been able to… Continue reading

  • Welcome Christmas

    And he did hear a sound rising over the snow. It started in low. Then it started to grow… … Every Who down in Who-ville, the tall and the small, Was singing! Without any presents at all! He HADN'T stopped Christmas from coming! IT CAME! Somehow or other, it came just the same! … "Maybe… Continue reading