Your Privacy
The public consternation over Cambridge Analytica's "misuse" of Facebook users' data has received a lot of press lately, culminating in an appearance by Mark Zuckerberg in front of Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees. What went on in committee was pretty much…
The Perniciousness of Social Media
I am old enough to remember when the World Wide Web was born. I also remember the creation of search engines which now routinely "crawl" the web to index all of the content on the web. In those days I…
Old Movies
During the current pandemic response, we all may have more time on our hands that we would have otherwise. In a search for more content to view, I have taken to watching "old movies". These are films that were made…
Binary Thinking: A Sign of the Times
It has become almost impossible to have reasonable discussions in today\s climate of binary thinking.
Toxic Trump – What to do?
As of November 12, 2022 the US midterm elections are still in doubt, even though election day is four days in the past. There does seem to be one certainty however, the epoch of Donald Trump is coming to a…
What is a Weekend?
In the immortal words of Violet Crawley, “What is a weekend?”. With Old Harold’s retirement, it seems the two days I looked forward to in the week now have little meaning. There is also no rise and fall from hump…