One of my fears is that “Big Brother” will become so ubiquitous that we’ll be policed by even the most mundane of devices.
The trouble (one of the troubles, anyway) with making smart machines is that they’d likely get bored with trivial jobs.
Back in the day, Abdul the Newt and Murphy the Bear were two of my regular characters. With the technology push on the strips, I dropped the “talking animals,” although I’d still like to do something with these characters some day…
Traveling this week so I’m dipping into the archives – new to you, new to the site, but old stuff for me.
Makes you wonder who might be working technical support for the super villains. That’s a whole ‘nuther fleet of henchman and hirelings.
Actually, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with an app providing this function, but I could certainly see where it would get used to extremes – either abused or ignored. It’ll be curious to see/hear if it’s ever effective. Be safe out there.
I’ve learned that when it comes to angry and emotional email/text responses, you should write ‘em, save ‘em as a draft, and then sleep on it before sending. I’ve ended up rewriting a lot of those emails the next day and have been grateful I waited before sending. And, of course, you’ll want to remember to get rid of those drafts.
Yes, the real word is obfuscation, but I always thought obfusIFIcation sounded more appropriate. I haven’t read this book and I’ve already read reviews that call its sources into doubt. Still, it makes for a wonderfully messy web of conspiracy.









