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Binging the Bard

2020/01/01 By Rob Leave a Comment

With streaming video binging has become particularly easy today. This Christmas we watched all of the Die Hard movies, for example. Last year, on Boxing Day, we, of course, watched all of the Rocky movies.

For 2020 I’m planning on trying something a little difference. I’m aiming to read the complete works of Shakespeare, all the comedies, tragedies and histories, all the sonnets, even all the weird odds and ends, e.g., the metaphysical poem, “The Phoenix and the Turtle.”

I’ll be following the reading plan described at the Shakespeare 2020 Project, which generally follows the chronological order of the Riverside Shakespeare edition, with a couple of modifications to align certain plays with the calendar. For example, the reading plan starts with Twelfth Night, aligning it with that holiday, also called Epiphany.

I think I’ve read around 2/3 of the plays already. It will be good to revisit old friends and get to know some knew ones. I’ve barely dipped into the sonnets before, and I’m particularly looking forward to spending some time with them.

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Distributed, personalized fact-checking of social network streams

2019/10/01 By Rob Leave a Comment

The Dangers of Centralized Control A report on CNN online today covers criticism of Facebook by the Democratic National Committee, who claims that the social media giant allows President Trump, "to mislead the American people on their platform … [Continue reading] about Distributed, personalized fact-checking of social network streams

Filed Under: Cyber Freedom, Facebook

Seventh Planet from the Sun

2018/11/06 By Rob Leave a Comment

See below, a page from a high school textbook in use in New England in 1849, Elijah Burritt's The Geography of the Heavens.  Ever hear of this planet? The name for the seventh planet was up in the air (no pun intended) for years after its … [Continue reading] about Seventh Planet from the Sun

Filed Under: Astronomy, History, Humor

Downsized

2018/06/27 By Rob 4 Comments

As of today, June 27th, I am no longer working for IBM.  Last quarter's widely-reported "resource actions" (lay-offs) hit my group and this time my number came up. It was a good run, 27 years with one company, something that is not so common … [Continue reading] about Downsized

Filed Under: IBM

A Meditation upon Things

2015/11/30 By Rob 2 Comments

A Meditation upon Things in which I will briefly speak of the Icelandic Parliament, "creature features" of the 1960's, Cicero, Duke Ellington, Shakespeare and excessive pedantry. The Wall Street Journal yesterday had a short piece by James R. … [Continue reading] about A Meditation upon Things

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