Ah, memories…. Once upon a time I was working at a small-ish non-profit. I was always the first one there, getting in a few hours of database development before the office got too chaotic. One morning, I was listening to Leon Redbone’s Winin’ Boys Blues…. Winin’ boy, don’t deny my nameI’m the winin’ boy, don’t […]
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Q: What is the bane of every parents’ life?A: The 7th grade science fair. WLBOTT has been selected to judge the annual science fair at Rufus T. Firefly Middle School in Bryan-College Station, Texas. The Scorpion Symphony: Can Scorpions Dance to Music? Aerodynamics of the Tortilla This turned out to be a popular area of […]
Time it was, and what a time it was, it wasA time of innocence, A time of confidencesLong ago, it must be, I have a photographPreserve your memories; They’re all that’s left you.- Paul Simon / Bookends Some bittersweet news today. While discussing WLBOTT’s VP candidate with Elder G, I received a message that his/her […]
Way, way too much IRL. People, hurricanes, people, more people, etc. I’m retreating to my WLBOTT happy place. We received 18 spam comments in the span of 45 minutes this morning. “Nomina stultorum in parietibus et portis semper videmus” which translates loosely to “The names of fools are on the walls and gates of the […]
For decades, the challenge of AI “understanding” human speech was summarized by this humorous phrase: Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana. To set a benchmark for Project 2124, WLBOTT presents the current state of the art, and will revisit this topic every 25 years until 2124. Calendar Friday, May 3, 2024 […]
BLOTTarians – I’m having dinner at a Texas bbq joint with a guy from Kazakhstan and another from China. Just talked with someone who went to Cuba and is heading to Turkey. And we just went to Japan and our son to NZ. Life today is tied to using internet , relatively cheap travel, AI, […]
UC#3 has asked the near-impossible of WLBOTT. He wants us to make “plumb bobs” interesting. UC#2 might want to pivot on his research to fully investigate the origins and use of plumb bobs in ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman construction. Full Fulbright guaranteed UC#3 Challenge Accepted! Etymology The plumb in plumb bob derives from Latin […]
Gentle Blotters– another site we need to add to our tour list is Pont du Gard. Magnificent arch structure used as an aqueduct near Nimes France. My spousal unit and I visited circa 1994. At that time, you could park in a lot, walk up a bunch of stairs and then physically walk through the […]
Store Shelves Are Empty We all know the frustration of going to WalMart, looking for a few holiday eclipses, and being met with empty shelves and cheap knock-offs. Cause: Reduced Agricultural Harvesting of Eclipses The cause of this agricultural shortfall is the dreaded eclipse weevil. Cause: Manufacturing Issues We are extremely disappointed in our friends […]
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Low Google Fiber Diet
WLBOTT Corporate Headquarters has been basking in the glow of Google Fiber for several months now. It is indeed a thing of beauty. However, yesterday, 7:14am CST, it went dead. Marching uphill through gale-force humidity, I made it to our local public library, where I was able to use a public Internet workstation and chat […]