Tag Archives: Technology

Timber's Term of the Week: Skid Road

How did skid road morph into skid row? Webster’s Online Dictionary defines a “skid road” as: A road made of logs on which freshly cut timber can be hauled. Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary defines a “skid road” as: A road along which logs are skidded. The California Board of Forestry defines skid roads (or tractor roads)Continue reading “Timber's Term of the Week: Skid Road”

Timber’s Term of the Week: Skid Road

How did skid road morph into skid row? Webster’s Online Dictionary defines a “skid road” as: A road made of logs on which freshly cut timber can be hauled. Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary defines a “skid road” as: A road along which logs are skidded. The California Board of Forestry defines skid roads (or tractor roads)Continue reading “Timber’s Term of the Week: Skid Road”

New Zealand Forestry and California Dreaming

“We Californians are really not very good conservationists – we’re very good preservationists. Conservation means you use resources well and responsibly. Preservation means you are rich enough to set aside things you want and buy them from someone else.” – William Libby, Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley New Zealand harvests trees. Today, with overContinue reading “New Zealand Forestry and California Dreaming”

Paper or Plastic? – The environmental considerations of buying an e-book reader

My hope is to sell this article for, like money (as opposed to other forms of currency used for barter or trade) since it’s fungible. Plus, I’ve not yet asked for permission to use the pictures. Note: The [x] is a hyperlinked footnote for fact-checking purposes and won’t be in the final version. Your feedbackContinue reading “Paper or Plastic? – The environmental considerations of buying an e-book reader”

If it isn’t grown…

I love technological gadgets. I remember getting one of the first electronic handheld calculators in the 1970s. It cost about $100. Soon, Moore’s Law kicked in, the capacity increased and the price decreased, and in a few years places gave calculators away. Moore’s Law has brought down the cost of electronic gadgets. Cellular phones usedContinue reading “If it isn’t grown…”

The TSA – Keeping ‘the people’ safe from sex bombs since 2001

I had a minor rant about the TSA in March (see my previous post, Back in the USA). TSA, the people who have taken what little joy there is in these days of Greyhound-Bus-programs-the-sky, and wrung its neck. They add inconvenience, without the value added plus of security, to a dreary travel experience. It’s KabukiContinue reading “The TSA – Keeping ‘the people’ safe from sex bombs since 2001”

The TSA – Keeping 'the people' safe from sex bombs since 2001

I had a minor rant about the TSA in March (see my previous post, Back in the USA). TSA, the people who have taken what little joy there is in these days of Greyhound-Bus-programs-the-sky, and wrung its neck. They add inconvenience, without the value added plus of security, to a dreary travel experience. It’s KabukiContinue reading “The TSA – Keeping 'the people' safe from sex bombs since 2001”

Are Kindles Green?

I follow a number of blogs.  One is The Writer’s Edge, in a post titled “Watching Books,” Richard Curtis writes” …the high cost and environmental wastefulness of printing manuscripts motivated editors to try reading books on desktop or laptop computer screens…Recently I have heard many an editor rave about the virtues of the Sony (andContinue reading “Are Kindles Green?”