by Nathan Reed | Dec 7, 2022 | random interests, stories
Way back in the 90s (I was probably a sophomore in high school), I got my first pager. They were state of the art and a serious status symbol. We had cell phones, but they were usually mounted permanently in a car or carried in a bag (they were certainly not pocket...
by Nathan Reed | Mar 31, 2014 | Blog, current news, politics, random interests, technology
More than 38% of adults and 45.5% of children live in households without a land-line telephone, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That means two in every five U.S. homes, or 39%, are wireless, up from 26.6% three years ago. Moreover, a scant 8.5% of...
by Nathan Reed | Feb 13, 2013 | Blog, current news, Quotes - In and Out of Context, random interests
Hilary Mantel, one my favorite authors (she wrote Wolf Hall and Bringing Up the Bodies, and won the Booker Prize), wrote a long but interesting article for the London Review of Books. She discusses everything from Marie Antoinette, Kate Middleton, Henry VII, and more....
by Nathan Reed | Feb 12, 2013 | Blog, random interests, stories
[roundbox color=”000000″ backgroundcolor=”ae76f7″ bordercolor=”000000″ borderwidth=”1″ borderstyle=”none” icon=”” ]This blog post was originally published March 30, 2008.[/roundbox] He’s obviously...
by Nathan Reed | Feb 10, 2013 | Blog, random interests
Some things you learn too late in life. The word “forte” is actually two words, but we generally pronounce it the wrong way. You probably hear it pronounced ˈfȯr-tē (or “for-tay”). Unless you’re talking about a piano, you should pronounce...
by Nathan Reed | Dec 28, 2012 | Blog, random interests
[roundbox color=”000000″ backgroundcolor=”ae76f7″ bordercolor=”000000″ borderwidth=”1″ borderstyle=”none” icon=”” ]This post originally appeared on my very old blog in April 2006.[/roundbox] In...
