Meatball Talks
PUBLIC SAFETY · MASSACHUSETTS · NEW ENGLAND
March 21, 2026
The 1990 Isabella Stewart Gardner
Museum theft remains unsolved, with
thirteen priceless artworks missing…
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Losing a Free Press
POLITICAL POWER · WHITE HOUSE · LAW AND COURTS
March 20, 2026
Press freedom in the United States
faces increasing constraints through
conditional access to government…
Just Messing With Computers –
Part VI
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS · ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
March 19, 2026
The article explores how global
trade and communication networks
form a complex, adaptive system
resembling parallel computing, with
AI revealing.
One evening I was looking at a
real-time map of cargo ships moving
around the planet…
The Speed of the Factory
WAR AND SECURITY · MIDDLE EAST · MILITARY TECHNOLOGY
March 19, 2026
In Camden, Arkansas, Patriot
missiles are assembled through a
complex, multi-stage industrial…
The Cost of Staying Warm
ENERGY PRICES · COST OF LIVING · NEW HAMPSHIRE
March 18, 2026
A colder winter and rising
electricity rates in Portsmouth, New
Hampshire, have driven a nearly 70…
Just Messing With Computers –
Part V
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE · LEARNING · NEUROSCIENCE
March 17, 2026
The article explores how human
intelligence and machine learning
both rely on prediction, error
correction, and pattern recognition,
highlighting key.
About a year ago I was sitting on
the living-room floor watching my
grandson try to walk…
The Moving Truck on Middle
Street
HEALTH INSURANCE · PUBLIC HEALTH · COST OF LIVING
March 16, 2026
Many American families face the loss
of their homes due to rising costs
of long-term caregiving, which.
Just Messing With Computers –
Part IV
SUPERCOMPUTING · DATA VISUALIZATION
March 14, 2026
In 1992, a supercomputer's fluid
dynamics visualization revealed
hidden storm patterns, illustrating
how data visualization uncovers
complex structures.
In 1992 my phone rang with an
unexpected offer.
The caller was Henry Burkhardt, one…
Just Messing With Computers –
Part III
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE · COMPUTING HISTORY
March 12, 2026
The author reflects on an AI’s
confident but incorrect response
about a Cambridge bookstore,
illustrating how machines generate
answers through.
This is Part III of a series about
my brushes with artificial
intelligence over the past couple of…
