Publication
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Date
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Title
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Description
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Bicycle
USA
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May, 1988
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Life Aboard the Winnebiko
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Tales of the Computing Across America bicycle
odyssey, by this point over 15,000 miles along. Commentary on
lifestyle; anecdotes of border crossings and "the great tollbridge
caper."
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Byte
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Jan,
1979
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Polyphony Made Easy
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Author's polyphonic music
keyboard interface for micro systems. Reprinted in The Byte Book of Computer Music.
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Sep, 1981
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Artificial Intelligence (cover
story) |
Introduction to
and survey of the AI field, with discussion of vision and natural
language. Research included attendance at AAAI-80 (Stanford)
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Sep, 1981
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Principles
of AI (Nilsson)
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Book review, co-authored with
James Jenal. Discussion of predicate calculus and Artificial
Intelligence field.
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Sep, 1981
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A Look at NCC '81
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Photo essay on the National
Computer Conference in Chicago
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Dec, 1981
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Online Information Retrieval
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Discussion of the database
industry, with applications examples and extrapolations. Research
included attendance at 1981 National Online Meeting in NYC.
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Jun, 1982
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A Word-Counting Utility for
Writers
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Description of author's
word-count program for text files, with 8080 assembly listing
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California
Bicyclist
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Apr, 1987
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Winnebiko:
My High-tech Ticket to Freedom
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Detailed description of bicycle
control system, touring attitudes, communications, and travel style.
Reprinted in Sacramento Bee,
May 17, 1987
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Chemical
Processing
|
?
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The Future of Process Control
|
Overview of current work in
chemical industry processes, slanted toward distributed I/O and AI
techniques
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CompuServe
Network
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Sep, 1983 to Apr, 1985
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Computing Across America
(electronic column)
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Online travelogue of the
author's bicycle odyssey, updated randomly from the road.
Arguably the first blog.
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Computers
and Electronics
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Mar, 1983
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Crossed Signals
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Logic circuit design quiz
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Creative
Computing
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Feb, 1979
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Music Composition: A New
Technique
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Presentation of author's BASIC
program that generates fractal sequences for computer music composition
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Computer
Currents
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Jun 30, 1987
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Breaking the Chains
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First of a series about using
information tools to do business anywhere, based on experiences of the
author's bicycle journey
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Jul 14, 1987
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Dataspace: The Essence of
Disconnection
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The essential network link in
mobile business; home office connections and file management on the road
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Jul 28, 1987
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The Portable Office
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Choosing a laptop computer,
emphasizing battery life and ruggedness... recommending the HP Portable
PLUS. Comments on custom interface with the bike's integral Model 100
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Aug 11, 1987
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Online and On the Air
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Packet radio technology and
implications for future wireless networks without corporate substrate
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Aug 25, 1987
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Modem Up, Move 'em Out |
Handling the telephone interface
problem while traveling: modems, couplers, modular jacks, node cities,
etc.
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Sep 8, 1987
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Life in the Solar System
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Using photovoltaic modules and
batteries to achieve independence from the power grid
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Sep 22, 1987
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Microdocumentation on the Road
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Microfiche as a solution fo the
problems of heavy system manuals and directories
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Oct 6, 1987
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Laptop Gawkers - A New Biohazard
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How to deal with nosy people who
look over your shoulder at the screen
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Oct 20, 1987
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Paper Databases
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A look at tasks computers aren't
very good at, with suggestions on structuring a mobile office to take
advantage of the strenths of paper and silicon alike
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Nov 3, 1987
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Ham Radio in Your Briefcase?
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Overview of ham radio for the
traveler, with comments on packet, 2 meters, and HF... as well as some
social commentary
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Nov 17, 1987
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The Illusion of Stability
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How to maintain the relationship
with a "universe interface" person while traveling full time
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Dec 1, 1987
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Layers of Dataspace
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Commentary on the "network
nationalism" that developed (pre-Internet, of course) through lack of
interconnection between online hosts
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Dec 15, 1987
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An Ongoing Dialog
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Final article in series,
rhapsodizing at length about Dialog Information Service as a massive
information resource
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Cyclist
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Aug, 1987
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Salmon Riding
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Story of riding a California
mountain road with logging trucks in the rain (a version of this story
is here)
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East
West Journal
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Oct, 1980
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Dr. Jekyll and Formalde Hyde
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Quiz relating unusual
ingredients with cosmetic and drug products
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EDN
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Apr 20, 1979
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Simplify Microcomputer Software
Development by Simulating an EPROM
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Author's design for "RAMport" as
an alternative to in-circuit emulation. First known EPROM
simulator.
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Sep 1, 1982
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Online Data Retrieval Eases
Literature Searches
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Commentary on the difficulty of
gathering engineering information, and recommendations concerning use
of online services
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Electronic
Packaging and Production
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Sep, 1980
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A Universal Wirelist Conversion
Program
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Presentation of author's program
for conversion of an IC wirelist to universal wirewrap panel format
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Electronics
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Jul 25, 1974
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Interfacing a Teletypewriter
with an IC Microprocessor
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Hardware logic technique for
serial communication before wide availability of UAR/Ts (an 8008
talking to a Model 28 Baudot TTY!)
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Electronics
Today International
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Dec, 1980
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Black Box Problem
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Electronic circuit quiz
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Electronics
Technician/Dealer (ET/D)
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Aug, 1978
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Micros on Your Bench?
(cover story)
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Introduction to 7-part series
about microprocessors, slanted to service technicians
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Dec, 1978
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Microprocessor Technology
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Design of a hypothetical
micro-controlled stereo cassette deck, with hardware and software
details
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Jan, 1979
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Microprocessor Hardware - A
First Look
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Description of overall design of
a micro system
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May, 1979
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Inside a Real Live
Microprocessor (cover story)
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Internal logic of the Intel 8080
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Jul, 1979
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Programming Computers
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8080 instruction set and basic
programming concepts
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Aug, 1980
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Microprocessors in the Real World
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Overview of author's industrial
data collection system developed for Corning Glass
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Jul, 1981
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Microprocessor Service - A Break
with Tradition
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Exploration of the problems and
special tools associated with servicing micro-based equipment
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GEnie
Network
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86-88
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Weekly electronic column:
Computing Across America (Miles with Maggie)
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Ongoing weekly chronicle of the
author's second high-tech bicycle odyssey around the US. 55
chapters were published in this series, widely reposted in newsletters,
BBS, and later, websites
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Instrumentation
& Control Systems
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Sep, 1986
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The Future of Distributed Control
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Written for Anatec (consulting
client), this provides an overview of CIM, TQC, Ai, and new
technologies of distributed process control.
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Information
Today
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Nov, 1983
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Buying a Computer: 8 or 16 Bits?
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Discussion of bus-width
trade-offs in computer selection
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Jan, 1984
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The Micro's Environment
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The problems of noise, heat,
static, and media care
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Feb, 1984
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Maintenance: An Ounce of
Prevention
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Preventive maintenance for a
personal computer
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Mar, 1984
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Maintenance: A Pound of Cure
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What to do when something fails
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Apr, 1984
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The Intelligent Online Terminal
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Discussion of computer use in
online information retrieval
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Apr, 1984
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Human Factors in Terminal
Selection
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Ergonomics of video-display
terminals
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May, 1984
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Insuring Your System
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Insurance considerations for the
personal computer user
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Jun, 1984
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User Friendliness: In Sight at
Last?
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Overview of current efforts to
make computers "human literate"
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Jul-Aug, 1984
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Commuting and Computing with a
Portable
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The author's experiences with
portable computers while traveling the country by bicycle
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Sep, 1984
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The Network Universe
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A look at the world of computer
networks, emphasizing CompuServe
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Nov, 1985
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The Future of Computing (A
Rhapsody)
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Discussion of decentralized
computer architectures required for artificial intelligence
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Dec, 1985
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Online Services - Offline
Marketing
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The use of offline demo disks to
market information services, featuring Dow Jones News/Retrieval
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Jan, 1986
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Former CompuServe CEO Turns to
Optical Discs
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Account of Jeff Wilkins'
formation of Discovery Systems, his "second startup venture" (after
CompuServe)
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Infoworld
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Nov 10, 1980
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Lament for the Semi-Sentient
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Humor piece, investigating the
sad plight of bored computers. "What is the software equivalent
of therapeutic knitting?" This was before screen savers...
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Interface
Age
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Sep, 1978
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Copy/Sort/Search: 8080 Data
Manipulation
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The author's software tools for
real-time data structure maintenance
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Oct, 1982
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Online
Searching: A Primer (by Fenichel & Hogan)
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Book review and brief discussion
of online information retrieval
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Journal
of High Treknowledgy
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6 issues, 1987-1989
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various
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Self-published magazine -
ongoing stories and articles about the high-tech bicycle odyssey,
beginning around the 12,000-mile mark. Became Nomadness
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Kentucky
Business Ledger
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Aug, 1979
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Big Eye
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Report on author's development
of computerized security system (patrol tour recording) for Seagram's
Distillery
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Oct, 1979
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Solar Power Can Create New Role
for Utilities
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Speculations about distributed
power generation, grid-intertie solar systems, and economic effects
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Kilobaud
Microcomputing
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Jun, 1979
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The Cromemco Z-2D
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Review of Cromemco's hardware
and software
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Oct, 1979
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Sweetening the Bytesaver
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Author's technique for
front-panel EPROM programming with Cromemco Bytesaver
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Jan, 1981
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Managing the Small-System
Environment
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A filing system designed to
organize personal computer paperwork
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Knapsack
(AYH)
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Summer, 1984
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High-Tech Hosteling
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The author's experiences in
American Youth Hostels, featuring the Hostel in the Forest of
Brunswick, Georgia
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Link-Up
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Nov, 1985
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Life in Dataspace
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Commentary about network society
and telecommuting, from the perspective of the author's 10,000-mile
bicycle journey
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Dec, 1985
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Electronic Bodysnatching
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How to use online services to
find the wizards in any field
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Jan, 1986
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Online and On the Air
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Implications of two merging
technologies: amateur radio and packet data communications
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Louisville
Today
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Nov, 1979
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Video Games: Computer Power to
the People
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Report on personal computers and
game systems, slanted to Christmas season
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Machine
Design
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Jan 12, 1978
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Reliable Sensing with
Optoelectronics
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Lavishly illustrated article
presenting numerous techniques for use of optical sensing in mechanical
system design
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Jan 26, 1978
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Increasing Solenoid Speed
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Two-step solenoid driver for
optimizing efficiency
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Mechanix
Illustrated
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Jun, 1982
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Lofty Uses for Lowly Elements
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Exploration of new uses for
gold, aluminum, helium, tin, lead, silver, and silicon
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Sep, 1982
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The Robotics Revolution
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Discussion of the robotics
industry with emphasis on worker displacement, productivity, and
America's stance in world markets. Research included attendance at
ROBOTS VI conference in Detroit.
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Mensa
Bulletin
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Jun, 1979
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Lament for the Semi-Sentient
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Computer humor (see Infoworld); also published in General Bull News Sheet,
April-June, 1978
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Midcon
'83 Proceedings
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Sep, 1983
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Keeping Afloat in a Sea of
Information
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Online databases as a new
engineering tool
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Mini-Micro
Systems
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Sep, 1983
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Computers Simulate Human Experts
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In-depth report on expert
systems and their application in engineering and factory automation
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Dec, 1983
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Artifical Intelligence
|
Overview of work in progress in
natural language, vision, and expert systems; comments on social issues
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North
Coast View
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Feb, 1987
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Trollo
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The Humboldt County birth of
tricycle polo, a spin-off of the kinetic sculpture community
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Online
Searching: A Primer
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1983
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The Intelligent Online Terminal
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(book chapter) - Description of
uses for microcomputers in online work
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Online
Today monthly colum
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Nov, 1983
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The Technology
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Introduction to monthly column:
overview of equipment and support systems underlying the author's
bicycle journey
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Dec, 1983
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Cruising the Hoosier State
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The effect of the Winnebiko on Indiana folks and media
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Jan, 1984
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Discovering the Basics in
Ohiopyle
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A visit to the Pressley Ridge
Wilderness School for emotionally-disturbed boys (Ohiopyle,
Pennsylvania)
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Feb, 1984
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An Encounter in the Woods
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A strange meeting with a band of
prison inmates along the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Towpath
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Mar, 1984
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The Hosteling Experience
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The diverse nature of youth
hostels, with specific comments about the one in Brunswick, Georgia
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Apr, 1984
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Life in No-Node Land
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General Impressions of a
laid-back existence in Key West
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May, 1984
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An Awesome Voyage
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A 211-mile sailing adventure
from Key West to Clearwater, Florida
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Jun, 1984
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The Campground Culture
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Experiences at Anastasia State
Park in St. Augustine, Florida
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Jul, 1984
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High Times in Robertsdale and
Vancleave
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Tales of small-town Alabama and
Mississippi
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Aug, 1984
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The Winds of Change
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A visit to the National Weather
Service substation in Slidell, Louisiana
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Sep, 1984
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A High-Tech Oasis in the Texas
Sun
|
A snapshot of Austin, Texas,
including a party of BBS users and a visit with Joe Ely, local rock
musician
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Oct, 1984
|
The Hunting Expedition
|
A humorous tale of a hunting
trip (for waterbugs) in Pecos, New Mexico. Reprinted in Telluride Times
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Nov, 1984
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A Tolkein of My Affection
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The magic of an ice cave near
Lake City, Colorado
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Dec, 1984
|
A Year on the Road - A
Retrospective
|
The author looks back on the
first year of his ongoing bicycle odyssey
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Jan, 1985
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Cycles: Wheeled and Otherwise
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The nature of community in small
Colorado Towns (Crested Butte in particular)
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Feb, 1985
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The Test of an Obsession
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Harsh weather, lonely highways,
and the indifference of Utah strangers threaten the journey
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Mar, 1985
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Looking for Life in the Desert
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Perceptions of Palm Desert,
California
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Apr, 1985
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A Southern California Winter
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The images and realities of San
Clemente, California
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Jun, 1985
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The Other Woman
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After a period of waning
interest in computers, that old feeling stirs again
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Jul, 1985
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The Greatest Risk
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A discussion of the trade-offs
between comfort and risk, concluding the article series with a sort of
inhalation...
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Online
Today feature articles
|
Aug, 1983
|
Database Downloading
|
Analysis of a new problem facing
the information industry: theft of database content for later
re-processing. Includes how-to material.
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Oct, 1983
|
Online Information Retrieval: A
New Business Tool (cover story)
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Detailed discussion of online
information resources, slanted to business audience
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Nov, 1983
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Online: A Smorgasbord of Services
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Analysis of database classes
(bibliographic, etc) and suggestions for matching services to needs
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Feb, 1984
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Networking's New Frontier:
Artificial Intelligence (cover story)
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Lengthy discussion of AI with
emphasis on network issues such as natural language understanding,
database queries, and knowledge processing
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Mar, 1984
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Information Brokers: The Online
Freelancers
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The market for and role of
trained intermediaries between online services and end users
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May, 1984
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Work at Home? Work Anywhere!
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Description of the author's
nomadic lifestyle of business and freedom, with comments on how the
communications and support techniques can be applied to various
professions.
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Online
Today short pieces
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Oct, 1983
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The Rise of the Intermediary
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Short commentary on information
brokers
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Dec, 1983
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The USR Password Modem
|
Product review
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Feb, 1984
|
The
Fifth Generation (Fiegenbaum & McCorduck)
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Book review and discussion of
Japanese work in AI
|
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Feb, 1986
|
Bovine Computing
|
Dairy herds as closed-loop
process-control environments
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|
unknown
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Nodes in the Sky
|
Short report on Equatorial
Communications' satellite data network
|
Online
Today online edition
|
May, 1985
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SunCom Technical Covers
|
Product review
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Popular
Computing
|
Apr,1982
|
Don't
(Zaks)
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Book review with comments on
computer use and care
|
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Aug, 1984
|
High-Tech Nomad
|
Discussion of new lifestyles
made possible by networks and portable computers, using the author's
extended bicycle odyssey as a case study
|
Portable
100
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Jul, 1984
|
A 100's Odyssey on a Recumbent
(cover story)
|
The role of the Radio Shack
Model 100 in the first 7,000 miles of the author's journey
|
Popular
Science
|
Jul, 1984
|
Online and On the Road
|
Guest column in "Computer
Adventures," introducing the author's recumbent bicycle journey around
the US
|
73
|
Feb, 1988
|
On the Road and On the Air
(cover story)
|
Technical feature article about
the computer and communication systems aboard the Winnebiko. This begins a
monthly series.
|
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Mar, 1988
|
Two Meters Aboard the Winnebiko
|
Discussion of bicycle-mobile
2-meter ham installation: handlebar PTT, helmet mic, power, rig choice,
half-wave antenna, grounding, mounting...
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Technology
Review
|
Jan, 1983
|
To Teach a Machine
|
Philosophical discussion of
software design, artificial intelligence, and abstract thought.
Reprinted in Management Digest,
May, 1982.
|
| USA
Today |
Jul 5, 1984
|
Roamin' free, but plugged into
the job (cover story)
|
Overview of "Computing Across
America" venture, introducing biweekly column (Money section) of the
same name
|
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Jul 19, 1984
|
New culture growing out of
computers
|
Describes the world of
electronic bulletin board systems (BBS)
|
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Aug 2, 1984
|
Partying goes online for cyclist
|
The CompuServe CB culture and a
party of system users in Columbus, Ohio
|
|
Aug 16, 1984
|
Computers reprogram production
of album
|
Interrview with Austin rock
musician Joe Ely
|
|
Sep 6, 1984
|
The high-tech alarm clock
|
A Louisiana man's use of the
personal computer for home control
|
|
Sep 20, 1984
|
Mining plan raises consciousness
in Colorado town
|
The environmental issue in Lake
City, Colorado: plans to dismantle nearby Red Mountain for its alunite
content
|
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Oct 4, 1984
|
Menu a la computer
|
The use of a computer in daily
restaurant operations of Gordon & Grimsley's (Aspen, Colorado)
|
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Oct 18, 1984
|
Valley nurtures software ideas
|
A visit to Western Wares in the
tiny southwest-Colorado town of Norwood
|
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Nov 1, 1984
|
A traveler orders beer by
computer
|
A strange online event during
the author's trip to Charlotte, North Carolina
|
|
Nov 15, 1984
|
Electronic monitors helping
breed the cream of the crop
|
Computers and remote telemetry
assist dairy farmers by monitoring cows' estrus cycles
|
Whole
Earth Review
|
Spring, 1987
|
Pedaling Through Dataspace
|
Discussion of the Computing Across America adventure,
emphasizing information and communication systems, underlying
technology, and motives
|
World
Construction
|
Dec, 1981
|
Solving Air Filtration Problems
|
Discussion of particulate levels
in Middle Eastern countries, with recommendations for air-cleaning
techniques in new buildings
|
Writer's
Digest Yearbook
|
1985
|
Breaking the Chains
|
Freelance writing on the road
with a Hewlett-Packard Portable computer and CompuServe network
communications
|