Meandering Thoughts #39
The end of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade shows Indiana filling the Holy Grail with well and healing his father from the gunshot wound, followed by happily-ever-after as Indiana,…
Meandering Thoughts #38
How does any sensible musician conclude that s/he should cover a recent hit (#5 on the US charts) and add a meaningless chant Ooga-Chaka, Ooga-Ooga at the beginning? As I…
Compound Interest on Software
"Compound Interest Street Sign On Wall Street" by investmentzen is licensed under CC BY 2.0. Many articles and posts online show how regular, small, incremental change result in much larger…
Meandering Thoughts #37
Courtesy last.fm Who gets the royalties from sales of Marvin Gaye's music? Marvin was killed by his father days before his 45th birthday. By all accounts, Marvin Gay, Sr. was…
Meandering Thoughts #36
My wife's BMW displays this warning before every trip, which must be accepted before using any the in-vehicle infotainment system. Obviously intended at the driver, my wife wondered what's the…
Meandering Thoughts #35
Last night my wife and I saw Raiders of the Lost Ark on the big screen in an actual movie theater, probably for the first time since its initial release.…
Meandering Thoughts #34
Did Star Trek - intentionally or not - create the Borg phrase Resistance is futile from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Vogons? Compare and contrast: "Resistance is useless!" shouted…
Meandering Thoughts #33
"Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy" by ups2006 is licensed under CC BY 2.0. Writing science fiction allows the author to present a future that doesn't exist today: faster-than-light space travel, sentient robots, moneyless…
Meandering Thoughts #32
© Innersloth LLC Do authoritarian governments consider Among Us subversive? I'm not kidding! In the game, you are a member of a crew whose been assigned tasks to complete. Unfortunately,…
Meandering Thoughts #31
During major football tournaments, the referees assigned are, for obvious reasons, are neutral. For Switzerland v. Germany, the referees are Italian. I'm currently watching Belgium v Romania in Euro 2024…