Ok so here’s the deal. Tame Bear has had a Facebook page since mid-December 2009, in “stealth mode,” using an alias and applying best geek judgement to set all Facebook privacy settings (available at the time) as tight as possible. I use Facebook to visit with family members in a private group… and that’s it.
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When you’re looking for something specific on the Web, a search engine (Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc.) is the way to go. But what if you just want to discover, without searching for anything in particular? Genuine surfing for the sheer thrill of discovery? Finding web sites you never would have found by searching, because it [...]
When studied deeply, down at the subatomic level of particle physics, the material world we live in appears to be nothing more substantial than wisps of smoke. There’s hardly anything there! Everything that seems solid and hard to the touch consists mostly of space. The vast open spaces between particles is startling. Even the particles [...]
The Pumpkinvine
It’s national Bike-To-Work Week, and The Bear wonders what a work-at-home webmaster does to participate. Well for the past four days I’ve hopped on Sky, my trusty Trek of 29 years, and I’ve ridden to the end of the Pumpkinvine Nature Trail and back — a round trip of about 13 miles. Will [...]
“Oceans of Light” by Peter Oakley
Today I am pleased to announce the publication of “Oceans of Light: A Users Guide to the Multiverse” by Peter Oakley. This first “ebook” on Multiverse Wave Theory is a short introduction in three parts…
INTO THE LIGHT – Everything we perceive of the material world, including ourselves, is made of light, [...]
This week Apple passed 10 billion songs sold on its iTunes Store. The sale of individual songs made it possible for you and me to buy the one song we really want from an album without having to buy the entire album. Sales of individual songs precipitated the demise of the audio CD as a [...]
As an avid technology watcher, The Bear tracks a number of trends on the World Wide Web, observing how new services come into common usage and are integrated into our daily lives. One hot rising trend in recent years is “social networking,” exemplified by services such as MySpace, Orkut, LinkedIn, Facebook, Bebo, Twitter, and Google [...]
Mac geek that I am, people have been asking for The Bear’s take on this new iPad thingie from Apple. First let me tell you about one of the last rumors I read just prior to the big event on Wednesday January 27th, the day Apple took the wraps off their newest creation. I don’t [...]
Apple sent out it’s press announcements today for the upcoming special media event to take place on Wednesday, Jan. 27th, 2010. Everyone expects they will be taking the wraps off a brand new product — the “Apple Tablet.” Feels a bit like waiting for Moses to bring those chiseled stones down from the mountain. Yes, [...]
This is rev 3 of the Tame Bear weblog. If you’re interested, check out what The Bear was writing about in the previous rev 2 blog from 2001 through 2009. It’s still there, and probably will remain for a while. With this latest revision of the Tame Bear weblog, some categories have changed to reflect a [...]
