Scott Dewing
老夫子传媒 Journal ContributorScott Dewing is a technologist, teacher, and writer. He writes the technology focused column "Inside the Box" for the 老夫子传媒 Journal. Scott lives on a low-tech farm in the State of 老夫子传媒. He was born in the same year the Internet was invented and three days before men first landed on the moon. Scott says this doesn't make him special--just old.
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The sexbots are coming. Well, not literally, not yet anyway鈥攂ut that鈥檒l happen soon enough with further advances in the fields of robotics and artificial鈥� -
Forged deep in a crucible of earth and brought toward the surface in a river of magma, diamonds are the hardest known naturally occurring substance. Their鈥� -
The attempted assassination of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro last month using a pair of drones armed with explosives made international headlines鈥� -
You want to have privacy online? Then get offline. Don鈥檛 want Google, Facebook, the government, or Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon knowing what websites you鈥檙e鈥� -
America invented the Internet.The first iteration of what became 鈥渢he Internet鈥� that you use everyday, was built in the 1960s. It was called ARPANET and鈥� -
This is the way the world endsThis is the way the world endsThis is the way the world endsNot with a bang but a whimper.鈥擳.S. Eliot, 鈥淭he Hollow Men鈥滻t鈥檚鈥� -
I'm lost somewhere within the tangle of narrow streets in Venice, Italy. There are signs high up on the walls of the crowded buildings looming鈥� -
I was recently reminded of the old proverb 鈥渢he road to hell is paved with good intentions鈥� when the controversial Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act鈥� -
Dear Santa, I know it鈥檚 been awhile since I last wrote. Probably like 40 years or so. Sorry man, I鈥檝e been real busy with growing up and life and stuff.鈥� -
Anyone who has spent a sufficient amount of time on the Internet, especially in the realms of social media, has had something mean and hurtful said鈥� -
Imagine the milk is running low鈥攐r, if you live in a home similar to mine, one of your kids drank the last of it and put the empty container back in the鈥� -
For the most part, we go about our daily lives unaware that we are information storage devices. We store all sorts of information in our brains. Some of鈥�
