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Perhaps the reason why we haven’t advanced to a 3D-environment internet is because we’re stuck using outdated output devices. Besides getting thinner and higher resolution over the years, not much has changed in computer monitors. They are still flat screens sitting a foot or two from your eyes, and two-dimensional. They say that if the […]

Back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, before notebook computers, tablets, and smartphones dominated the market, most tech-savvy people built their own computers. It was a real pain. First you had to choose a motherboard and case, then all the parts that would connect to them. Sometimes you didn’t have the right connections for […]

There has been a lot of talk about how quantum computers may break all of our current encryption algorithms. But there are ways to develop encryption algorithms that can’t be easily cracked by quantum computers. I’m not going to pretend that I know much about encryption. I have undergraduate degrees in computer science and mathematics, […]

In 2003, Major League Baseball began an experiment that lasted over a decade. They gave home field advantage in the World Series to the side that won the All-Star Game. Up until 2002, the All-Star Game was played just for fun as an exhibition game and a treat for the fans. But in recent years, […]

Everyone has a smartphone these days, and every company developing for smartphones is competing for your attention. It’s no wonder so many people struggle with focus. On the internet, there are two main methods of getting data: push and pull. When you load a web page, you’re pulling the data from the internet servers. When […]

Information on the internet today is arranged three-dimensionally, much like the information in a library. In a library, you look up the location of a particular book with the information you need. You go to that location and find the book, then you open the book and find the page with the information you need. […]