In the Opinion section of The Wall Street Jounral, John Searle, professor of philosophy at Cal, wrote a piece titled, Watson Doesn’t Know It Won on ‘Jeopardy!’ that was an interesting take on the highly publicized matchup between the IBM computer and human contestants. “Watson did not understand the questions,… more »
Journal’s Policy Change – Lose the Courtesy Titles
February 23, 2011 by Leave a Comment
According to Jason Gay, in his “The Couch” column, as far as sports are concerned, The Wall Street Journal will be no longer referring to athletes using the formalities of “Mr.” or “Ms.” From now on, Derek Jeter will be Jeter, not Mr. Jeter. And Lindsey Vonn will be Vonn,… more »
Oatmeal: The Right Thing all Wrong…
February 23, 2011 by Leave a Comment
You may have it permanently embedded in your brain that oatmeal is “the right thing to do.” That’s what Wilford Brimley told us, right? McDonald’s would like you to think so too with its “bowl full of wholesome.” But Mark Bittman of The New York Times begs to differ. In… more »
California Sunset – February 2011
February 5, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Took a nature break and was treated to an awesome sunset. ###
Get Some! Aussie’s Shot in the Desert
February 5, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The Phoenix Open, which is now scheduled to have its final round on Monday due to frost delays on consecutive days, held a nice surprise for one golfer. Jarrod Lyle hit a hole-in-one on the Par 3, 16th at TPC Scottsdale using an 8-iron. It had been nine years since… more »
