Articles in the “gov” category

Multi-Touch

Posted 5 years ago, at the start of April

Just this past Friday, SPAWAR Systems Center Charleston — my day job — welcomed Jeff Han, founder of Perspective Pixel, to demonstrate the Command’s new 8-foot-long multi-touch multi-user (MTMU) screen his company developed. There’s something phenomenal happening here. It’s a real-life scene straight from Minority Report. I only wish I could share the video from [...]

Spicing Things Up a LOT

Posted 5 years ago, mid-March

Front page news on The Times, and countless other news agency websites across the globe. Zimbabwean president Mugabe does it again, and it looks like his days could finally be numbered. Rejoice! Zimbabwe Opposition Leaders Appear in Court

$1.2 Million Birthday Cake

Posted 5 years ago, at the end of February

Saturday marks Robert Mugabe’s 83rd birthday. He’s the president of Zimbabwe and he will be celebrating with a US$1.2 million party, while the majority of his country’s people starve. He deserves it, right? “The number of Zimbabwe dollars that bought a three-bedroom house with a swimming pool and tennis court in 1990 will buy a [...]

“For Us Contractors, Money Is Always a Good Thing”

Posted 5 years ago, at the start of February

Now that I’m all grown up, when I’m not having fun, I’m a government contractor. For more reasons than I’ve got room to write about, I don’t want to speak to this… but I couldn’t resist passing it on. Government efficiency at its finest. NYT: In Washington, Contractors Take on Biggest Role Ever (First article [...]