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This is a further-revised article that was inspired by recent heated conversations going on in Nextdoor.com (a website dedicated to discussing lost cats, rowdy kids, requests for yardwork, and neighborly

The Metaverse has been around in various forms for a while but has recently been making headlines. The word “Metaverse” was originally coined by one of my favorite science fiction

Just a few years ago, Microsoft announced that Windows 10 will be the “last version of Windows.” Instead of big releases, there would be regular improvements and updates. Welp, that

You may not know Arnold, but you certainly know his legacy. The year was 1926 when little Arnold started developing a love of technology that would eventually have a profound effect on our culture. He began experimenting with magnets (who doesn’t love magnets?), radios, and Erector Sets. Like Yours Truly here, he was also a big fan of science fiction and alien invasions which, as it turns out, had a big influence on his future son and perhaps a bigger effect on the entire planet. But Iâ€...

In my last installment, I introduced the main characters of this new antivirus program. If you missed it, you can read all my previous articles at www.courierjournal.net. In that installment, we introduced the mRNA vaccine blueprint that tells your cell’s ribosome factory to build a simple protein--the exact same kind of protein the cells in your body produce trillions of times per day--but this scarecrow protein is shaped like (dum-dum-dum!) the ugly spike on the Rona! Your body normally ...

I talk a lot about viruses and ways to combat them in this column. I love figuring out how they work and how to defeat them. I’m equally fascinated with

One of the many banes of my existence (besides the Rona, anti-maskers, and the DC terrorists) is the darn “Renew Your Car Warranty” robocalls I receive at least one call