The digital world has created an outrage economy where there is money to be made … if you can stand the heat. Robert Shrimsley, “Financial Times,” 2015 Call it “poking the bear” or “shaking the jar” or whatever you want to call it, the “outrage economy” is a cheap marketing[Read More…]
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Loose Ends: One-sided conversations
You are doing less walking than the week before. Congrats! you have exceeded your reading goal today. You got less sleep yesterday than today. These are not messages left on the phone by just anyone. No one is trying to tell you anything that you are not already fully aware[Read More…]
Museum Musings: Letters from History, No. 6 Part 2
Special to the Herald Times The White River Museum has a collection of letters that Meeker founding father Thomas Baker kept for many years. There are letters from Nathan Meeker and prominent figures like Chief Ouray, ex-Indian Agents, and the violently anti-Indian Colorado Governor Pitkin, as well as various Army[Read More…]
Museum Musings: Letters from History, No. 6 Part 1
The White River Museum has a collection of letters that Meeker founding father Thomas Baker kept for many years. There are letters from Nathan Meeker and prominent figures like Chief Ouray, ex-Indian Agents, and the violently anti-Indian Colorado Governor Pitkin, as well as various Army officers from 1874-1879. The letters[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Moving along now
“It is always important to know when something has reached its end. Closing circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters, it doesn’t matter what we call it; what matters is to leave in the past those moments in life that are over.” ~ Paulo Coelho, The Zahir Endings are notoriously difficult, unless[Read More…]
It’s a …
ED PECK PHOTO/CUTLINE Kevyn Mack was the first reader to supply correct answers to last week’s “what is this tool?” quiz. Answer: The wrench was designed for specific nuts and bolts on a McCormick Deering mower of unknown year. Old machines often had carriage bolts with square nuts. McCormick Deering[Read More…]
Loose Ends: Unpredictable wildlife encounters stir up social media
The news reports of the effects of catastrophic climate conditions continue to bring increasing awareness of events that cause unpredictable animal and human behavior. They may include more sightings of various wildlife making lengthy treks, far from their roaming range both intrastate and interstate. Intense spikes in temperatures, drought and[Read More…]
Letter: Thanks from Lancaster family
Dear Editor, There are so many people to thank for helping to make the fourth annual Nick Lancaster Memorial Golf Tournament the huge success that it was! This tournament would not have succeeded without the players, sponsors, volunteers and over the top golf course staff. The following businesses/individuals sponsored holes,[Read More…]
Letters from History, No. 6 Part 1
The White River Museum has a collection of letters that Meeker founding father Thomas Baker kept for many years. There are letters from Nathan Meeker and prominent figures like Chief Ouray, ex-Indian Agents, and the violently anti-Indian Colorado Governor Pitkin, as well as various Army officers from 1874-1879. The letters[Read More…]
How AI and ChatGPT work, Part 2
RBC | Last week I gave a quick overview of ChatGPT and what it can do. In this article I will explain its underlying computational circuitry and how it is trained. I will hack through some dense thickets, try to explain with familiar analogies. The details can be daunting. I[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: What do we see?
“Cyberspace is a funhouse mirror of our own society.” Bruce Sterling During the previous century (late 1990s), when I told a friend I was moving to Meeker she flinched. She’d recently been on a cross-country flight and her seatmate turned out to be from Meeker. They’d told her the town[Read More…]
GUESS WHAT …
ED PECK PHOTO/CUTLINE These tools had very specific uses. What were they? Answers here.