We travel together, passengers on a little space ship, dependent on its vulnerable reserves of air and soil; all committed for our safety to its security and peace; preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work, and, I will say, the love we give our fragile craft.
We cannot maintain it half fortunate, half miserable, half confident, half despairing, half slave—to the ancient enemies of man—half free in a liberation of resources undreamed of until this day. No craft, no crew can travel safely with such vast contradictions. On their resolution depends the survival of us all. Adlai Stevenson, 1965
[Good technology allows us] the possibility of gaining a useful degree of comprehension in a situation that previously was too complex. Douglas Engelbart, 1962
A good tool is an invisible tool. By invisible, I mean that the tool does not intrude on your consciousness; you focus on the task, not the tool. The blind man tapping the cane feels the street, not the cane. Of course, tools are not invisible in themselves, but as part of a context of use. With enough practice we can make many apparently difficult things disappear ... Mark Weiser, 1993
- 🦔 I like long walks on the beach and running
straceto quickly solve problems - 🌱 I’m learning to use ogr2ogr more often instead of QGIS
- 💬 Ask me about batch processing
- 🤔 I’m looking for help with math ∃∐∰3∷1‱∿
- ⚡ Fun fact: Only 1% of the corn grown in the USA is sweet corn (the corn you eat). The other 99% of corn grown in the USA is field corn which is fairly inedible. This field corn is also what they use for non-edible corn products. So when you're driving down the Illinois byways don't think "Mmmm... Buttered Corn on the Cob!" think "Mmm... Ethanol! Paint! Cosmetics!"
