Category Archives: Humour

Making ‘Black MIDI’ White

Posted on 15 November 2015 by Larry Russwurm

Black MIDI is music, impossible to be played by human hands, on say a piano, because it is so note dense. Indeed the fact that it is so note dense means if these songs were written with normal music notation … Continue reading →

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Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Mars

Posted on 7 November 2015 by Larry Russwurm

The inhabitants of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Mars called their planet Barsoom. For all my life, I just assumed that Burroughs had just made this name up, out of thin air. Having looked over the name again recently, I now think … Continue reading →

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Marrying Smart Machines

Posted on 28 October 2015 by Larry Russwurm

Right away, I must tell you, this post is not about sexbots or any other possible way to have sex with electronics. I am only discussing a stratagem for dealing with the modern world. You know that line that everyone … Continue reading →

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After Albrecht Loses

Posted on 17 October 2015 by Larry Russwurm
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Future Shock or Enraging Bears

Posted on 10 October 2015 by Larry Russwurm

Future shock has long been the stuff of science fiction. I will not annoy you with ridiculous, cause-and-effect-ignoring time travel into the past. In this article we will only examine ignorant time travel where somehow the observer manages to ignore … Continue reading →

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Canadian Attack Ads About to Get Worse

Posted on 3 October 2015 by Larry Russwurm

It’s coming down to the last few weeks of the Canadian election. Attack ads have gotten worse. Of course Harper started the attack ads first. Now the NDP have joined in. It’s only a matter of time until the Liberals … Continue reading →

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3 Women and a Baby

Posted on 26 September 2015 by Larry Russwurm

I bet some of you have been scratching your heads about the upcoming Ghostbusters movie. Why, oh why, have they made the lead actors all women? Well, quite frankly, because it does not hurt suspension of disbelief to make the … Continue reading →

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Money For Nothing

Posted on 19 September 2015 by Larry Russwurm

Just about now, those who have invested in sea shore real estate in the U.S. might be thinking of the alternatives. Especially if global warming actually creates higher sea levels. The way I see it, there are two choices. The … Continue reading →

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I Hate Snowmobiles

Posted on 12 September 2015 by Larry Russwurm

A few of you city and town dwellers who have cable and/or no snowmobiles in urban limits, might think my reason for hating snowmobiles is made up. But it’s not. Snowmobiles ruin television reception that is over the air. I … Continue reading →

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Free the Corporation

Posted on 5 September 2015 by Larry Russwurm

If you are out shopping around for a cause, let me bring you a new one. Corporations everywhere are being persecuted. I don’t think its out of line for me to speak for these corporations. Later, after the cause has … Continue reading →

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