Blog Collection
Regarding Automotive Innovation, Boring Cars, and Derisive Comments about Capitalism
— by Hawke — last modified Apr 11, 2019 12:44 PMThis came up from a Facebook posting someone made derisively about capitalism in the automotive industry.
Shamestorming, shadowbanning, blacklisting, court of public opinion, the modern day Scarlet Letter
— by Hawke — last modified Feb 15, 2019 12:15 AMAs more and more people ignore the concepts of freedom of speech, especially speech that is disagreeable (the whole point of freedom of speech, it has never been an issue if the speech is agreeable), the days of the Scarlet Letter and the Mob are increasingly rising once again...
More opposing voices not fewer...
— by Hawke — last modified Aug 15, 2018 05:30 PMAs social shaming becomes the latest form of censorship for individuals and organizations, further losing sight how critical liberty is to the lifestyle those against it have become accustomed to...
Lifelong Learner, Disgusted with Majority of "Academia".
— by Hawke — last modified Jun 26, 2018 06:04 PMLove learning, teaching, sharing, achieving. It appears that most schools and most of of academia have lost site of the purpose (I thought) was to improve the human experience...
Ooops! I've done it again....
— by Hawke — last modified Aug 15, 2018 05:32 PMI have been stating since semi-retiring from computer-science/IT that I "am a reformed workaholic". The past two weeks I'm afraid I fell off the wagon...
Projects Overload Spring 2018
— by Hawke — last modified Mar 26, 2018 06:39 PMA quick snapshot of all that is going on right now...
Was going to college worth it? Was it the best approach for Therapeutic Recreation / Recreational Therapy (TR / RT), Music Therapy (MT), Research Psychology, & Neuroscience?
— by Hawke — last modified Mar 21, 2018 10:19 AMFor me, it turns out it was probably a huge waste of time and money. For others? Well, that is going to depend on the person...
Shallow, petty, appearance-driven, busy-body neighbors harass charity efforts for people with disabilities.
— by Hawke — last modified Nov 27, 2017 09:04 AMI'm going to have to temporarily cut back a number of my charity programs because of the beginning warnings of harassment from shallow neighbors. This saddens me greatly about such human beings, but we'll adapt and find a way to bounce back eventually. I always suspected how shallow some of our neighbors were. Last week this was unfortunately confirmed. I am going to try to find property away from such self-involved, shallow, selfish neighbors (though likely will take years to save up for such a move, this is when it begins). This is in the Whitworth University area, North Five mile area, Forest Hills are, of Spokane, Washington.
1 Percent "joke"
— by Hawke — last modified Jan 31, 2023 10:41 AMA quasi "joke" on the 1 Percenter (top 1 percentile) fad...
Child Labor Protection Laws - Gone Too Far?
— by Hawke — last modified Jan 25, 2017 12:27 AMCurrently in a course on the Psychology fo Child Development at EWU. We had a section on Child Labor (and abuse) throughout the world. This was my classroom discussion posting.
Minimum Wage Consequences List
— by Hawke — last modified Jan 23, 2017 04:06 PMSeveral times this month I have been running into people, regarding businesses closing, firing, etc. due to the minimum wage increases. I thought I should start keeping a list as it comes up. I will update as I can.
Discourse Forum - Warning
— by Hawke — last modified Dec 02, 2016 02:07 PMA quick warning to not use Discourse.org's Discourse forum software. Consider other products and communities... I can now recommend people instead consider NodeBB...
My Take on MightyWords
— by Hawke — last modified Aug 26, 2016 12:57 AMI was recently prompted by others about discussion of MightyWords Inc. A company where I worked as CTO. In reading press releases and quotes of the CEO, I have a similar but also slightly different take on events I thought I would share here...
Example Consequences of Obama Administration
— by Hawke — last modified May 20, 2017 01:55 PMHere is a quick summary of how the Obama Administration has been ruining me financially, and the impact this has on the rest of the economy...
Lyrics - Master of the Immortals
— by Hawke — last modified Jul 04, 2016 01:15 AMLyrics by Hawke Robinson, Synthetic Zen. Jan 06, 2013 10:33 PM. Original lyrics (c) W.A. Hawkes-Robinson (Synthetic Zen), 1991
Diet Methodologies, Trends, Fads, Science, Pop Culture
— by Hawke — last modified Jul 04, 2016 01:06 AMlast modified Nov 15, 2012 03:02 PM . Triggered by conversation on Facebook between one of my son's and one of his Facebook friends regarding the starvation "one meal per day" diet the kid was recommending to my son.
Tolkien Moot IX done, onward to Spocon 2013, Gamers Hands of Fate, The Packer, Getting Published, and Tolkien Moot X. Phew!
— by Hawke — last modified Sep 22, 2016 02:28 PMAug 08, 2013 12:12 PM . Busy, busy, busy summer. Maybe too busy?
Lung Health Recovery Battle
— by Hawke — last modified Jul 04, 2016 01:05 AMlast modified Dec 13, 2012 09:03 AM . A status update on the 2.5 years long (so far) battle to breathe...
No good deed goes unpunished
— by Hawke — last modified Sep 22, 2016 02:30 PMI am so frustrated with people assuming the worst of others and not giving even the slightest benefit of the doubt about good intentions...
Hillary or Trump? 2016
— by Hawke — last modified Mar 14, 2016 11:08 AMLet's see, if it ends up being between Hillary or Trump the choices would be...