Tag Archives: Sailing

Tale of a Shipwreck

Posted on May 8, 2021 by vanbraman

This evening I have been thinking about a post that I wrote long ago. I originally wrote this in 2008 during a trip to Shanghai, and then posted it here back in 2012. I will be reading this as part … Continue reading →

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Blaming the Computer

Posted on January 24, 2015 by vanbraman

When did people first start blaming computers for mistakes? It is probably much earlier than what you thought. I ran across a sentence in a book today that felt very much out of place and time. “Well, sir,” George Fay … Continue reading →

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