Monkey Messages

Ever since Samuel Morse tapped out his famous “What hath god wrought.”  message in 1844 on the primitive code key he devised others have tried to improve upon each element of the system.  This resulted, by the time the last major telegraph offices were shuttered well over a hundred years later, in a multitude of different key… Continue reading Monkey Messages

The Ikea of Technology

  Ask nearly anyone today and they will readily explain that Ikea is the company with the fancy furniture that you assemble yourself from a kit.  They are, at least as of 2008, the largest retailer of homebuilt furniture in the world.  Pretty impressive, and a testament to the willingness of people to build things for… Continue reading The Ikea of Technology