Stephen Cobb's Personal Blog

Abstract:  A simple and efficient system for managing information found on the internet a piece of  Javascript called "Blog This" ...

This month I took part in a slightly unusual interview. The interviewer was from a publication called Authority  and the interview was carri...

You may recognize the phrase "Just time for a quick update" from John Oliver 's show "Last Week Tonight With John Oliver....

[UPDATE: 00.01 on 1 January, 2021 — The UK completed it's departure from the EU. A bad idea has now become a bad reality, IMHO.] I alw...

In November of 2008 I wrote: "we’ve arrived at the time of the year when it’s traditional to speak of things for which we’re thankful, ...

I have retired from my corporate position and we're moving to England! After many enjoyable years with ESET—the organization I've ...

This blog post is a place holder related to a conversation that started back in 2016 when someone wrote to me, as follows: I read your b...

Short Version/TLDR :  I used to have persistent high blood pressure (HBP) that was referred to as "essential hypertension," but no...

Technically speaking, #HeForShe is a hashtag, a social media tool defined as: "a word or phrase preceded by a hash or pound sign (#) a...

Let me give you the short version of my answer up front: Yes. If the current privacy protection for genetic medicine in the US, in which Oba...