Knowledge Handler
Information Sources & Information Sifting Techniques
About Me

- Name: David Dial
- Location: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
I am a retired librarian, most recently serving at Indiana Wesleyan University's Cleveland Education Center.
Thursday, December 19, 2024
Friday, September 27, 2024
Monday, July 17, 2023
Friday, May 21, 2021
Sunday, March 15, 2020
The Magnificence of Time's Passage
Marcia Bjornerud provides the reader with an appreciation of geologic eons and the concept of time's passage.
-DDLabels: Time, time sense
Monday, September 24, 2018
Pendulum Clocks and Gravity
Ethan Siegel tells why the first pendulum clock transported to America did not keep accurate time. Earth's gravitational constant is an average which actually changes slightly with latitude!
-DDSaturday, December 12, 2015
Computer Clock
Simson Garfinkel wrote an article on the "Security Implications of the Humble Computer Clock " in 2009, but his advice is still relevant. I have found that errant clock settings have prevented users from accessing apps such as e-mail. Checking the accuracy of a computer's internal clock should be an early step in a intractible networking problem.
-DD
