A friend asked me why I started using my middle initial in bylines. I answered, “Because some guy in prison named Eric Frazier ranks higher in Google searches than I do.” If you have never searched your own name online,…
Author: Eric F. Frazier
Eric F. Frazier is an independent writer, editor, book reviewer and co-author of GPS Declassified: From Smart Bombs to Smartphones.
Slushi 2014
“The logo for this Olympics ought to be a stretcher.” –sportswriter Sally Jenkins, writing in the Washington Post about injuries caused by the poor snow conditions at Sochi, a questionable choice of location for the winter games. Find…
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n: usually a male, often a football player, who wears short sleeves in freezing weather (Note: Neither of the wild card teams who played January 5, 2014, with wind chill readings of minus 4 degrees, advanced to participate in…
A Writer’s Resolution: Start New Word Diet
Starting a new diet is among the most common of New Year’s resolutions; it’s also a good time for writers to consider a diet of new words. This occurred to me while reading a recent newspaper piece by a nationally…
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The movie Her raises interesting questions about the future of relationships between humans and artificial intelligence, as well as the direction of movies in the same genre. For example, many people must carry a separate employer-provided business phone in addition…
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Fashion Forward: What Drives Wearable Tech
“Data will not help you if you can’t see it when you need it.” –Bill Wasik’s lead in a Wired Magazine article titled “Why Wearable Tech Will Be as Big as the Smartphone.“ Find this content useful? Share it with…
Happy Christmas and Merry New Year!
My preoccupation with the vagaries of language sent me searching this morning for the reason we say “Merry Christmas.” After all, we use the word happy to convey our best wishes for most other holidays, including the New Year, Easter,…
GPS Turns 40: Test Your Knowledge with a Quiz
December 2013 brought two important anniversaries for GPS, a technology that has changed the world, yet both milestones have gone unnoticed in the media. The Pentagon authorized GPS development 40 years ago on Dec. 17, 1973. If GPS were a…