Peter Vogel is a long time tech writer who has contributed to the B.C. Catholic for many years. Follow Peter on X (@PeterVogel) or on Bluesky (petervogel.bsky.social). You can email him at pvogel@outlook.com.
October 2025 marks the end of the proverbial road, end of life, or EOL, for one of the most successful operating systems of all time, Windows 10. Not that this … Continued
“Grok, give me an analysis of auroral conditions probability for Yellowknife Jan. 5–9, 2026” Recently I had occasion to speak with a fellow parishioner over coffee. He and his wife … Continued
Notre Dame Regional Secondary’s Physics Balsa Bridge Building Contest will celebrate its 45th annual competition on May 21. Started with a budget of $20 for the 1981 school year, the … Continued
When the first widely available large language model artificial intelligence (LLM-AI) platform, ChatGPT, surfaced in November 2023, we immediately wrote several columns in this space on its capabilities. We also … Continued
It’s been six years, going into a seventh. Well, not quite, but hear me out. I still love my phone, even though it no longer receives operating system updates. Seems … Continued
As we leave winter behind in March and head into tax filing month, April, this may be an opportune time to reflect on one of the basics of our internet … Continued
With the possible exception of United States president Donald Trump, the most controversial individual in North America, perhaps across the planet, seems to be one Elon Musk. As the Trump … Continued
“We just landed. Our plane crashed. It’s upside down.” If you were caught up in the Family Day news about a bizarre plane crash at Toronto’s Pearson Airport, you likely … Continued
Our recent columns on the future of AM radio (“Streaming technologies are bypassing old-school radio”: Jan. 14, and “Is this the end of the line for AM radio?”: Oct. 31) … Continued
Yes to Bluesky, no to Twitter/X. So went my thinking in late 2024, coincident with a sharp fall-off in traffic to Twitter/X and meteoric growth at Bluesky. A year earlier … Continued