The article by Douglass Rushkoff, How the Tech Boom Terminated California’s Economy, blames the Internet for not only California’s current economic mess, but also for “undermining America’s biggest industry–finance.” It’s an interesting, theory, that is probably worth a read. Personally I think the whole argument is flawed to the point of being silly, but...
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Apple obsoletes PowerPC Macs
According to announcements today at WWDC, the next release of Mac OS X, OS 10.6 “Snow Leopard”, will not support PowerPC-based Macs. I find this pretty annoying. I like to get my money’s worth out of a machine. Now Apple is telling me I have to get a new machine if I want support,...
eComm 2009 right around the corner
The conference takes place in San Francisco March 3-5. If you’re interested in where communications is heading, including voice, video, and social services, ecomm 2009 is the place to be. I’ll be giving a 5 minute lightning presentation on Harnessing Latent Mobile Phone Resources For Wireless Digital Telemetry Applications Date: Wednesday, March 4 Time:...
“Skype is open” argument – not even wrong
I won’t waste a lot of bits on this. The case of Skype being open can be rejected immediately and indisputably with the simple fact that there is no published IP network specification for communicating with the service. Done. Nothing to see here. Move along please. What? You’re still here? Okay. Let’s take an...
Historical footnote
Today I sold my last Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) (formerly SUNW) stock – at a net loss of about 80%. I was looking pretty smart back in 2000-2001. Even though to a large degree I had lost faith in SUN, I must admit I held this stock more based on emotion, always a bad...
McCain Leaves GM Plant To Chants Of “Obama 08″
McCain reassures GM factory workers that their situaion is not their fault. Whew! That’s a relief. Thanks, John.
Bush Legacy By The Numbers
In answer to the question “are you better off now then you were eight years ago?” the following chart provides a visual indication of the results of the last eight years, the legacy of the Bush Administration: A few of the metrics: U.S. Trade deficit: UP 100% Consumer Credit Debt: UP 67% New Private...
Corruption, cronyism, and political backstabbing – sound familiar?
In a continuation of the shadow government run in secrecy by Dick Cheney and an administration that is infamous for withholding information from the American public, Gov. Palin kept 1,100 emails from a freedom of information request. Her reason? “Executive privilege” Hmm… Where have we heard that before? Andree McLeod, a Republican, filed a...
Daily Show: Sarah Palin IS the Bush Doctrine
A fresh new idea to this election season. No blinking, So new, we haven’t heard it since Bush said the same thing in 2000. And no earmarks, except for the $400+ billion. Etc. Etc.
Evan Tanner UFC wrestler dies in desert – cell phone failure?
By now, most people have heard about UFC wrestler, Evan Tanner, who was found dead in remote area of the Palo Verde moutain desert. TMZ and others reported that “Tanner sent a text message to a friend that he was out of water and needed help.” If this is true, it really bothers me....
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