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02/14 Saving the newspapers. A modest proposal. — You know I am a fan of the Newspapers. I’ve written about it several times, [wondering out loud whether our collective desire to get everything for cheaper and cheaper, eventually for free, wo...
02/10 Poem: Tortoise by Tim Mason — Tortoise by Tim Mason I set my pace deliberately keeping precious what matters under the hard shell I show the world. Truth is survival counts each step I take assures that. I’m not much on ambition, but how long you folks been around? I put that question to Aesop when he was a betting lad – gave my bookie good odds against his rabbit I left him with a moral and a question “can you hang?” Takes time to comprehend but patience comes with my pace so let me rephrase that how do you follow your dreams? Me, I keep what’s precious under the hard shell I show the world.
02/08 Who can I believe about the economy? — The problems in our economy right now are real, I believe. Tons of people have lost jobs, and my investment accounts also prove it. I guess there’s no debate about that. But the question is, what to do about it. My observations: - Politicians on both sides are equally passionate yet totally contrad...
02/07 The Secret in Building 26 — Dave writes an enthousiastic review of this book: The Secret in Building 26: > “I just finished reading The Secret in Building 26: The Untold Story of How America Broke the Final U-boat Enigma Code. What a fascinating read! I’ve written b...
02/05 Government Data, Apis, and the tipping point — I’ve been discovering the mass of information that is created by the government and is very slowly making its way online. I will be posting my discoveries from time to time. The process of making public information available online seems to go something like this: - Law requires that information be...
02/02 [GEEKY] Built my first gem (Ruby Gem that is) — I’ve gotten interested in what is going on in the public sector, in particular in the world of non profits. I’ve learned a lot, met many people and been trying to define a project that would at the same time do something to better the world as be an interesting and fulfilling product challenge (noti...
02/01 Subscribe to Pandora! — I’ve known about Pandora for ages, and the last month or so have been using it again, a lot. It’s quite amazing: constant, free, music. Based on your interests. How does it work? Well just go to Pandora, set up a free account, and indicate, for...
01/30 What Life Asks of Us — A column in the NYTimes that offers a very different perspective from what we might think of as the goal of a liberal education: > “Individuals should learn to think for themselves. They should be skeptical of pre-existing arrangements. They should break free from the way they were raised, examine ...
01/29 Going, going, gone… — You’ve heard me bemoan the death of magazines, newspapers, and other valuable things (radio? small software products) that we are killing by demanding and expecting them to become cheaper and cheaper, and eventually free. And after that, “gone”. Here’s an interesting idea: [make newspapers into non-...
01/22 Not surprised that he gets to keep it — There’s been some back and forth silliness about whether Barack Obama can keep his Blackberry. All the pundits said “no way” but I thought, geez, the guy is President (did you hear?) all he has to do is say: ‘make it so’: > “On Monday, a government agency that the Obama administration  — but that is probably the National Security Agency — added to a standard blackberry a super-encryption package…. and Obama WILL be able to use it … still for routine and personal messages.” (from Marc Ambinder inAtlantic) But, he won’t be allowed to use IM 🙂