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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-...
Read more →“So yet another way you can help Ruby and Rails Activism is by attending (supporting) a conference. Below you’ll find conferences coming up in the next 6 months. If you think I’ve missed one, or if the information is incorrect, please post a comment.” (from Riding Rails) If you look at the list of conferences and meetings, all looking interesting, there’s nothing anywhere near Boston. Hey, whatup?
Now there’s a big topic, eh? A magazine that I don’t normally read has a good, in depth, thoughtful article about the debate between Religion and Science (see what I just did?). It comes in the guise of a book review ...
Read more →From Bob Herbert, in today’s New York Times: > “… [we’ve witnessed] the almost desperate hunger in this country for mature leadership, for someone who is not recless and clownish, shortsighted and self-absorbed...
Read more →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 🙂
Chris and I, this morning, looking forward to a great day. We’ve waited and worked for this. And now the day has come. I saw the inauguration communally on a big screen at the Regent Theater in Arlington with hundreds of other cheering folks. It was a fun and exciting event. People even stood up for the actual oath of office. Quite something!
You might be interested in what BlogBridge is doing about twittering from more than one account: > “Sometimes I tweet on my own behalf (’the weather in Curacao is hot’) and sometimes I tweet on BlogBridge’s behalf (’can I help solve your problem?’) This poses a bit of a logistical challenge for me.” (from BlogBridge blog) Please weigh in!
Breaking news from CNN: “Apple CEO Steve Jobs takes leave until end of June; Jobs says health issues “more complex than I originally thought.”
Check out this post Madoff Scammed His Sister, Too!: > "A division has appeared in the Madoff family: Those who invested all their money with Bernie (such as his now wiped-out sister)…and those who didn’t (including his sons Mark and Andrew and his brother Peter). Forgive us for tentatively concluding that the Madoff family members who didn’t lose their shirts on the scam knew or suspected that something was going on." (from: from Clusterstock) …
Check out this post Greg Mitchell: Bono Replacing Bill Kristol at New York Times?: > "What an honor," said Bono. "I’ve never been great with the full stops or commas. Let’s see how far we can take this." (from: from Huffington Post: Front Page) …
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Check this post 30+ Must-Have Updated Firefox 3 Extensions from Mashable!: > We’ve put together a list of 30+ must-have Firefox 3 extensions that we know you’ll enjoy, whether you’ve upgraded to Firefox 3 and are looking for something new to add to your browser, or have yet to make the upgrade and are looking for a reason. Lots of good stuff there if you are a FireFox 3 user. Check ’em out! Originally posted on Jun 27, 2008. Reprinted courtesy of ReRuns plug-in.
In case you didn’t see this, it’s kind of interesting if you follow Apple and our pal Steve Jobs: > ““I have been losing weight throughout 2008. The reason has been a mystery to me and my doctors,” Jobs, who turns 54 in F...
Read more →In an excellent article on The End of The Financial World as We Know It, an even more fascinating story about Harry Markopolos: > In his devastatingly persuasive 17-page letter to the S.E.C., Mr. Markopolos saw two possible scenario...
Read more →This New York Times article, “What’s Obscene? Google Could Have an Answer” is pretty interesting, and makes sense at some level: **“Judges and jurors who must decide whether sexually explicit material is o...
Read more →“Revelers will have an extra second to enjoy the New Year celebrations. Drunken party goers may not notice but, thanks to the Earth’s erratic rotation, the countdown to 2009 will last a moment longer. British physicists and official timekeepers around the world will insert a “leap second” to bring the most accurate atomic clocks in line with the astronomical day[…]” from Big Ben Adjusted for Leap Second Happy New Year. Bon Anja, Tur Kos Bon!
I always love Kevin Kelly’s writing and thinking and this article in a recent New York Times Magazine doesn’t disappoint. I ha...
Read more →Thomas Friedman with another thought provoking column. I know not everyone likes his perspective but I find myself in violent agreement more often than not: > “All I could think to myself was: If we’re so smart, why are other people living so much better than us? What has become of our infrastructur...
Read more →Now here‘s a recommendation: > “I recently got a hold of what I consider to be the nicest mathematical book in my collection. As a matter of fact, it’s the nicest book I own, period – even though I posses bookshelves teaming with terrific titles on mathematics, science, programming, computer science, photography and so on.” (from Math-Blog) That goes right onto my wish list!
