Blog Posts

How stonehenge was built

It’s rare that I watch/listen to a whole Youtube. But here you go… [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRRDzFROMx0&hl=en]

What does Urban Congestion have to do with Mesh Networks?

Check out this very interesting [article that suggests that placing mesh network nodes in cars is a far better way to implement congestion pricing](http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wirel...

Verizon opening up it’s network somewhat

I am starting to follow the world of mesh networks and things related to that. One immediate question that has popped up is: now that there are cell towers everywhere, what advantage might there be to creating a new national or global or mobile network based on...

More e-Voting shenanigans

You know I follow the vagaries of computer voting machines, right? Here’s an interesting article about how one e-voting machine maker is trying to prohibit a researcher from studying the security (= trying to hack into) one of their machines: > “Princeton Professor Edward Felten astonished Congr...

Casinos in Mass? Please, No!

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfWsfDweeM4&hl=en]I found my way onto Robin Chase’s blog, Network Musings. She writes about lots of stuff I am interested in. Starting with the top post right now, [“Should Casinos Subsidize Car Travel?”](http://networkmu...

[Geeky] Doing popups in Rails and elsewhere

So my little toy pedagogical application needed a pretty popup box. Actually I wanted one so I could see close up some of the alternatives. In the process I came across three different code snippets, each one doing it in a little bit different way. For you and me, here are the links: - The DOM-popup kit, by Stuart Rackham - The FAMSPAM Facebox package by Chris Wantrath - The Bubble Tooltip kit by Alessandro Fulciniti with an assist by Annalisa Afeltra I tried the first two, but the third looks cool too. I liked Facebox the best. Your mileage may/will vary.

A True Horror Story About Why We Need Authentication Standards

I am constantly downloading applications and utilities off the web to try this or that out. I am as paranoid as the next guy so I do think about where this app came from and what havock it may or may not be planning. Still, I often will choose to ignore my most paranoid impulses and go ahead. I ...

25 George W. Bush Facts

List of Lists is an entertaining blog. He doesn’t post that often but when he does it’s usually interesting. Check out this post from A List of Lists: > “[….]in keeping with A List of Lists factual theme I’ll...

Mars Avalanche photos

> “The new image shows tan clouds moving away from the foot of a 700-metre slope, where dust and material made of water ice and frozen carbon dioxide have just tumbled down.” (from New Scientist) This is one of those times when a picture is worth 1,000 words 🙂

Contributing to the purient interest

No less an authority as the Freakonomics dudes offer an article about “A Call Girl’s View of the Spitzer Affair” Read this Q & A and many more like it. > “Q. Have you ever had a client as powerful or wel...

30% to Apple for folks selling iPhone apps??

Check out this post from Planet RubyOnRails: > I doubt few of my readers have missed that Apple just released the iPhone SDK. How many read through the fine print? Bottom line is: If you want to sell app...

Once more confirming my cynicism

Sorry, but for some reason it seems that the cynics win out once more: > “I have acted in a way that violates my obligation to my family and violates my or any sense of right or wrong,” said Mr. Spitzer…” (from The New York Times)

I Don’t Believe in COO’s

I agree with this post from Feld Thoughts: > Overall, titles don’t (and shouldn’t) matter much in an early stage company, other than for helping people on the outside of the company understand who does what to whom.  In my experience, the idea of a COO almost always muddies the water. (from: I Don’t Believe in COO’s)

What about social networks?

An interesting post by Cringely, forseeing the imminent demise of most 350 social networks. This quote, only tangentially relevant is good, but you should read the whole post from [I, Cringely . The Pulpit | PBS](http://www.pbs.o...

Dilbert blog does it again (photo added)

Check out this funny post from The Dilbert Blog: > A reader sent me a link to a story about a Japanese woman who was accused of kicking a hole in some guy’s door, crawling through the hole, and destroying his property. She was acquitted when the court realized that her breasts were too big to allow her to fit through the hole. (from: Right Up My Alley)

Do I need yet another site doing life streaming?

First it was Facebook, then (I think) it was Plaxo, then LinkedIn, and now MyBlogLog is offering me a way to publicize all the fascinating stuff I do on other sites. I dunno, there must be 100 other ones that d...

Anyone notice Google going off a cliff?

Another interesting post at the ‘TSA’ Blog

Another really interesting post from TSA Blog: Evolution of Security: (which should be called ‘The TSA Blog’! ** "Behavior analysis is based on the fear of being discovered**. People...

Brad Feld: “Why Am I Passing?” – At least you are passing

Brad Feld, famous Venture Capitalist writes an interesting post about how he might get to the point of telling an entrepreneur “we are passing” in this post from Feld Thoughts: > “We...

From Demo 2008: Silobreaker – A unique new research tool

Joining the ranks of the growing number of news aggregation and research sites is Silobreaker, which I first met at Demo 2008.  Two things catch my interest with Silobreaker – try it by [clicking here for a search on the topic ‘Google’](http://www.silobreaker.co...