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Are we truly free?

I had to pause this video about half way through because I could not stop crying. Kevin Bales: How to combat modern slavery Are we truly free? Facebook Digg Print Email

blog and web site consolidation is in order

I know there are “a few” readers out there.  And, as such, I’m alerting you that I’m going to be doing some blog and web site consolidations. Over the years I have had various online sites and have made a few transitions.  I have liked the various URL’s and hosting setups that I’ve had over [...]

Content and Discussion and Facebook Wins

Content is created all over the place.  Discussion about content happens on Facebook. Twitter and retweets are nice, but discussion in a closed system among people who care about similar things and can hide certain “friends” makes for a better medium than other places.  It’s actually open communication and open discussion, inside of a closed [...]

Broadcast TV Will Stay Needed

Even though I think everyone should have a much wider pipe bringing Internet to the home, that’s not the issue.  The issue is that the content providers can’t keep up with the demand… which is why we need to keep “broadcast” TV, and further why net neutrality may have some opponents with very valid points. UPDATE: Yup… more fodder… Bandwidth [...]

Deal with your mistakes, like right now!

Virgin America had a bad flight.  It turned out not to be such a disaster because they (sort of) dealt with it early.  United, on the other hand, well they shat on their own faces by  being dorks about breaking a guitar. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo I kinda like the song.  I’d like it even more if it [...]

Limit of 15

 Looks like “they” will not let me fetch more than 15 downloads at the same time.  That’s not normally a big deal, but I want to leave for some lunch.  That means that it will not all be done (There are 5 more.) when I get back and I’ll have to wait, again.  Oh, [...]

Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts

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Vancouver 2010 Olympics

With the official start of the winter games happening today, I’m having a good time this morning checking out various sites related to the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.  It’s particularly fun being close, now that I am back living in Seattle, WA, just a couple/few hours south of Vancouver, BC.  I may try to go up [...]

Simplicity rules.

This past month I moved across the country, back to the Seattle, Washington area.  I love it here!  And, I’m glad to be back. This trip back was done with everything I own able to fit into my truck with the top carrier.  It was not really that tight of a fit.  That’s mostly because I [...]

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an old algorithm and a new risk

Cell Phone Encryption Code Is Divulged “A German computer engineer said Monday that he had deciphered and published the secret code used to encrypt most of the world’s digital mobile phone calls, saying it was his attempt to expose weaknesses in the security of global wireless systems.” …hmmm… More perspective is in the full article. [...]

“…why we find it meaningful to develop technology.”

There are many reasons.  One of the Twitter co-founders writes about one good one.  They listened. Facebook Digg Print Email