Friday, September 14, 2007

Fallows on the Iraq Speeches: Edwards amazing, Giuliani insane

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James Fallows (The Atlantic) watched yesterday's Bush speech (Iraq) and the responses -- twice . Unsurprisingly, it drove him to near-ma...

iPhone vs. Windows Mobile: Reflections on why Windows Mobile has been such a dud

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Ouch. It's rare to read such a harshly honest review of anything ... iPhone alternative for the cheap, patient user - Geek Guide - The G...
Monday, September 10, 2007

Canine cognition - at last, respect

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Ten years ago I was a bit frustrated that dogs weren't getting much respect as a fascinating species*. Co-evolved with their human symbi...

Asymmetric Polygamy: the problem of the leftovers

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Marginal Revolution discusses the economics of polygamy , though in fact they're really talking about polygny (one male, multiple female...
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Why can't we manage botnets?

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The Storm botnet has been in the news lately ... Storm botnet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ... The Storm botnet, or Storm worm botnet,...
Sunday, September 09, 2007

Mind expanding books: a list

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It's easy to be ready for the future -- just read a certain kind of science fiction. No, not Asimov, rest his soul (my fave: The Gods Th...

Fossett: is this the same search everyone gets?

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The lost wealthy adventurer Steve Fossett is getting such an intense search that it's turning up wrecks never seen before... ABC News: O...

Amazon's Flexible Payments service

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This is the best explanation of Amazon's new payment system I've read ... Mobile Opportunity: Impact of Amazon Flexible Payments Ser...

Forgotten things: dial phones, record players, rust

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Boomer geezers often talk about the things their children don't recognize, such as dial phones and record players. Actually, our childre...
Saturday, September 08, 2007

Cruelty of the young, or how to tell you're a geezer

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Every so often, I wipe out. Flip, bump, spin, skid, slide, etc. Bright red road rash patches here and there (looks worse than it feels). It&...
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Shared music, shared ringtones, iPhone - uh-oh

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Despite all chatter about iTunes and DRMd iPhone ringtones nobody seems to have caught on that Apple is going to make it very, very, hard t...

Senator Klobuchar and cell phone contracts: America, bow before Minnesota

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It's hard to believe, but Minnesota wasn't always the coolest state. I confess when I lived on the coasts I didn't really know w...

Dang, I really thought he was dead

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Google News: The Bin Laden stuff Honestly, I figured he was dead. For an egomaniac he was awfully quiet. Does this guy take longevity lesson...

Virginia moves to eliminate the father

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On the one hand, I'm comfortable with the idea of eliminating males, though it is a bit of a slippery slope. As bad as human males are, ...
Friday, September 07, 2007

Are all smartphones bad?

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A journalists had a bad Treo experience, and decided to turn his investigative talents on an interesting question -- is there such a thing a...
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