Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Singularity alert: Nearest New York Subway for iPhone

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I really do need to see “Minority Report” (censorship and added link mine)… Daring Fireball Linked List: New York Nearest Subway Augmen...

Apple’s App Store frozen?

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I’m used to getting App store updates to my iPhone apps every few days.  I haven’t received any updates for over a week, following a post-3...

Was the crash of ‘08 worse than the crash of ‘29?

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In America we’re not (yet) reliving the Great Depression. In other parts of the world, people are . So it’s plausible that the crash of ‘0...
Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Signs of the end times

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Goal : Pay money to a big organization that wants my money . Take One : Spend twenty minutes with web site. Old username doesn’t work. Sta...

The tyranny of the mean

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Today I needed to set a calendar reminder of a morning appointment. I needed a 14 hour interval. That’s easy in Outlook or in long lost Pa...
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Monday, July 13, 2009

Most obvious comment on that super-secret CIA program

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When I read the WSJ’s claim that CIA’s secret program was about assassinating al Qaeda leaders my first thought was “Isn’t that what we’ve ...
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Palin, Noonan, and the fears of euro America

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Peggy Noonan recently outlined the GOP establishment’s personal fears (emphases mine) … ... Here are a few examples of what we ...
Sunday, July 12, 2009

The Sotomayor hearings are over

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They might as well be. I loved this amusing, but serious, pre-summary of the results: Everything you need to know about Sonia Sotomayor'...

The mindset of the GOP establishment - Peggy Noonan

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Peggy Noonan, of Reagan era fame, represents the core GOP establishment. Her disgust with Sarah Palin is given full vent in a WSJ OpEd, thou...

Understanding China - an excellent WSJ on ethnic identity in modern China

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This WSJ article by Dru Gadney is essential reading for anyone who needs to understand modern China -- which means anyone who wants to be p...

The post-lead era: living with less reliable electronic hardware

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Years ago most of my computer problems were related to local software bugs. Those were the days before OS X 10.3 and XP SP2. (Ok, so 10.5 wa...
Friday, July 10, 2009

The Google Netbook is all about two things, and the big one is cheaper

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How can it be that the vast majority of my fellow bloviators are ignoring what Google is saying here … Google CEO Schmidt Thought Build...

Facebook's ad voting - fascinating

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I can't provide a link, but on my morning commute I heard a 63yo NPR journalist describe how her Facebook ads changed over the past year...
Thursday, July 09, 2009

Is your drywall emitting toxic radioactive gases? No, really …

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This Consumer Report blog article is the first I’ve heard of this one. Apparently the reports started in 2007, with customers learning of co...
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Do you want health care reform? Then take 10 minutes with the Organizing for America web page.

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Health care reform scares the pants off politicians. It’s a huge threat to reelection; true reform will make far more enemies than friends. ...