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...
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 ...

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...

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. ...