Arnold is a cool governator
Check out Schwarzenegger Gives California Legislature A Hidden Finger(from TechCrunch: ** "
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October 2009
Did you see what Amazon Stock did yesterday?
I have believed that Amazon is a much bigger deal than people realize. Not only are they the ultimate retailer that seem to have everything, at better prices, more conveniently offered, than anyone else, but, the technology (in software and process) that they have invented and built is extremely uni...
Read more →Those are not “your companies” dude
Check out It’s Not My Company(from Feld Thoughts🙂 ** "While I’ve got plenty of rights as an investor, I’m very aware that I’m “an investor.” If you are a CEO or an en...
Read more →Lexington Public Library’s responsible for the computer revolution?
Did you know of the Lexington Public Library’s role in the founding of DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) and so part of the creation of the computer revolution we’ve been living through the last 50 of so years? **“Other than our lunch hour visits to the Lexington Public Library to study their coll...
Read more →American Airlines kinda-fail
I am traveling on my usually favorite Airline; and of course everyone knows that they are suffering, right? And yes, the flight to L.A. is ridiculously inexpensive. But still, let’s say these raised my eyebrows: - When I checked in, I looked at the seat assignment chart and there were no free sea...
Read more →Electricity Audit Survey Tool?
I want to do an electricity audit for my house. I am looking for a web site that lets me complete a survey of all my electricity consuming devices and estimates my KWh. I suspect there may be many of these, is there one you recommend? I know it’s really easy to do ‘by hand’, but I think there must be someone who did the research of how much power a Staples paper shredder uses when it’s on but not in use, and on, and on and on.
[Geeky] Create UML Diagrams from the command line
If you get it, you may want to get it: Create UML Diagrams from the command line 
Larry Lessig: Beyond Transparency, and Net Triumphalism
As David W. says, there’s a lot that’s been written in response to the provocative article by Larry Lessig. I haven’t yet read all of it, but what I’ve seen is very provocative (in a good sense.)All the pointers you might need can be found here: [Larry Lessig: Beyond Transparency, and Net Triumphali...
Read more →The Change Formula: Rule
I attended BIF-5 (The Business Information Factory’s Annual Summit) last week, a great and stimulating experience. One of the speakers was Alan M. Weber taking some topics out of his new book, Rules of Thumb. ...
Read more →Premature Evaluation?: Obama Wins Nobel Prize
Check out Premature Evaluation?: Obama Wins Nobel Prize(from The BRAD BLOG: > “The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary e...
Read more →I am convinced by this
Sergey Brin of Google has an op-ed in today’s New York Times, making the case for Google Books: **“But the vast majority of books ever written are not accessible to anyone except the most tenacious researchers at premi...
Read more →You Commit Three Felonies a Day
Interesting commentary on a new book by Harvey Silvergate called “Three Felonies a Day”. The article also touches on the notion that “Under the English common law that we inherited, a crime requires intent.”, saying: *...
Read more →Jersey Boys
We saw the “Jersey Boys” musical in Chicago last night. It’s a lot of fun, even though the sound system at the “Bank of America Theatre” wasn’t up to par. Actually it was pretty awful. The music is great and the story is inter...
Read more →September 2009
Interesting further commentary on Intuit purchase of Mint
I wrote about the Mint/Intuit deal the other day. Being an avid user, I had mixed feelings about this development. I came across this good post about the transaction, which...
Read more →Upcoming Web Innovators Group meeting
Just found out that the WebInno group is back in session after a summer hiatus. This is one of the best open meetings for techies and entrepreneurs to meet and talk and see each other’s stuff. Here’s the official blurb: > “The Web Innovato...
Read more →Mint being acquired by Intuit: Good or Bad?
I am a fairly avid fan of Mint.com. So it’s with mixed emotions that I read that Mint is being acquired by Intuit. Intuit is a bigger, better known, and so i...
Read more →[geeky] Odd stuff I’ve learned setting up a new Mac
I’ve been in the process of setting up a new computer and in the process, as is expected, discovering long lost files and stuff that is easier or harder to move over. I thought I would capture some of the tidbits because there might be something useful here for you - To set the scene, this is a ne...
Read more →Scott Kirsner wants to put Albert Einstein on a box of wheaties
This is actually a pretty cool idea! Here’s a quote from Scott’s post: > “I’d like to see a Wheaties box featuring Sally Ride, the first American woman in space (who also happened to be an astrophysicist and Stanford PhD); Internet pioneers Tim Berners-Lee and Vint Cerf; the great primatologist Jane Goodall…” (from: Dear General Mills)
Sunlight Foundation’s Apps for America
Sunlight Foundation is a very cool organization that I’ve been close to. They are involved with many efforts to further government transparency and accountability, often using technology, but not only. Recently they ran their second competition looking for interesting and useful applications and too...
Read more →From Andrew Sullivan: My Take On The Healthcare Debate
I agree with this point from the post My Take On The Healthcare Debate from Daily Dish (Andrew Sullivan): > "If you have to strip out of a bill a mere conversation with seniors about powers-of-attorney for end-of-life decisions, you are not interested in a serious conversation about curtailing healthcare costs."