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Dave writes an enthousiastic review of this book: The Secret in Building 26: > “I just finished reading The Secret in Building 26: The Untold Story of How America Broke the Final U-boat Enigma Code. What a fascinating read! I’ve written b...
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I read in Personal Technology (Wall Street Journal) today that Foxmarks, the handy, free utility that synchronizes my Firefox bookmarks between several computers, now works with Safari as well. Great. I tested it, an...
Read more →I’ve been discovering the mass of information that is created by the government and is very slowly making its way online. I will be posting my discoveries from time to time. The process of making public information available online seems to go something like this: - Law requires that information be...
Read more →Check this post The 7 deadly sins and 10 lessons of a failed startup from Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing: > “Building ...
Read more →I’ve gotten interested in what is going on in the public sector, in particular in the world of non profits. I’ve learned a lot, met many people and been trying to define a project that would at the same time do something to better the world as be an interesting and fulfilling product challenge (noti...
Read more →I’ve known about Pandora for ages, and the last month or so have been using it again, a lot. It’s quite amazing: constant, free, music. Based on your interests. How does it work? Well just go to Pandora, set up a free account, and indicate, for...
Read more →A column in the NYTimes that offers a very different perspective from what we might think of as the goal of a liberal education: > “Individuals should learn to think for themselves. They should be skeptical of pre-existing arrangements. They should break free from the way they were raised, examine ...
Read more →You’ve heard me bemoan the death of magazines, newspapers, and other valuable things (radio? small software products) that we are killing by demanding and expecting them to become cheaper and cheaper, and eventually free. And after that, “gone”. Here’s an interesting idea: [make newspapers into non-...
Read more →“So yet another way you can help Ruby and Rails Activism is by attending (supporting) a conference. Below you’ll find conferences coming up in the next 6 months. If you think I’ve missed one, or if the information is incorrect, please post a comment.” (from Riding Rails) If you look at the list of conferences and meetings, all looking interesting, there’s nothing anywhere near Boston. Hey, whatup?
Now there’s a big topic, eh? A magazine that I don’t normally read has a good, in depth, thoughtful article about the debate between Religion and Science (see what I just did?). It comes in the guise of a book review ...
Read more →From Bob Herbert, in today’s New York Times: > “… [we’ve witnessed] the almost desperate hunger in this country for mature leadership, for someone who is not recless and clownish, shortsighted and self-absorbed...
Read more →There’s been some back and forth silliness about whether Barack Obama can keep his Blackberry. All the pundits said “no way” but I thought, geez, the guy is President (did you hear?) all he has to do is say: ‘make it so’: > “On Monday, a government agency that the Obama administration — but that is probably the National Security Agency — added to a standard blackberry a super-encryption package…. and Obama WILL be able to use it … still for routine and personal messages.” (from Marc Ambinder inAtlantic) But, he won’t be allowed to use IM 🙂
Chris and I, this morning, looking forward to a great day. We’ve waited and worked for this. And now the day has come. I saw the inauguration communally on a big screen at the Regent Theater in Arlington with hundreds of other cheering folks. It was a fun and exciting event. People even stood up for the actual oath of office. Quite something!
You might be interested in what BlogBridge is doing about twittering from more than one account: > “Sometimes I tweet on my own behalf (’the weather in Curacao is hot’) and sometimes I tweet on BlogBridge’s behalf (’can I help solve your problem?’) This poses a bit of a logistical challenge for me.” (from BlogBridge blog) Please weigh in!
Breaking news from CNN: “Apple CEO Steve Jobs takes leave until end of June; Jobs says health issues “more complex than I originally thought.”
Check out this post Madoff Scammed His Sister, Too!: > "A division has appeared in the Madoff family: Those who invested all their money with Bernie (such as his now wiped-out sister)…and those who didn’t (including his sons Mark and Andrew and his brother Peter). Forgive us for tentatively concluding that the Madoff family members who didn’t lose their shirts on the scam knew or suspected that something was going on." (from: from Clusterstock) …
Check out this post Greg Mitchell: Bono Replacing Bill Kristol at New York Times?: > "What an honor," said Bono. "I’ve never been great with the full stops or commas. Let’s see how far we can take this." (from: from Huffington Post: Front Page) …
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Check this post 30+ Must-Have Updated Firefox 3 Extensions from Mashable!: > We’ve put together a list of 30+ must-have Firefox 3 extensions that we know you’ll enjoy, whether you’ve upgraded to Firefox 3 and are looking for something new to add to your browser, or have yet to make the upgrade and are looking for a reason. Lots of good stuff there if you are a FireFox 3 user. Check ’em out! Originally posted on Jun 27, 2008. Reprinted courtesy of ReRuns plug-in.