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Carly for VP? Are you joking?

Over the past 24 hours, rumors have been mounting that Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard and the ‘Victory Chairperson’ of John McCain’s Presidential campaign, will be McCain’s pick for the Vice Presidential slot on his ticket. This is ...

Echo Chamber Alert

In case any of you care, here are the blogs I’ve found most interesting and relevant to my life over the past few weeks: Bert Stephani - Confessions of a Photographer - Great easy-to-follow discussions on off-camera lighting. Dare Obasanjo - 25...

Jun 14, 2006
Technology

Hello World?

I just downloaded Flock, a “web 2.0 web browser,” which features integrated blog posting, delicious integration, and a number of other interesting features. Just giving it a whirl and seeing if it actually works… <p style="font-size:10px;text-al...

Feb 23, 2006
Technology

Buying a Phone

So, first off, I just wanted to say that I’m incredibly psyched about the Origami Project, whatever it turns out to be ;-) I sent mail to Scoble earlier today after he hyped it on his blog to tell him how psyched I was. As the subject promised, t...

Nov 03, 2005
Technology

Terms I Never Want to Hear Again

Ajax Attention Economy Disruptive Technology “Gadget” (in the context Scoble uses it in) Mash-Up Web 2.0 I don’t particularly care about Zvents. It feels like the Stranger’s Calendar on steroids. Nothing more, nothing less. That’s it f...

Oct 16, 2005
Technology

Interesting Website

In case you’re sick and tired of trying to ferret out real information from predicted flight arrival times, check out flightview.com. They give real-time maps for flights from tons of airlines, including NWA and Alaska.

Aug 14, 2005
Technology

Orb this, you API freak

Two cool things: Orbjust released a fairly basic API set for their software, which allows you to stream media off your home PC to any connected device anywhere in the world. ooh ooh ooh. I like being able to extend existing services :-) ...

Jun 17, 2005
Technology

The Next 50 Years of Software

I was pointed at this by Larry Osterman’s weblog today. It’s a paper written by Nathan Myhrvold (former CTO of Microsoft) for the ACM97 conference entitled The Next 50 Years of Software. It does a lot to explain software bloat, the changing role o...

May 01, 2005
Technology

Uber-Geeks

Ah, the good kids at MIT are at it again. There’s going to be a time travelers’ conference on May 7th. Specifically, it will be at: May 7, 2005, 10:00pm EDT (08 May 2005 02:00:00 UTC) East Campus Courtyard, MIT 42:21:36.025°N, 71:05:16.332°W...

Apr 09, 2005
Technology

Slashdorks

I have a comment I posted on Slashdot last night that was moderated as: Funny Flamebait Underrated That’s all I can really ask for in life, I suppose… Just a little amusement from Slashdot.