2007 – the Year of the New Internet Revolution?
I see a buzz lately on the web on what seems to be the beginnings of what could be “Web 3.0”, or “the Social Web” as I’ll term it (we’ll see if that name sticks). I see a buzz like none other in awhile where software developers seem to be the ones with the power […]
Read more...My Brother, the Film Guru
If you’re into the Indy film scene, and enjoy very creative and humorous writing, you might enjoy my brother’s blog, http://www.lukestay.com. He runs his own film company, Faber Films (Luke – do you have a url for that yet?), and has done behind-the-scenes technical work at various conferences in Las Vegas and now New York. […]
Read more...CAPTCHA, Not Just for SPAM Anymore
I came across this article today: http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/15522 In the article, it overviews a new technology produced by a student at Carnegie Mellon University called reCaptcha, which allows bloggers and the like to make good with the Captcha images they are using on their sites to combat Spam. Captchas are little images of randomly-generated text that […]
Read more...NASA: Just Lose the Shuttle, Will You?
I was just at Seth Godin’s Talk, and somehow the topic of NASA came up. Seth mentioned that if he were to suggest one thing for NASA, it would be to remove the Shuttle program. He said that the Shuttle program we know is unsafe, costly, and has issues. He suggested that were they to […]
Read more...Google to Enter Health Care?
I saw this post by Adam Bosworth, a Google VP, on Google’s blog today: “I gave a speech today at the 2007 American Medical Association of Informatics (AMIA) Spring Congress. I used this opportunity to suggest a vision of what I think consumers should expect from our health care system over the next decade, including […]
Read more...Fingerprint-based Home Entry On a Budget?
We have a couple doorknobs in my house that I need to replace here soon. I’d like to replace them with a fingerprint-based system. Preferably, I’d like one that can send authentication to a computer via network and let the computer determine who has access and who doesn’t. WIFI is definitely a plus, but I […]
Read more...“That’s So Gay” Lawsuit Warrants No Money
I just read this article: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1834425/posts So, a girl’s friends get offended by Mormons, causing them to make inappropriate comments about Mormons. Then, Mormon Girl gets offended by those comments and says “That’s so Gay!”. School Administrators get offended (are they gay?), and suspend the girl for her comments. Girl and her parents get offended […]
Read more...Chucky Cheese Runs Linux!
I was at Chucky Cheese a couple weeks ago with my kids, and was having mine and my kid’s picture drawn by Chucky Cheese at the little Picture taking machine when it crashed on me. We called the man over to look at it, he opens it up, reboots it – lo and behold, it’s […]
Read more...Funny What Google Can Dish Up
Notice all the adsense ads for this post – what does it have to do with “Mormon Underwear” (well, other than I mentioned the term “Mormon” once or twice)? I find it fascinating what Google can dish up some times.
Read more...What I Would Have Written About Last Week if I Had the Time
I am on a crunch to finish a software release at Work, so haven’t had an opportunity to blog in the last week. Here are some items I would have blogged about if I had the time. Maybe I’ll still write about them: Al Sharpton Apologizes to the LDS Church, coincidentally around the same time […]
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