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Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
I watch amazed as the events in Iran unfold. Who knows how this will turn out. More often than not, the common people do not fair well when they stand opposed to a tyrannical regime but I have hope. The … Continue reading
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Saturday, April 4th, 2009 at 11:43 am
This really isn’t news per se. Facebook made a run at them late last year but fell short in their bid. Now comes Google. Robert Scoble has weighed in. I think Scoble raises some excellent points in this post. I … Continue reading
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Friday, October 17th, 2008 at 9:30 am
This week, President Bush signed the Pro-Copyright law. We now have a copyright czar. For me, having a copyright czar reeks of dystopian new-speak that would make Orwell proud. Why does copyright need a czar? How about potentate or terminator? Why czar? … Continue reading
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Saturday, October 4th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
I first heard of Gever Tulley and his Tinkering School a couple of months ago on the NPR news program, All Things Considered. Any body who wants to put power tools, fire, and knives into the hands of children is … Continue reading
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Monday, September 8th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
One of my co-workers called my attention to the fact that Thomas Friedman has published his new book, Hot, Flat, and Crowded. The interesting thing, I think, with this publcation is that he has left chapter 18 for a future release and we … Continue reading
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Saturday, August 9th, 2008 at 11:36 am
Yochai Benkler’s 2005 TED talk was recently posted. In his presentation, he points to the story of Web servers for the past ten years. So the story that most people know is the story of free or open source software. … Continue reading
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Sunday, May 25th, 2008 at 11:02 am
According to Chris Kohler with Wired Magazine: Xbox Live general manager Marc Whitten told Next Generation this week that Microsoft will soon begin to delete some Xbox Live Arcade games from the service. The rationale is, to put it nicely, … Continue reading
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