Prime Rib for Everyone!

It’s actually frightening to think that there are people who really think a viable solution is to have the government monitoring what and when I eat. What do they want, ration cards and government run grocery outlets? How about we inject a monitoring sensor in everyone to proactively monitor and meter what people are consuming?

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The Beltway Crash

I tweeted as much yesterday, in addition to a supposed financial crisis we have a crisis in government. It’s not about Democrats vs. Republicans, but rather the American people against a political system they have little confidence in. Not only did the American public not believe the pronouncements of the severity of this downturn in [...]

Why Do Consumers Buy Crap?

I ran across this article a while back and it stuck with me. In a nutshell the author examined the shift from quality to fashion for consumer goods, and then examined some of the influences.

One part is particular resonated:

“As human beings we’ve been socialized to buy and save,” Nissanoff says. “In times not [...]

Senate Passes Bill Creating ‘Copyright Czar’

I’m surprised people seriously refer to these positions are “this or that czar”… there’s a reason he was called Ivan the Terrible, but even the modern history of czars is less than complimentary.

Oxy U.S. lawmakers approved the creation of a cabinet-level position of copyright czar as part of sweeping intellectual property enforcement legislation [...]

The Hugo Chavez Irony Meter

The little big man down in Venezuela fully pegged the irony meter this week by first claiming that capitalism has destroyed the United States and that we should write a new constitution that frees us from the “dictatorship of the elite” that is banks and big corporations… and then placing an order for a [...]

Paul Newman, 1925-2008

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said that ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy, I suppose it would be appropriate to adapt that for Paul Newman and say the ultimate measure of a man is the [...]

I’m Schocked!

I feel like Capt. Renault in Casablanca… “I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here! ” only in this instance it’s not gambling but rather self-dealing in the bailout package working through Congress. This is exactly why there should be extensive debate - open and televised - on this bill.

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Political conventions showcase newspapers’ multimedia tricks

The DNC and RNC were exciting events for us, newspapers really grabbed on to the notion of feed aggregation and immediacy as a service for their readers. We aggregated over 200 political blogs, wire service content and Qik streaming video direct from the conventions.

The Post and Pioneer Press might have been helped by [...]

FeedBurner May Not Be Hearing Your Pings

This is actually a bigger deal than simply an inconvenience. Many media publishers are now relying on RSS to not only take inbound content but also publish it out and when latency is introduced in the plumbing it creates larger problems for publishers.

RSS is an infrastructure and when providers of the services fail to provide [...]

Maltese Falcon Sails in SF Bay

If you are into such things, there is an extraordinary boat sailing into SF Bay today tomorrow, the Maltese Falcon owned by Tom Perkins. While an awkward week to have such a conspicuous display of wealth, I think you have to look beyond the money to see this boat for the technical achievement that it [...]

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