Jeff Nolan's take on innovation, entrepreneurship, tech and stuff that interests me
Lately there has been a lot of talk about one child policies as a sustainability measure, essentially curbing population growth to relieve demands on natural resources. This is profoundly stupid for a lot of reasons, the least of which is the creepy predilection for totalitarian and fascist solutions to problems that self-described progressives identify as [...]
Today we had to euthanize our family dog of 12 years. Beau, a Vizsla, was about as good a family dog as you could ever expect. Loyal, obedient, and incredibly tolerant of young children doing all manner of wrongs to him, he was the definition of unconditional love… all he ever wanted was for someone [...]
Here we have it, straight from Tim “Turbo Tax” Geithner’s staff: “The real news is the projected loss came down to $30 billion from $44 billion,” Sperling said, noting that auto sales have improved ahead of what many analysts had forecast. The administration still holds out hope that if things improve, the administration could still [...]
This study falls under “stating the obvious” but it is interesting nonetheless for 2 reasons, the mobile component and broadband/TV convergence. Nearly half of Internet users would be interested in watching TV on their netbooks, cellphones and other devices, according to a new study set to be released Wednesday by a coalition of public and [...]
It’s Christmas and that means, among other things, a ringing bell next to a big red kettle. I did this last year and was so happy to see that people stepped up to help me surpass my modest goal, so this year I am upping the goal and asking that even in this economy people [...]
I just watched a segment on one of the financial channels featuring venture capital investment in cleantech. I have mixed feelings on this, which is to say that I see this as a rich investment category but one that has many unfamiliar obstacles for Silicon Valley investors. Cleantech investing is a major next wave for [...]
Yep, total failure. There is no real 3rd party marketplace for CableCARDs and what the network operators provide is limited in functionality while costing the same as a set top box (e.g. Comcrap’s CableCARD doesn’t support on demand). On top of everything else, the signal processing capabilities in the CableCARDs was suspect, in my own [...]
Today is World AIDS Day and the launch of a new RED initiative by Nike. The product, red shoe laces, is being made available globally in Nike retail outlets and the laces are being worn by Nike athletes and celebrities alike, most prominently U2′s Bono who is featuring the laces in concert events. Of the [...]