FlyClear Security Breach

Not sure how I feel about this:

We take the protection of your privacy extremely seriously at Clear. That’s why we announced on Tuesday that a laptop from our office at the San Francisco Airport containing a small part of some applicants’ pre-enrollment information (but not Social Security numbers or credit card information) recently […]

ICRC Absurdity

The International Red Cross said Wednesday that Colombia broke the Geneva Conventions by deliberately using its humanitarian emblem during the covert military mission that freed Ingrid Betancourt and other hostages.[From Red Cross: Colombia broke Geneva Conventions by using aid emblem in hostage rescue — Newsday.com]

No word from the ICRC on whether the FARC […]

Olympics Widgets

If you are interested in Olympics coverage you can get NewsGator’s Olympics widgets featuring AFP coverage of the games.

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Milking the Cow

It’s easy to overlook just how significant human psychology factors into our financial system, or perhaps put a better way, it’s easy to overlook that the entire system is fundamentally based on it… and this helps to explain why the cost of credit is in fact going up and not down despite the Federal Reserve’s […]

Coffee, God’s Gift to Mankind

Coffee… the wonder tonic! Is there anything this magical potion can’t do? As a bonus I will gratuitously use a Glengarry Glen Ross clip, coffee is for closers.

Recent disease-related findings can only add to coffee’s popularity. A review of 13 studies found that people who drank caffeinated coffee, but not decaf, had a […]

Citizen Dumb

This insightful comment was from 28 year old Jonathan Owens, resident of Berkeley, in response to Governor Schwarzenegger’s (D-CA) proposal to temporarily raise the sales tax by 1 cent. Jonathan further comments that raising the sales tax would be better than laying off state employees…

“I’m definitely down with a penny (on a dollar). I probably […]

Most Public Index and Influence vs. Broadcast

I’m calling bullshit on this effort by Most Public to index and rank influencers. The current state of the art in brand monitoring makes it very difficult to differentiate between volume (as in amplitude), reach, and actual influence. For me this is a I’ll-believe-it-when-I-see-it thing…

This is The MostPublic Index, a detailed barometer of […]

S.F. and the Food Nazis

“Could you fault the city of San Francisco for wanting to create a healthier population?” Alles asked. “Whatever we can do as a society to encourage healthy living benefits all of us.”[From S.F. pushes legislation to promote good health]

It’s not so much the goal of encouraging healthy living, it’s the tactics that are […]

The Peoples House

Rep. John Culberson (R-TX) is one of 40 members of the House who are staying behind to protest the adjournment of the House before having a vote on energy bills. This is actually pretty cool because Culberson is using Qik to stream out video from the House after the C-SPAN television cameras were turned off. […]

At Least It’s a Good Excuse

Brian May is probably one of the few times that playing in a band qualifies as a decent excuse for putting off school.

Brian May, the guitarist and founding member of the legendary rock band Queen, earned his PhD in astronomy last year from Imperial College London. His PhD thesis […]

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