Check out this home page: http://www.lijit.com/ Tell me if you have a friggin’ clue what they do. So, since it’s a huge mystery, you click on “about” http://www.lijit.com/about I don’t know that I’ve ever read anything that said so much…
Kindle 2 Update
Here’s an update on My Life With Kindle After a little less than one month of use, my Kindle 2 died. It was a horrible, distorted death, manifested by the unfortunate Lewis Carroll as illustrated here: For those of…
Meeting the Lumabyte
“In the next 12 months there will be a zettabyte of information on the Internet.” – Dr. James Baty, VP and chief technology officer (CTO) of Sun Microsystems. A zettabyte is the equivalent of 1 billion terabytes. Just a few…
The King is Dead
Someday, we will all look back and reflect on how significant it was that we lived through the death of the American newspaper industry. Right now, however, it is pretty traumatic for those of us who grew up with a…
How to Use a Kindle Overseas
Because our intention is to continue traveling overseas, Steph spent a lot of time iterating with Amazon sales and tech support to work out a viable scenario for using the K2 outside the U.S. There are specific limitations to using…
Kindle 2 Review
Steph purchased an Amazon Kindle 2 (K2) for us while we were in South America. It was waiting for us upon our return, and gave me something to do while we wait for our truck to arrive. For those not…
The End of Excess: Is This Crisis Good for America?
Following is an essay on the recent history and status of the United States of America. I found it to be well written and I agree with, and have been personally espousing, most of the observations and conclusions it contains.…
Social Friction
What’s wrong with this picture? The following news story is about a community seeking to redress its loss of civility. While admirable, this, in and of itself, is not newsworthy in today’s largely brusque and inconsiderate American society. What makes…
Lessons from the past – 1979 Valedictory
The Economist recently posted a 1979 Valedictory from Sir Nicholas Henderson, Britain’s retiring ambassador to Germany and France. I found it fascinating, not only as a revealing window into a period of history often underserved, but as premonition of the ever…
Health Care Reform: $2.4 Trillion and $85.6 Trillion
The web site pagetutor.com put up an excellent illustration of what 1 trillion dollars looks like. The original site is here: http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/index.html I excerpted the post here to help illustrate how much the United States spends on health care. What does…