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Tag Archives: technology
Gentlemens’ club plans cancelled
In which I try my hand at the nightclub business and am firmly rebuffed. Continue reading
On the durability of ephemera
If 30 years ago a merchant had told me “We’re sorry, your shopping cart no longer exists” it would have freaked me out. I don’t have a screen shot of the message I just received because it wasn’t until after … Continue reading
Posted in General, Humor, Tech
Tagged existentialism, humor, philosophy, technology, technology advances, weird
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A career in Tech Support
Anyone who is even moderately geeky soon becomes the Tech Support person for all their tech-challenged friends and family. My professional friends are all pretty tech-y and know this all too well. But I also have a foot in the … Continue reading
Posted in General, Humor, Tech
Tagged comedy, humor, life, Love, power, technology, technology advances
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Solar Roadways is funding – and why you should care
Scott and Julie Brusaw of Idaho came up with the brilliant idea of embedding solar cells into roadways. Even with the meager conversion rates of today’s solar cells and even in the more Northern regions where the incident solar angle … Continue reading
Posted in Global issues, Social issues, Tech
Tagged economy, future, government, IMHO, life, power, technology, technology advances
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Net Neutrality – Part 2
In my yesterday’s Net Neutrality post I wrote “For your ISP, a packet is a packet is a packet.” In another forum, Howard responds: Speaking as an ISP engineer, no, it isn’t that simple. Set aside preferential charging of source … Continue reading
Posted in Clue train, Global issues, Rant, Social issues, Tech
Tagged fail, government, internet, life, power, rant, technology, technology advances
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Net neutrality for the rest of us
Net Neutrality has been framed as a debate between corporate giants who can well-afford to pay to publish their content, and rightly should. But that’s a straight-up lie. Let’s try a thought experiment, shall we? Imagine the public outcry if … Continue reading
Posted in Clue train, Global issues, Rant, Tech
Tagged fail, government, internet, power, privacy, rant, technology
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Facebook explores emergent behavior, invents bully-bot
Has anyone actually been successful getting Facebook to enforce its own Terms of Service? Because I’m striking out left and right. Oddly, the people having success seem to be the ones abusing the reporting process. In his book Out Of … Continue reading
Posted in Clue train, Global issues, Rant, Social issues, Tech
Tagged facebook, fail, future, internet, life, power, rant, relationships, singularity, technology
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Small business frozen in Carbonite
Dear Carbonite, I originally purchased the Carbonite Business service based on the strong recommendation of Leo LaPorte and the product’s ability to let me manage my own encryption keys. Although this feature is advertised heavily on Leo’s various shows, it … Continue reading
La Cage Nut aux Folles
Apparently I’ve been in IT too long because it doesn’t sound at all weird to me when I say something like “I’m supposed to get cage nuts with this.” My wife, on the other hand, thought it was some new … Continue reading