Michael Covington’s Daily Notebook: Enough of this “electronic frontier.” I want civilization! I agree. The Internet has become a dangerous place. Every node has its own rules, some are more developed than others, and none are completely safe. I’m in favor of a tax on the Internet if it’s used to pay for law enforcement.…
L’eau d’Or Falls, originally uploaded by sneezypb. If you haven’t been to Tallulah Gorge, in northeast Georgia (USA), then I highly recommend it. The place is gorgeous. Pick a cooler time than August. 🙂
The Straight Dope: Is male pattern baldness inherited? Who’s to blame?: … Men are more prone than women to X-linked abnormalities because they receive an XY chromosome combination while women get XX. In women, a recessive abnormality on one X chromosome will likely be masked by a dominant normal gene on the other. Men, however,…
Survey: Consumers lose to online schemes – Yahoo! News: [C]onsumers lost $630 million over the past two years to e-mail scams. That is nothing compared to the $7.8 billion people spent on computer repair. I’m interested in how many consumers are victims of email scams. Also, the median amount lost. Guess I’ll have to do…
Little Boy Crossing Originally uploaded by sneezypb. Took a short trip over to Watson Mill Covered Bridge.
Falls, originally uploaded by sneezypb. Took a short trip over to Watson Mill Covered Bridge.
AOL Founder Says He is ‘Sorry’ for Time Warner Merger: Steve Case, co-founder of the one-time biggest online service AOL, apologized for the company’s merger with media conglomerate Time Warner Inc. in an interview with journalist Charlie Rose. You killed Netscape and WinAmp! Though, I must admit, the downward trajectory of Netscape made it so…
When you read this, what products come to mind? A system and methods for implementing education online by providing institutions with the means for allowing the creation of courses to be taken by students online, the courses including assignments, announcements, course materials, chat and whiteboard facilities, and the like, all of which are available to…