Rants, Raves, and Rhetoric v4

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  • Safe From Falling Satellites?

    January 26, 2008
    Humor / Weird

    A U.S. military spy satellite the size of a school bus is falling. Without power, the controllers on the ground no longer can ensure it comes down in a controlled manner into the ocean. It could hit the ground in a month. At present, its unknown when or where it might hit. The largest uncontrolled…

  • Technology QotD: First Gadget of the Morning

    January 26, 2008
    Uncategorized

    Alarm clock aside, what is the first gadget you use in the morning? Well, my cell phone is my second alarm clock. So, guess it is out. No special shower head. I don't shave daily. No electric toothbrush. No coffee or tea in the morning. No hot food. I am such a luddite in the…

  • Naked on the Net

    January 26, 2008
    Uncategorized

    The typical response to a “OMG Users Don’t Have the Privacy They Think They Do” article is to never post anything online or just never visit web sites where you would post something. These seem…. Paranoid. People have an expectation of privacy. People also inherently trust web sites unless they have been burned enough in…

  • Solve Problems With a Prize

    January 26, 2008
    Uncategorized

    I wonder if maybe we could use the prize process to get a solution to some of our problems? Decide how much its worth and offer the money to whomever solves the problem. Right now we hire consultants. The X-Prize uses this model. Are there others? Read and post comments | Send to a friend

  • Tweets for Today

    January 26, 2008
    Uncategorized

    09:18 Compressing archivelogs in hopes of preventing the a file system from reaching full… # 14:38 Good lunch at Loco's with other DBAs. Weird new appetizer: Baked potato chunks with cheese and ranch dressing. Good weird. # 15:52 Checking on frequency of errors likely related to users uploading files. # 16:28 For the last time……

  • Naked on the Net

    January 26, 2008
    Privacy, Social

    The typical response to a “OMG Users Don’t Have the Privacy They Think They Do” article is to never post anything online or just never visit web sites where you would post something. These seem…. Paranoid. People have an expectation of privacy. People also inherently trust web sites unless they have been burned enough in…

  • Questlove Jr. Sighting

    January 25, 2008
    Family, from LiveJournal, Photography

    Questlove Jr. Sighting, originally uploaded by Ezra F. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%3Fuestlove

  • Solve Problems With a Prize

    January 25, 2008
    Corporations

    I wonder if maybe we could use the prize process to get a solution to some of our problems? Decide how much its worth and offer the money to whomever solves the problem. Right now we hire consultants. The X-Prize uses this model. Are there others?

  • A List Apart: Articles: Beyond DOCTYPE: Web Standards, Forward Compatibility, and IE8 [del.icio.us]

    January 25, 2008
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