If anyone can make sense of what happened this week in Geneva during the BRM process it’s Andy Updegrove. He has an unrivalled grasp of both standards in general and the specific background to the whole sorry business. So the fact that I don’t really understand his post of what exactly the final […]
Judge reverses ruling in Wikileaks case
[Reuters] “There are serious questions of prior restraint and possible violations of the First Amendment,” U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White ruled from the bench in his San Francisco courtroom.
[NYT] One look at Microsoft’s high profit margins certainly raises questions about how long this business model can continue before someone creates […]
Interesting thoughts from Cory Ondrejka on the virtues of telling people what you’re doing when you start a new company, rather than trying to keep everything secret:
It may seem slightly counterintuitive, but once you noodle on it a bit, being open is a tremendously positive and competitive move. It forces your ideas to survive far […]
Sirius will be offering unprecedented access the the first pastoral visit of His Holiness
Pope Benedict XVI to the United
States from April 15th through April 20th.
The Catholic Channel (ch 159) will cover the first visit to the U.S. by a Pope since 1999 (it’s also the first time the Pope has been to Washington since 1979). […]
Lynne Kiesling
This Miami Herald article discusses the large outage earlier this week in Florida, caused by the combination of a substation fire and a switch that was supposed to trip to isolate the substation, but did not. In particular, note the comments from Colorado State University engineering professor, and emeritus GridWise Architecture Council member Wade […]
You don’t want to forget any . A big one that everyone remembers is charitable donations.
But how do you easily track all of those donations? You might have donated cash, stock, household items, or even driven your car to volunteer. All of these are prime tax deductions. And you don’t want […]
Videos from different countries show the total lunar eclipse, just in case you missed it or wish to relive the moment.The only total we'll see in 2008 and the last one until Dec 21st 2010 took place this past February 20th.
A lunar eclipse is an event that happens when the full moon passes through […]
Directed Electronics has begun shipping on its HONSC1 SiriusConnect adapter for Honda and Acura vehicles.
It may not look sexy, but that’s because you’ll never see. And for folks who want to convert their Honda or Acura stereos to Sirius (but want to retain their current setup), it’s a gift from the Gods.
The HONSC1 SiriusConnect serves […]
