It's back to the Super Bowl. PITTSBURGH — These Patriot playoff wins are like Ray Charles songs, Nantucket sunsets, and hot fudge sundaes. Each one is better than the last. [Boston Globe — Front Page]
Month: January 2005
Lind
Lind on to the decline of the state and the rise of global disorder. My note: Moral decay/discord is radically catalyzed by systems sabotage. Most significantly, if we look at the larger world, we see ever more states coming unglued, which is the root phenomenon of Fourth Generation war. The Saudi regime is in trouble,… Continue reading Lind
New Post to Global Guerrillas
New Post to Global Guerrillas. The ongoing disruption of Saudi Arabia may create the conditions necessary for a coup d'etat. Here are some of the mechanics of how a coup would work in the Kingdom. The key to a coup attempt that I don't mention in the brief: the disruption of basic services. If the… Continue reading New Post to Global Guerrillas
Bush’s inaugural speech
I am not sure why most people were surprised by Bush’s inaugural speech. It contains the essence of what swept the Republicans to power, and what will keep them there. What is it? It is the last gasp of the idea of a “nation” — a people with a common beliefs, origin, and history. Bush… Continue reading Bush’s inaugural speech
Blogs for Personal/Small Group KM
Blogs for Personal/Small Group KM. In a post entitled Benefits of Blogging for Law Firm Librarians, Cindy Chick provides another example of the use of blogs for knowledge management: Since blogs are full-text searchable, and allow categorization by topic, blog software/services can be a great way to create a shared, reference database, without those old… Continue reading Blogs for Personal/Small Group KM
Exeem
Exeem. Exeem, designed as a next-generation BitTorrent for distributed P2P video sharing, is now available in public beta. Given the huge (and under-appreciated) impact that BitTorrent is already having on Internet traffic, Exeem could be quite significant. As I point out in the paper linked in the prior sentence, the Internet is already, to a… Continue reading Exeem
“We have no other alternative. We have to do this to survive.”
“We have no other alternative. We have to do this to survive.”. That's Hossein Eslambolchi, CTO of AT&T, describing the company's transformation into a data-centric service provider. He's right. Go read the New York Times article for a good perspective on how telecom is changing. As I've written, AT&T has a fighting change to emerge… Continue reading “We have no other alternative. We have to do this to survive.”
Money to Fix Space Telescope May Be Cut by White House
Money to Fix Space Telescope May Be Cut by White House. A service mission to extend the life of the Hubble Space Telescope could be jeopardized by a White House plan to cut NASA's budget. By WARREN E. LEARY. [NYT > Technology]
CD Baby leaves PHP behind for Ruby on Rails
CD Baby leaves PHP behind for Ruby on Rails. Derek Sivers have just announced that CDBaby.com is about to embark on an application rewrite that’ll replace the 90,000 lines of PHP code with an alternative built using Ruby on Rails. CD Baby is a very successful etailer of independent music. They list 82,443 artists that… Continue reading CD Baby leaves PHP behind for Ruby on Rails
Most cities and towns see property tax hike
Most cities and towns see property tax hike. Homeowners' property taxes in the vast majority of Massachusetts cities and towns will continue their upward climb in 2005, with double-digit percentage hikes in Boston, Cambridge, Everett, and at least 40 other cities and towns, and smaller increases in Newton, Somerville, and Milton, a Globe review has… Continue reading Most cities and towns see property tax hike