Guardian. The men and women in the ballroom had paid a minimum of US$1,500 for their hot dogs, and almost all of them had contributed much, much more. The single night brought the Republican party a total of US$14 million… In the end, the televised rally involved the president's supporters dressed as the working poor,… Continue reading Guardian
Author: Vince Kimball
One question we must answer today is whether the forces we are confronting in Iraq are of sufficient organizational complexity to justify the name: guerilla army. I think we are starting to see that it is, at least in the Sunni triangle. Another question is whether Iraq is culturally ready for a secular democracy. The evidence is mounting that it is not ready — at least not across the whole of Iraq.
If the answers above are true, what are our options? [John Robb's Weblog
One question we must answer today is whether the forces we are confronting in Iraq are of sufficient organizational complexity to justify the name: guerilla army. I think we are starting to see that it is, at least in the Sunni triangle. Another question is whether Iraq is culturally ready for a secular democracy. The evidence… Continue reading
One question we must answer today is whether the forces we are confronting in Iraq are of sufficient organizational complexity to justify the name: guerilla army. I think we are starting to see that it is, at least in the Sunni triangle. Another question is whether Iraq is culturally ready for a secular democracy. The evidence is mounting that it is not ready — at least not across the whole of Iraq.
If the answers above are true, what are our options? [John Robb's Weblog
Building an enterprise data center
Building an enterprise data center. After reading my most recent column about the importance of HVAC and electrical power in IT operations, a reader wrote in to ask if I knew of any formal tools or materials to help in designing and building out a data center. A few months ago, PJ Connolly of our… Continue reading Building an enterprise data center
A $125 Million RFID Baggage-tag Plan For Las Vegas
A $125 Million RFID Baggage-tag Plan For Las Vegas. RFID (radio frequency identification) is a hot market. The Defense Department recently ordered its 23,000 suppliers to use RFID tags on all cases and pallets by January 2005, instantly creating a multi-billion market. Yesterday, CNET wrote that Wal-Mart plans to spend a whopping $3 billion over… Continue reading A $125 Million RFID Baggage-tag Plan For Las Vegas
The OpenReviews Marketing department speaks…..
The OpenReviews Marketing department speaks…… I couldn't have said it better myself. The combination of Seb and Jonathan is an incredible marketing team! More comments below….. Structured blogging: first steps. In Towards Structured Blogging I wrote about how blogging tools ought to evolve in a way that allows structured data – such as product reviews… Continue reading The OpenReviews Marketing department speaks…..
Rendezvous vs UPnP
Rendezvous vs UPnP. Anyone going to the UPnP Forum next week? I'm trying to learn about networking and trying to understand the different approaches. Apple is pushing Rendezvous. Microsoft is pushing UPnP. Which one is better and why? [The Scobleizer Weblog] I can save Scoble a lot of time. Rendezvous is in a class all… Continue reading Rendezvous vs UPnP
Longhorn Architecture
Longhorn Architecture. Brad Abrams posted the Longhorn Architecture and the Longhorn Namespace graphics (PDF version here). These are fun to look at once in a while just to get a visual representation of what Windows looks like from an architecture and a programmatic viewpoint. [The Scobleizer Weblog] This is the chart I wanted to show… Continue reading Longhorn Architecture
Spammed by your router
Spammed by your router. Just when you thought online advertising couldn't get any more insidious than spam or spyware, Belkin is using a firmware upgrade for its wireless routers to force advertising on its customers — from within their own home network. Believe it or not, the upgrade reprograms the router to periodically redirect a… Continue reading Spammed by your router
Radio book
My copy of Cadenhead's Radio book came yesterday. I've read two or three chapters, and it's excellent. We've been very lucky in this community to first have Matt Neuburg's book, published by O'Reilly in 1998, and now an up-to-date book on the 2003 environment published by Sams. If you've been wondering about the programming and… Continue reading Radio book
DBXML Weekend
DBXML Weekend. I am dedicating this weekend to DBXML. Early this morning, I saved all of my Radio blog posts (630) into a single RSS file and imported them into a DBXML database using the StAX-based RSS parser I started writing yesterday. The parser is not ready for public consumption yet, but it's useful enough… Continue reading DBXML Weekend