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Baby Steps to Space. The difference between Rutan's (or should I say the XPrize) approach and NASA's is that it will build a commercial business around every step of development. Here are the steps (and my best case timeline estimate): Edge of Space (now — the next 2 years). The simple space plane (that won… Continue reading Baby Steps to Space

Boston Marathon man Johnny Kelley dies at 97. Johnny Kelley, a bow-legged marathoner with more endurance than the Energizer Bunny, competed in the Boston Marathon a record 61 times and won the grueling race twice. He finished second a record seven times and in 18 races he placed in the top 10. [Boston Globe —… Continue reading Boston Marathon man Johnny Kelley dies at 97

Still Exploring After Martian Winter, Rovers Send Back More Signs of Water. The two roving vehicles Spirit and Opportunity have explored Mars about three times as long as originally scheduled and keep finding evidence of past liquid water. By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD. [The New York Times > Technology]

T-Mobile Offers GPRS/Wi-Fi Card. T-Mobile said that it started selling today a combined Wi-Fi/GPRS PC card: The cards, which run for $199, will allow users to get online over T-Mobile's wide area GPRS network as well as T-Mobile hotspots. The Wi-Fi component supports 802.11b. This appears to be the first combined PC card from T-Mobile….… Continue reading T-Mobile Offers GPRS/Wi-Fi Card

Innovate and Die?. Gary Feldman at Cheskin shares some insights into why innovation can lead to dead ends. This quote sums up the problem – becoming a “betamax first mover loser“. His examples are Tivo (a great innovation) and satellite radio (a paid version of something you already have). The main difference between the two… Continue reading Innovate and Die?

Tinderbox to OPML. Victor Magdic has only been using Tinderbox for two or three days, but already he's writing elegant templates for exporting Tinderbox to OPML. He's doing this to build bridges to outliners and brainstorming programs like OmniOutliner and NovaMinds. And he's having fun! “I've only recently started using Tinderbox, and I'm very excited… Continue reading Tinderbox to OPML

xISBN blog to watch out for. I almost never link to new blogs with less than a few weeks of posts in them, but Glenn Fleishman [you may know him from such hits as isbn.nu] has a proven track record and is a delight to read. His new blog ISBlogN which tracks the “authority problem”… Continue reading xISBN blog to watch out for

Australia Calling on Legal Technology. I'm forming an opinion that some of the coolest things happening in technology are being developed in Australia. Earlier this year, I had an amazing conversation with Rod Payne at Quickscribe about some of the cool things he's working on in multi-media. Tonight, I had a great conversation with two… Continue reading Australia Calling on Legal Technology

Study: IT worker confidence slips. Survey shows workers less optimistic about job market, with fewer saying personal finances are getting better. [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]

Hard to Write. Since I've started with UserLand, I've found it a bit hard to write. I spend a good amount of time self-censoring content–especially about blogging, Radio UserLand and programming. I have to be careful that I don't portray and opinion about something that could be attributed to UserLand. With that said… Radio UserLand… Continue reading Hard to Write