Late night's Carson dead at 79. Johnny Carson, whose three decades as host of “The Tonight Show” made him America's most-watched comedian and favorite excuse for staying up past its bedtime, died yesterday at his Malibu home. He was 79. The cause of death was emphysema. [Boston Globe — Front Page]
Forecasting, timing cut storm's punch
Forecasting, timing cut storm's punch. The Blizzard of 2005 elbowed its way into the record books this weekend with blinding snow, howling winds, and frigid temperatures. But unlike some past major snowstorms, it didn't cripple wide swaths of the state, thanks in part to better forecasting and good timing. [Boston Globe — Front Page]
Winter whopper buries region
Winter whopper buries region. The Blizzard of 2005 delivered a staggering blow to much of Eastern Massachusetts yesterday, dropping more than 3 feet of snow in some places and whipping it into towering drifts with howling gusts that topped 80 miles per hour along the coast. [Boston Globe — Front Page]
It's back to the Super Bowl
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]
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.”