From the monthly archives:

September 2009

Rocky Mountain Bank and Unauthorized Email, Continued

September 30, 2009

This is getting more absurd every day. Apparently, no action was taken against the person who sent the email. But the receiving party had a TRO put on them through Google based on the claim that an email was sent by a bank employee that contained some seriously personal information. So, the bank has the [...]

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Strategic Management and Apple, Tablet Coming in January?

September 30, 2009

I am in the midst of completing my MBA, and in that is a study of Apple. I’m basically surrounding myself with all things Apple. And during this time, things are changing with respect to Apple product offerings and the range that is being provided. I’ll be a little frustrated only being able to touch [...]

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Sungha Jung Strikes a Chord with Acoustic Guitars

September 30, 2009

I’m a fan of acoustic guitars. I have no known talent in it though, I haven’t tried to play guitar. I may never try now that I heard this 12 year old from South Korea play with such ease. It is actually a motivator and demotivator all in one. Sungha Jung picked up the guitar [...]

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Interested in World of Warcraft Gamer Psychology?

September 29, 2009

The folks over at Dreambound, have done a survey to find out the various elements of Warcraft gaming psychology. It does a great job in isolating and correlating guild jobs, class, and the more scientifically accepted profiles of the Myers-Briggs-Type-Indicator (MBTI) which is given to people periodically through their education. It was given to me [...]

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Google Deactivates Account that Received Email Sent to Wrong Account

September 29, 2009

Remember that bank that sent an email to an incorrect Google account? Well, Google locked the user out, basically treating the user as a criminal. A court ordered Google to do the deed, so I suppose it isn’t Google’s fault that a user is being treated as a criminal even though they didn’t do anything. [...]

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The march towards metagraphics continues…

September 29, 2009

I have been saying all year that we are getting very close to real-time search results. A key factor in reaching the goal of a term I’ve been using… Metagraphics. So, these results are not just results based on an algorithm that links keyword search trends, but one that is built off of geographic data, psychographic data, [...]

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MixWar.com, another example of where I want it to go.

September 29, 2009

MixWar.com has been a project which has been in limbo since I acquired the domain. It basically is a ladder where creatives compete for prizes and other awards. I can’t find or write the correct software for this, but what I want it have is a simple site that allows people to challenge other artists [...]

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Eminent Domain, Kelo, New London Development Corporation

September 28, 2009

So, Don Surber wrote a follow up on an AP report by Katie Nelson. Back around the AP story, I wrote a paper on Eminent Domain for a law class. It included the origin, history, and modern use of Eminent Domain. It was brought about by the New London case in the Supreme Court. New [...]

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NannyState Beer by BrewDog

September 28, 2009

BBC NEWS has a great summary of opinions. A brewery called BrewDog comes out with Tokyo* [Tokyo Star] beer which is over 18% alcohol and are called irresponsible. So, in exchange for that critique, they create a brew that is 1.1% alcohol and call it NannyState. Yes, there are serious alcohol abuse issues in Scotland, [...]

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French Parliament, Photoshop, and RealityHacker.com

September 28, 2009

If you’ve spent any time watching Science Fiction movies, you know that the reality we exist in, is limited to only that which we experience and observe. So, we have the French who are becoming somewhat American in their anger over ‘shopped’ images, including civil penalties if a warning footer is not attached to an [...]

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Limiting Conversation is a way to Control Information to Protect Profits

September 28, 2009

Staci D. Kramer, posting on PaidContent.org about Washington Posts’ new social networking policy and really, personal freedoms for reporters/journalists, comments on what impact the policy will have. I can sum it up pretty quickly. When journalistic organizations control the conversation, they control what information is available. It is done for various reasons, like to limit [...]

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Google Optimizes the User Experience based on use.

September 28, 2009

TechCrunch’s Erik Schonfeld has a post titled “With Google Places, Concerns Rise That Google Just Wants To Link To Its Own Content” which has a graphic that suggests, along with a not subtle claim in the title, that Google is interested in linking to its own content. Well, Schonfeld continues to say that Google design [...]

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Random Thought: Health Care Reform Bill HR3200 Start Up Funding

September 26, 2009

I’m reading the Health Care Bill, HR3200. An interesting note, on page 120, line 8. The start-up capitalization is only $2,000,000,000. Yah, $2 Billion to fund a program that is supposed to cover upwards of 330 million people. To put this in perspective, in October of 2006, YouTube was sold for $1.65 Billion. So, the [...]

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TMI gets new Steam Generators, Probably too much information as well.

September 25, 2009

So, Three Mile Island is getting new generators. If you follow this link, you’ll be able to see the caterpillar that transports the two 510 ton steam generators at up to 3 miles per hour. I just found out about this after they left Maryland… I can’t believe it. That would be interesting to see. [...]

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HR 3200 is a fascinating read.

September 25, 2009

I am reading the entire bill this weekend and find it pretty interesting. I have yet to find out how upwards of 24 million people will be covered without scarcity causing doctors to be overwhelmed with patients which would cause rates to increase each year as they do now. We have a lot of doctors [...]

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