From the monthly archives:

March 2010

As usual, everything old is new again.

March 30, 2010

TechCrunch had a guest writer on yesterday, an old school tech head named Marc Benioff of Saleforce.com fame, titled “Hello, iPad. Hello, Cloud 2.” I say old school tech head with a bit of respect because although I’m from the same era, he pursued tech with greater zeal than I. I never wanted tech to [...]

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Why Facebook and Social Networks are Massive Ethical Dilemmas

March 27, 2010

If you are user of Facebook, you have undoubtedly been hit by changes to the privacy policy over the services existence. One such change is that you really aren’t in control of your information. Coupled with the fact that Facebook and Facebook Friendly sites use “Facebook Connect” and you have the sharing of information or [...]

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Relocated! I’ll be importing the projects to the list over time.

March 26, 2010

I moved to a more robust server along with other projects on other servers when applicable. The list to the left there only has a few of the 40 projects that are now underway in various forms as part of my “100 in 1 Year” project. If you are interested in helping out in a [...]

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400 Million People Accessed Facebook in the last 30 Days?

March 25, 2010

What an amazing statistic. 400 million people have returned to Facebook to update or access an account in the last 30 days. That is somewhere around 100 million more people than make up the population of the United States. If only Facebook was productive, it could be its own economy.

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When is a Blog no longer a Blog?

March 22, 2010

Just wondering… When is a blog, no longer a blog? Yep, that’s it.

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Monoprice.com Update

March 19, 2010

After policing their site for penetrations and weaknesses, it appears that Monoprice had decided to open up shop again by going through PayPal.com, which isn’t a good proposition for a budget minded business to operate under. I wasn’t expecting them to stay with that as the primary option, and Monoprice updated their front page: We [...]

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Toile D'araignée Provocateur – Viacom's Inciting Spiderweb

March 18, 2010

We know what an agent provocateur is right? A person that incites, usually one of a group of people looking to advance a response to an unwanted action. So, for instance, an agent provocateur would go into a crowd that is acting rationally, and cause an uproar so the crowd becomes uncontrollable, thus allowing the [...]

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Comcast says it is pleased to announce its Usage Meter

March 17, 2010

I got this in my inbox today (I’ve been waiting for it too, still not happy): Dear Comcast High-Speed Internet Customer, We are pleased to announce the pilot launch of the Comcast Usage Meter in your area. This new feature is available to Comcast High-Speed Internet customers and provides an easy way to check total [...]

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Facebook and Twitter are the ListServ and Chain Letter of the 21st Century.

March 15, 2010

I have been thinking about this for awhile now. I’m a person who desires control over their information. Someone might coin me a privacy nut. But I don’t want to forever be in a database of a business because I purchase an e-card. The more I thought about Facebook and Twitter, I wanted to get [...]

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Monoprice, public disclosure in real time.

March 14, 2010

Apparently Monoprice.com, a great place to get discount goods to fulfill your geekiness requirements, has gotten into a bit of a fix. Something happened that made people give notice to Monoprice. A ripple in the force I suppose. Some people were wondering about odd charges on their credit cards, and somehow linked it to Monoprice.com. [...]

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Classmates.com could have been Facebook.com

March 13, 2010

Classmates.com, a site dedicated to gathering school chums in one big mass and keeping them in touch. The service never caught hold the way that Facebook has, but I think Classmates has been generating revenue for awhile now: Classmates Media: Segment revenues (in thousands) $ 60,712 $ 58,682 $ 58,155 $ 58,473 $ 62,592 % [...]

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The Internet was Important Element in Terrorist Attack

March 12, 2010

Nicholas Deleon over at CrunchGear.com posted an article titled “Pentagon partially blames the Internet for that Underpants bomber” and attempts to interpret what was written on The Hill, an internet newspaper. The original article, written by Tony Romm and apparently edited by Kim Hart is titled “Internet helped Flight 253 suspect radicalize, attack plane ‘within [...]

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Why does a USB charger have access to anything at all? Energizer, please explain.

March 8, 2010

So, TIL [Today I Learned], that a USB charger by Energizer has, for the last two years, had a back door open. According to CERT and this MarketWatch announcement. Which charger? The one below. These are the reasons why I have no problem with Apple dictating what can and can’t be on its own systems. [...]

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People Upset Over Fake Core i7 Blame Newegg instead of Counterfeiters

March 8, 2010

I used to have a sign in my office that read: Quality Speed Low Cost Pick Two. It reminded people that although you can get something quickly at a cost, it won’t be cheap. But if you want something cheap and fast, it won’t be the highest quality possible, and if you want something low [...]

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Desktop Computers Stop in their Tracks, Make a Right Turn.

March 4, 2010

I’ve been saying for a year or so now, that the PC Desktop market is going to dry up soon and everything will switch to a mobile computing platform of one kind or another. That is why I have UMPCfan.com and TABLETfan.com which are other projects in my 100 in 1 Year master project. You [...]

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