Observation

Where is the bear in the big dipper?

On the mantle of my bed I have a planetarium (Sega HomeStar) that projects the night sky onto my ceiling. Every other night or so, I turn this on when I’m relaxing into sleep. It allows me to star up at the stars, forget about the day, and contemplate the vast…

Deadline to register to vote is today (in Texas)!

I know a lot of you don’t live in Texas but many of you do and others are in states with similar deadlines. I just wanted to send out a reminder to make sure you are registered to vote in the November presidential election.

Why the Japanese love wikis, the French love blogs, and the Germans love…testing?

Look at this Google trends search comparing the terms “wiki, blog, music, movies”. It would appear searching for music online is in decline (but there is a definit Christmas time bump as…

Flying with no ID where your going

A few years ago,I lost my ID on my way to Las Vegas. (It turns out I left it on the plane and got it back 6 weeks later with $200 cash still inside. Thanks Southwest!) But I had to fly from Las Vegas to LA, LA back to Las Vegas, and Vegas to Houston with no ID that…

V is for Vader — Rewriting the Star Wars Prequels

Is the open source community capable of innovation?

The Linux community has done a good job of copying Windows. Open Office does a pretty good job of copying Microsoft Office. Now there are open source versions of YouTube and MySpace. But where is the innovation? Firefox and its multitude of…

The future of social networks

It seems there are new social tools created everyday. So I had a few questions:

• How long does it take for these networks to reach critical mass?
• What happens when the market is saturated?

End User Agreements — Stealing customer rights with a sneak attack in the fine print

How corporate policy works (joke)

Here is an oldie but a goodie. This story made it’s rounds years ago as an email forward. I’m sure everyone has seen it before but maybe you forgot it — enjoy:

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