Ahh the holidays…. I continue to be somewhat out of touch with the real world, as I haven’t followed the news much in the last few days. I am enjoying the winter wonderland all around me and continue eating way too much home-made food. I had hoped for a white Christmas, and I sure got [...]
Here are the first two pics taken at my parent’s house in Germany… I had forgotten how beautiful it all looks when it’s covered in snow. I’ll be posting more pics in the next few days. Just click on the images to see them in full size. This album is powered byBubbleShare
Wow… I haven’t posted anything in almost a week! Well it’s been busy for sure… in a good way. I flew to Germany on Friday and had all sorts of things to take care of before leaving. Now I am with my family and we are having a blast together. It’s been years since I [...]
Two articles on Google in today’s NYT: Several nations are troubled by Google’s satellite images. Russia, India, South Korea and others are concerned the imagery poses a risk to their security… The NYT also reports that as part of their deal with AOL, Google will start advertising with logos and graphics in addition to their [...]
The NSA story continues to fill the front pages… Newsweek is already calling it “Snoopgate”. Heh. Lots and lots of coverage everywhere….
The web is abuzz with stories about President Bush’s authorization of the NSA to conduct surveillance of US citizens. You’ll come across the words “unauthorized”, “unconstitutional”, and “spying” quite frequently… It’s going to be very interesting to see how this pans out. A few selected articles covering the topic are here and here and here [...]
A friend recently sent me an email with a video of the most amazing Christmas light show I’ve ever seen. Pretty amazing.
If you are still using Microsoft’s Internet Explorer to browse the web, consider switching to the much safer Firefox browser (which just got updated to version 1.5). Go download Firefox here if you want to be safe from popups, malicious sites, and all the other nasty things the web has to offer.
I just discovered another neat little functionality in Google. Just type in the name of a movie and the word ‘movie’ behind it, and you can conveniently get showtimes. Neat.
Planning on starting a business? Don’t forget to manage your cash flow properly. This is mostly common sense, but given how many companies seem to underestimate their burn rate, it’s a worthwhile read.
Do you know that feeling when at the end of the day, your head starts hurting because you have been taking in too much information? Today is one of those days for me. Emails, faxes, memos, reports, spreadsheets, voicemails, notes, meetings, some more notes, presentations, numbers and more numbers, and what feels like 100 different [...]
Coffee-infused Cola? Sounds like my kinda drink…
Iran’s president continues with his radical rhetoric about Israel and the Holocaust, and now there are news that Israel is possibly preparing to strike Iran by the end of March. This could all just be a bunch of saber rattling, but somehow it just doesn’t sound good. This could get ugly.
Once again, it seems like nothing was achieved at the UN conference on climate change in Canada. There are, of course, manifold interests that are hard to reconcile, but come on. If we continue being this ignorant, it will come back to bite us. Big time. From the article: James Hansen, director of the NASA’s [...]
Most of this is common sense, but it’s nice to get a reminder once in a while to trim your expenses….