March 2009
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Can't Be Bothered To Patent This Right Now....
I love using my GPS navigation system.. but I wish it had the following feature: tell me when a turn is really important. For example, if I follow the directions my GPS device tells me, most of the time, if I miss a turn, the next available turn will only add a few minutes to my overall journey (sometimes, it’s even possible that missing a turn results in getting to a faster alternative...
Sun FTW in 3 easy steps?
Sun is in the midst of transitioning from hardware to software — a transition that they seem to have been in the midst of for a few years, actually. Sun’s CEO outlines 3 goals for Sun — and the easy joke is that goal 4 is ??? and goal 5 is Profit! But the real question is what Sun considers its main competency? I’m not sure what Sun is good at anymore — is it...
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Everyone's A Critic... Writer, Publisher, Analyst,...
I remember back when I was a kid and it seemed like “working adults” in offices had transcriptionists and typists to help them create simple documents. Back then, it really took a lot of effort to write a nice formal letter. (Or so it seemed to me as a kid.) Now we all have computers and type everything ourselves (how tedious!), so apparently, with great power does come greater...
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Random Thought #(insert random number here)
The topic of aging seems to come up more and more… as you get older (for obvious reasons). I once heard that humans can be considered (in an evolutionary viewpoint) immature primates because other primates have another stage of growth that we humans just don’t go through. I actually have no idea if that’s really true, but it got me to thinking.. What would happen if there was a...