The Commerce Department announced today that the U.S. economy grew by
only 2.8 percent
between April and June, a significant slowdown from the rate of
growth during the first three months of the year. On the eve of a
Republican Convention at which President Bush is likely to extol the
virtues of his tax cuts, the report offers yet another sign that
whatever lies around the corner that Bush keeps insisting the nation
is turning probably isn't a surge of prosperity.
The Corner Shot10/31/2003 12:46 PM We're not sure we like the idea of guns that make it easier to kill
people, but the Corner Shot is about as gadgety a firearm as we've
ever seen. Designed so that it can be shot at a right angle, the
Corner Shot has a swiveling barrel with a color camera attached to it
and an LCD screen so you can see exactly what it is you're taking out
without actually having to stick. Read [Thanks, John]...
King’s Corner 1.0.1
King’s Corner 1.0.108/06/2004 06:31 PM Play a rare and unique solitaire breed with style and class.
Anand's Corner
Anand's Corner04/01/2005 02:15 PM Computer Power User Apr 1 2005 6:40PM GMT
A Hotspot on Every Corner
A Hotspot on Every Corner07/29/2004 08:25 PM Details are sketchy, but New York City may allow six telecom firms to
pay up to $25 million per year to install wireless transmitters on
18,000 lamp posts: The article is full of sturm und drang about health
effects, but the real story is that the city is trying to counter its
dead zones without tearing up the streets. It's unclear precisely what
kind of transmitters these will be, but you can bet your boppy that
the goal will be wireless backhaul for the majority of the points
using mesh or simple point-to-point. This endeavor could bring
massively improved voice, 2.5G/3G cell data, and Wi-Fi into a city
without ripping up all the roads once again or putting giant cell
antennas on every last building. The companies include well-known and
never-heard-of-'em: the New York Post says they are two cellular
providers, Nextel and T-Mobile, three non-cellular companies,
ClearLinx Network Corp., Crown Castle Solutions, and Dianet
Communications. The sixth, IDT Business Services, will provide
telephone service via the Internet. [link via GigaOm]...
Memories in the Corner of My Eye
Memories in the Corner of My Eye11/11/2003 05:51 AM A new gadget incorporated into regular glasses aims to help you
remember to bring home the steaks and the agenda for your 3 o'clock
meeting -- but lose the glasses and you're on your own. By Louise
Knapp.
BrainShare is around the corner
BrainShare is around the corner02/10/2004 05:04 AM In mid-December, I mentioned BrainShare in passing fully meaning to
get back to a newsletter devoted to Novell's annual users' conference
sometime in early January. But events, other topics (and, I must
admit, my own faulty memory) have put it off until now. Still, you
shouldn't put off your registration for the event because if you wait
until after Feb. 13 it will cost you an additional $200. That $200
could be the difference between "YES" and "NO" from whoever has to
approve your travel and training requests.
Turning the corner on "turning the corner"
Turning the corner on "turning the corner"08/12/2004 11:28 AM Political slogans come and go, but CNN
reports that President Bush seems to be nailing the coffin shut
rather quickly on his latest stump speech refrain -- the notion that
America is "turning the corner." And who could blame him? With
disappointing job numbers out, escalating violence in Iraq and
widespread dissatisfaction among seniors with the Medicare
prescription-drug benefit, Bush's "turning the corner" rhetoric can be
turned around against him pretty easily.
Universal Computing Just Around The Corner09/13/2004 02:49 PM Here's the scenario: Run any application on any OS on any type of
processor with no performance hit. Sounds like a dream, right? Linux
apps on Windows, Mac apps on Linux, Intel codebase on a PowerPC
chipset... Impossible!
Not according to Silicon Valley startup, Transative Corp. They claim
their QuickTransit software will allow applications to run
transparently on multiple hardware platforms including Mac, PC,
mainframes and servers with no user intervention and almost no
performance hit.
The company claims QuickTransit eliminates the need to port software
from one platform to another. Software applications written for one
platform will run on almost any other, without any modifications to
the underlying program.
"This opens up a whole new world of things you can do, because
previously software was tied to (a) particular processor," said
president and CEO Bob Wiederhold. "It gives you access to a much
greater diversity of software. One of the key breakthroughs is
performance. You can't tell the difference between a translated
application and a native application."
"It's pretty darn impressive," said analyst Jim Turley.
"It's remarkable because it's unremarkable (to see it in action):
It just works." Turley said he watched a Windows laptop running
the Gimp image editor for Linux. The software quickly and efficiently
performed a series of processor-intensive graphics transformations and
effects, Turley said. "There was no performance hit," he
said. "I was expecting a lag, some symptom that things were not
as they should be, but that was not the case. There was no hand-eye
delay. It seemed completely normal. It responded really quickly."
PeopleSoft in a Corner After Decision (AP)09/10/2004 04:44 PM AP - After defiantly warding off rival Oracle Corp.'s $7.7 billion
hostile takeover for 15 months, business software maker PeopleSoft
Inc. finds itself backed into a corner, with its best chances for
escape tied to forces beyond its control.
Mena's Corner: Six Apart Apparel
Mena's Corner: Six Apart Apparel04/13/2005 08:15 PM Just a quick post to say that we've launched the Six Shop, a fun
little place to buy shirts, hats and whatever we can think of making.
My personal favorites are the Ladies Rebuilding T-Shirt and the Ladies
Wrench T-Shirt....
Mena's Corner: Barak at Six Apart07/14/2004 08:58 PM post largo y bastante personal .. wrote a very gracious note .. Mena's
story about this .. A new
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E-Voting Turning a Corner
E-Voting Turning a Corner06/17/2004 04:33 PM When a posse of computer scientists first raised dire warnings about
untrustworthy new voting machines in late 2002 and early 2003,
California's top voting official thought they were ``a bunch of nut
jobs.''
But Secretary of State Kevin
Shelley came to understand the risks. And he's working to head
them off.
A flurry of news in recent days convinces me that, at least in
California, voters can have some measure of trust in the ballots
they'll be using in November and beyond. We're not in the clear yet,
partly due to astoundingly obtuse actions by some local officials, but
the progress is now visible and heartening.
More...
Mena's Corner: The One With the Blog04/01/2005 03:11 PM I just had to link to TeeveePad since it's been providing the office
with some good April 1st laughs this morning. Nothing much to say here
other than good job and check it out....
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Mena's Corner: Vive Six Apart!
Mena's Corner: Vive Six Apart!07/14/2004 08:59 PM Ublog is now the Six Apart subsidiary for Europe, Middle East and
Africa .. Mena has a good story about
this
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Mena's Corner: Where's the Beef?
Mena's Corner: Where's the Beef?04/23/2004 09:32 AM MT 3.0 won't be a feature release .. Mena Trott on what's new in MT3.0
.. Mena's Corner: Where's the
Beef?
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November 2 is right around the corner. Please help democracy in America
November 2 is right around the corner. Please help democracy in America12/17/2004 06:40 PM November 2 is right around the corner --> Help get out the vote.
There are lots of different ways to help: Like clothes? Buy a T-shirt
that encourges others to vote. Like to call people? Use non-partisan
VoterCall.Org's website to call a newly registered voter and encorage
him or her to vote for the first time. Like technology? Volunteer for
Tech Watch to make sure that the votes are counted accurately.
Religious? Use the Vote All Your Values website to find voters to call
and see if they need help getting to the polls. Like to travel? Sign
up with MoveOn PAC to go to a swing state and drive voters to the
polls. Don't see anything you like? Want to do something else? See the
list at Volunteer Match. But pick something and do it. Democracy is
more than voting, it is also acting....
Mena's Corner: Six Apart Redesign Coming02/07/2005 01:27 AM Six Apart is soon to launch a redesign of its sites .. Soon:
sixapart.com website redesign .. SixApart getting facelift .. has
announced
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With Cameras on the Corner, Your Ticket Is in the Mail
With Cameras on the Corner, Your Ticket Is in the Mail01/05/2005 10:11 PM Sensors and cameras are used in many cities to catch drivers who run
red lights. But several studies show the presence of cameras may cause
more accidents, not fewer.
Mena's Corner: MIT Webl0g Survey06/22/2005 01:55 AM If you've ever used blogdex, then you may be somewhat familiar with
Cameron Marlow and his work. In addition to being a great guy, he's
been providing the weblog world some very interesting data for the
past couple of years....
Hydrogen-Powered Motorcycles Just Around the Corner
I love bikes. (Scooters if you know me well.) But here’s step
forward from USA Today: the hydrogen powered motorcycle. Zoom zoom.
“While attention has been focused on developing pollution-free
hydrogen-powered cars, Intelligent Energy and some others have turned
instead to two-wheeled transportation. The firm, which is relocating
to Los Angeles from London, says the motorcycle’s fuel cell develops
the equivalent of eight horsepower, good for speeds up to 50 miles an
hour. The cycle…
Mena's Corner: Quality is a Feature04/18/2005 04:41 PM Movable Type was originally built as a hobby, at a time when asking
users to upgrade frequently was a fun part of participating in the
blogging community, not a burden. At the time, there wasn't even an
idea that blogging...
OSDL: SCO Painted Itself into a Corner (NewsFactor)
OSDL: SCO Painted Itself into a Corner (NewsFactor)02/12/2004 01:31 AM NewsFactor - If its lawsuit against Novell (Nasdaq: NOVL) fails, SCO
may be history. So says OSDL (Open Source Development Labs) in a newly
published position paper authored by a Columbia University law
professor. The report indicates that SCO's legal threats have had
little effect on the adoption of Linux.
Big Cable Companies See Next Challenge Around the Corner
Big Cable Companies See Next Challenge Around the Corner07/28/2004 09:46 PM The cable industry has started to reap the benefits from its spending
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