Intel's Financial Center

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IBM To Open New Linux Center for
Financial Firms

IBM To Open New Linux Center for
Financial Firms 03/20/2003 01:05 PM
Taking aim at Microsoft and Unix server vendors, IBM has announced plans for a new center in New York City that will provide Linux solutions, training and education for financial services companies that want to begin using the open source operating system.

XML data formats take center stage in
the Financial Services industry

XML data formats take center stage in
the Financial Services industry 01/27/2004 09:05 AM
A conference focusing on XML in the Financial Services industry casts doubt on the conventional wisdom about Web services and the role of tightly-coupled middleware in real-world XML developments.

Financial DNA to Hold First Annual
Unbanked Financial Service Innovation
Conference in San Francisco

Financial DNA to Hold First Annual
Unbanked Financial Service Innovation
Conference in San Francisco 06/17/2005 04:31 PM
Market Wire Jun 13 2005 8:02PM GMT

GPS Industries Appoints Key Financial
Executives - Chief Financial Officer and
Corporate Controller

GPS Industries Appoints Key Financial
Executives - Chief Financial Officer and
Corporate Controller 06/22/2004 03:24 PM
BC Technology Jun 22 2004 8:18PM GMT

F.B.I.'s Reach Into Financial Records Is
Set to Grow; House and Senate would
significantly expand the F.B.I.'s power
to demand financial records, without a
judge's approval, from car dealers,
travel agents, pawnbrokers and many
other businesses 11/13

F.B.I.'s Reach Into Financial Records Is
Set to Grow; House and Senate would
significantly expand the F.B.I.'s power
to demand financial records, without a
judge's approval, from car dealers,
travel agents, pawnbrokers and many
other businesses 11/13 11/14/2003 01:20 AM

nytimes.com/2003/11/12/politics/12RECO.html
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In the Charts: Media Center 2005 PCs
Take Center Stage Among Desktops

In the Charts: Media Center 2005 PCs
Take Center Stage Among Desktops 12/29/2004 11:54 AM
This month's Top 15 Desktop PCs chart highlights two trends: the emergence of powerful new gaming systems that have sophisticated style, and the rapidly growing selection of Media Center PCs, which expand PC-based home entertainment beyond gaming. Examples of the former are two new Athlon-fueled machines that sit atop the power section of our chart: Alienware's Aurora 64 FX-55 and ABS's Ultimate M5-64. Both of these systems are visually appealing without shouting "I'm just for games." Not only are they the two fastest systems on the chart, but they also produced outstanding sound with their high-end Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 cards and their 5.1-channel Logitech speakers (the X-530 and the Z-680, respectively).

Know-Center - Austria's Competence
Center for Knowledge Management

Know-Center - Austria's Competence
Center for Knowledge Management 02/05/2005 09:29 PM

Know-Center

Know-Center - Austria's Competence Center for Knowledge Management
http://www.know-center.at

The Know-Center is Austria’s Competence Center for knowledge-based Applications and Systems. The Know-Center has its core competences in the fields of information technology as enabling technologies for knowledge management and in human-oriented knowledge management. As a connecting link between science and industry the Know-Center carries out problem-driven, result-oriented and application-oriented projects in these competence areas. Their close cooperation with scientific institutions, such as Graz University of Technology and JOANNEUM RESEARCH ensures the access to latest research results. Together with their partner companies, the Know-Center transfers these scientific results in innovation for Styria in particular and Austria in general. This has been added to Knowledge Discovery Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.

Microsoft puts the "center" in Media
Center

Microsoft puts the "center" in Media
Center 01/08/2004 07:06 PM
A new line of linked Media Center devices promise to cost quite a bit of money.

Microsoft Windows Media Center Extender
Technology Delivers Digital
Entertainment and the Media Center
Experience to Any Screen in the House

Microsoft Windows Media Center Extender
Technology Delivers Digital
Entertainment and the Media Center
Experience to Any Screen in the House 01/08/2004 07:35 PM
This evening during his keynote address at the 2004 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates unveiled Windows® Media Center Extender Technology. The software will power a new generation of products that will extend the Media Center Edition PC experience allowing consumers to access their favorite digital entertainment, such as live and recorded television, photos, movies, and music that reside on their Windows XP Media Center Edition PC, from any room in the home -- regardless of where the PC is located. Media Center Extender Technology will not only provide access to rich content and services, but will enable devices throughout the home to utilize the full processing and storage capabilities of the PC creating new opportunities for services and providing unprecedented choice and access to content for consumers

Premio Introduces Media Center PC with
Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center
Edition 2005

Premio Introduces Media Center PC with
Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center
Edition 2005 12/19/2004 03:45 PM
Premio Computer, Inc. today announced the Premio Media Center PC. Preinstalled with Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005, the Premio Media Center is a versatile, comprehensive solution for media and home entertainment applications [PRWEB Dec 15, 2004]

Windows Media Center Extender and
Portable Media Center Fact Sheets (PDF)

Windows Media Center Extender and
Portable Media Center Fact Sheets (PDF) 01/08/2004 07:34 PM

• Windows Media Center Extender (1.8 MB)
• Introducing Portable Media Centers (569 KB)

Syntax Groups' Olevia Brand of LCD TVs
Brings Value & Affordability to Micro
Center Consumer Electronics
Consumers--National Debut at Micro
Center Gains Rapid Consumer Acceptance

Syntax Groups' Olevia Brand of LCD TVs
Brings Value & Affordability to Micro
Center Consumer Electronics
Consumers--National Debut at Micro
Center Gains Rapid Consumer Acceptance 08/09/2004 02:05 AM
Syntax Groups continues its market momentum for delivering high value LCD TVs at consumer-friendly, affordable prices. It's Olevia brand LDC TVs are now available at Micro Center’s network of technology stores throughout the United States. [PRWEB Aug 9, 2004]

NewsGator Media Center Edition Featured
in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004
"Online Spotlight"

NewsGator Media Center Edition Featured
in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004
"Online Spotlight" 06/04/2004 12:40 PM

NewsGator Offering in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 Enables Users to Read Selected Content, or Watch On-Demand Video Content

DENVER, CO - June 4, 2004 - Today, NewsGator Technologies announced that the recently launched NewsGator Media Edition is featured in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004's "Online Spotlight," an online guide created specifically for Media Center Edition PC customers that offers a central location for them to find the latest third-party services and software, such as music, movie trailers, news updates and even Karaoke.

NewsGator provides a mechanism for Media Center PC users to easily find NewsGator software and services online, without having to separately download anything from the NewsGator web site. Both text and multimedia content is supported, and information that has not already been viewed on another device can be displayed by synchronizing user subscriptions with NewsGator Online Services.

"We're excited to be included in Online Spotlight - this will dramatically increase our visibility to the many thousands of Media Center PC users," said Greg Reinacker, President & Founder of NewsGator Technologies.

NewsGator Media Center Edition is included as part of NewsGator Online Services. NewsGator Online Services includes three other content reader editions, which allow users to read content they have subscribed to from any web browser (with Web Edition), any email client (with POP Edition), and from a mobile wireless device (with Mobile Edition), which is a powerful feature for road warriors who use mobile devices to access information while on the road. The service also provides exclusive, subscriber-only content to its subscribers, as well as the ability to search for content that matches a specific keyword or URL, and return that content in a feed. NewsGator Online Services pricing starts at $5.95/month per user.

"Media Center PCs allow consumers to have faster and more efficient access to all of their favorite digital content when, where, and how they want," said Brad Brooks, Director of Marketing at Microsoft Corp. "With the NewsGator Media Center Edition, NewsGator Technologies is delivering a complementary and innovative service that will let Media Center Edition PC users easily access their customized choice of news services."

More about NewsGator Media Center Edition

This is the latest step in the "any time, any place, any device" strategy that distinguishes the NewsGator product line. NewsGator Online Services allows users to read one set of content from any device, without duplication. The combined power of NewsGator Media Center Edition and Online Services offers customers a productive and fun way to access their personalized subscriptions and information from any device, whenever they need it.

Kingwin Thermal Center CT-02S Review
http://www.devhardware.com/c/a/PC-Coolin
g/Kingwin-Thermal-Center-CT02S-Re

Kingwin Thermal Center CT-02S Review
http://www.devhardware.com/c/a/PC-Coolin
g/Kingwin-Thermal-Center-CT02S-Re 03/26/2005 09:07 AM
DevHardware Mar 26 2005 12:20PM GMT

Intel's Uh-Oh

Intel's Uh-Oh 09/03/2004 12:06 PM

Mercury News (reg req): Intel forecast rattles stocks. In an ominous sign for Silicon Valley's fragile recovery, Intel slashed its revenue forecast Thursday amid falling worldwide demand for computer chips.

This is disturbing, but not a sign of doom. Intel has been having more troubles lately than just customer demand, including a surprising number of internal miscues leading to delayed products. Still, Silicon Valley is holding its breath at the moment. Is the recovery going to be sustained, much less sustainable? My gut tells me that doom-and-gloom is a little too pessimistic right now. A lot is going right around the valley these days. My bet is that this is more a hiccup than a serious stumble.

Intel's map to CIO

Intel's map to CIO 04/09/2005 12:57 AM
ZDNet Apr 9 2005 4:27AM GMT

Intel's WiMax on way

Intel's WiMax on way 09/08/2004 10:27 AM
Deccan Herald Sep 8 2004 1:41PM GMT

What Intel's Opponents Are Up to

What Intel's Opponents Are Up to 06/28/2004 01:50 AM
Business Week Jun 28 2004 6:01AM GMT

Intel's 4 New Processors

Intel's 4 New Processors 06/03/2004 03:33 PM
Channel Times Jun 3 2004 7:16PM GMT

Intel's New Lineup

Intel's New Lineup 06/18/2004 11:22 AM

Intel's nForce4 SLI

Intel's nForce4 SLI 04/07/2005 05:25 AM
Trusted Reviews Apr 7 2005 9:22AM GMT

Intel's 486 turns 15

Intel's 486 turns 15 06/12/2004 12:39 PM
Intel’s 486 CPU turns 15 today. It was first released in 1989 with 25 and 33 MHz clock speeds. This was also the first processor from Intel that was designed to be upgradable. Intel also released the i860 and choose to support it over the 486.

Intel's fifth chief

Intel's fifth chief 08/12/2004 09:34 AM
ZDNet Aug 12 2004 2:20PM GMT

Financial

Financial 12/05/2002 06:48 PM
Financial functions with the Excel function names and parameter order. Financial_class v1.0.3 Includes: - Thirty360USdayCount - Thirty360USyearFraction - Thirty360EUdayCount - Thirty360EUyearFraction - ActualActualdayCount - ActualActualyearFraction - Actual360dayCount - Actual360yearFraction - Actual365dayCount - Actual365yearFraction - DATEADD - DATEDIFF - DOLLARDE - DOLLARFR - PV - FV - FVSCHEDULE - PMT - IPMT - PPMT - NPER - EFFECT - NOMINAL - DDB - SYD - SLN - DISC - RECEIVED - INTRATE - NPV - XNPV - IRR - XIRR - RATE All collaboration to complete this class are welcome. Enrique. Dic 4, 2002.

Intel's 64-Bit Pentium 4s Hit The
Streets

Intel's 64-Bit Pentium 4s Hit The
Streets 03/22/2005 04:42 PM
Slashdot Mar 22 2005 5:06AM GMT

Intel's Quarter Seen on Track

Intel's Quarter Seen on Track 05/27/2004 03:38 PM
Reuters May 27 2004 8:18PM GMT

Intel's Inventory Problem

Intel's Inventory Problem 07/14/2004 10:12 AM
Forbes Jul 14 2004 2:44PM GMT

Intel's Rosedale chip br

Intel's Rosedale chip br 09/07/2004 10:34 AM
Techzonez Sep 7 2004 2:34PM GMT

Why Intel's new chip names are so bad

Why Intel's new chip names are so bad 05/23/2004 08:58 PM
ZDNet May 24 2004 0:56AM GMT

Intel's New Integrated Graphics

Intel's New Integrated Graphics 06/28/2004 11:52 AM
Intel has taken some hard knocks in the past for their integrated graphics, and deservedly so. The new GMA 900 graphics technology in the just-released 915 chipset aims to change all that and raise the bar for baked-in graphics tech.

Intel's IT scheme a hit at schools

Intel's IT scheme a hit at schools 11/03/2003 05:58 PM
Taipei Times Online Nov 3 2003 3:21PM ET

Intel's Science Fair

Intel's Science Fair 05/05/2004 10:48 PM
The Feature May 6 2004 3:22AM GMT

Intel's Q1 Profit Nearly Doubles

Intel's Q1 Profit Nearly Doubles 04/13/2004 10:17 PM
AMD Zone Apr 14 2004 2:51AM GMT

Intel's New Transistor Technology

Intel's New Transistor Technology 08/31/2004 06:23 AM
Digital Lifestyles Aug 31 2004 10:51AM GMT

Intel's Biggest Fear

Intel's Biggest Fear 09/22/2004 09:59 AM
Fortune Sep 22 2004 1:50PM GMT

Intel's heir charts the same course

Intel's heir charts the same course 08/16/2004 08:18 AM
ZDNet Aug 16 2004 12:12PM GMT

Intel's failure to communicate

Intel's failure to communicate 12/24/2003 11:06 AM
CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos says Intel's struggles in the communications chip business hint at a larger lesson about failed ambition.

Intel's package looks fine to us

Intel's package looks fine to us 08/10/2004 10:58 AM
Letters And AMD is not an experiment

Intel's VC Arm Makes Connection

Intel's VC Arm Makes Connection 12/09/2003 07:18 AM
SiliconValley.Internet.com Dec 9 2003 6:37AM ET
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Rodrigo Costa: Microsoft's OEM Man of
Mystery

Rodrigo Costa: Microsoft's OEM Man of
Mystery 12/24/2004 12:26 PM
Who is Rodrigo Costa? Just the head of one of Microsoft's most powerful and profitable units, the OEM division.

CONTRA COSTA TIMES

CONTRA COSTA TIMES 12/28/2003 08:13 PM
I think we will see many, many more IPOs in 2004, including the most anticipated one in the tech world, the offering for Google.". ...

Costa Rican Cop Kills Himself, Hostages
(AP)

Costa Rican Cop Kills Himself, Hostages
(AP) 07/28/2004 12:34 AM
AP - A Costa Rican policeman apparently distraught over an impending job transfer killed himself and three of the nine hostages he took at the Chilean embassy Tuesday, ending a tense seven-hour standoff.

Geodog is back from Costa Rica

Geodog is back from Costa Rica 10/29/2003 01:16 AM
We are back from our month in Costa Rica. We had a fabulous vacation. We learned a little Spanish, met some really nice people, and we had a great time living outdoors, hiking or swimming almost every day. In fact, we had so much fun that we didn't get around to doing all the research we had planned on housing costs, schools, employment opportunities, health care, and all the other details that would be involved in living there in the future. We just played. We also concluded that while we are definitely interested in going to Costa Rica to live for a year to two at some point in the near future, for now we are staying here in Berkeley. I highly recommend Costa Rica in the summer to anyone looking for a moderately priced vacation with great hiking, great wildlife viewing, great adventures and really friendly people. If anyone is interested, I put a few of the 300+ photos I took up on the web at http://www.thebishop.net/gallery/CRHigh/. Email me for the password if you want to see photos with people in them. If you are interested in my impressions of Costa Rica and travel recommendations, I'll be posting a travel report of sorts here and at Geodog: Costa Rica over the next few days. I plan to start writing here again, although I am going to try to avoid losing myself in politics again -- it takes up too much time, doesn't feel productive, and there seem to be plenty of people doing a good job exposing the lies of the Bush administration. Now it is time for me to restart the job/entrepreneurial opportunities hunt that I put on hold last spring. I am looking for anything that involves using my analytical, organizational, and people skills (see resume) to work with smart people on an interesting product or project, but I suspect that the easiest way to market myself is going to be as a Software Product/Project/Program manager. I'm hoping to find something in the East Bay or San Francisco, but I'm looking farther afield as well. If you know of any openings or of any interesting companies in the Bay Area that are hiring, feel free to leave me a comment or send me an email....

Brazil crush Costa Rica

Brazil crush Costa Rica 07/12/2004 12:55 AM
Adriano scores a hat-trick as Brazil beat Costa Rica 4-1 to reach the Copa America quarter-finals.

Geodog has temporarily retired to Costa
Rica

Geodog has temporarily retired to Costa
Rica 10/29/2003 01:16 AM
Writing is addictive, but sometimes I need to break the habit. After Bush's War on Iraq started, and after I started SARS Watch Org, about the SARS epidemic, I stopped my Geodog political and technology writing, and worked furiously and full time on SARS Watch Org for about 3 months, stopping as the epidemic wound down. When I stopped working on it, I found I needed a break from writing. I was (and remain) discouraged about the political situation, and I decided to spend more time enjoying my family and the beautiful summer we were having, so I haven't updated Geodog's MT Weblog in a while. Recently I have been concentrating more on coding and photography than on writing. I used the tools and skills I learned about with SARSWatch to update the TheBishop.Net's News page to actually do something useful, by having it display headlines and excerpts of articles from publications like the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the BBC. The page is updated hourly, making it a useful place to check out the news. I have put up a ton of family pictures in the photo gallery, and actually put up some public pictures, like the ones from the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference. And while I took a break this summer from my "Geodog" political writing, I did continue to maintain my linklog. To keep my technology muscles limber, I also started a Costa Rica Travel Wiki to play with the technology and to store information about my upcoming trip to Costa Rica. Now I am heading down to Costa Rica for a month, to try and gage what it would be like to live down there. When I last visited Costa Rica for a month in 1994, it was a great place to travel, but I wasn't looking at it from the perspective of living there. This time we are going to check out housing costs, schools, employment opportunities, health care, and so on, as well as working on our Spanish and just having a great time. As the situation in the United States continues to deteriorate, it seems only practical to take a look at some alternatives, and Costa Rica sounds appealing from afar. We will see what it looks like close up. I expect that all my surfing in Costa Rica will be waves instead of the net, although I might check my mail once a week or so. Feel free to send me email at my travel address, costaricatim at thebishop.ne t. I expect that I will take up writing as Geodog again in the fall, after school starts up. Until then, hasta luego y vaya con dios.

One million Costa Ricans access Internet

One million Costa Ricans access Internet 06/24/2004 07:31 PM
Big News Network Jun 24 2004 11:14PM GMT

Bus bound for Costa Rica runs on used
cooking oil

Bus bound for Costa Rica runs on used
cooking oil 12/24/2004 01:09 PM
Y Bws Gwyrdd

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Impressions of Costa Rica after a
month's visit: Biodiversity

Impressions of Costa Rica after a
month's visit: Biodiversity 10/29/2003 01:16 AM
In Costa Rica biodiversity isn't a just a slogan or a buzzword, it is an observable fact. The country is teeming with life. We saw amazing numbers of birds, reptiles, insects and plants. Even when we weren't looking for them, the number and kinds of birds and insects that we saw just walking around rural towns was astonishing, and the variety we saw when we were hiking in the national parks was awe-inspiring. For example, on one short afternoon hike on Rincón de la Vieja I saw 2 species of toucans, 2 species of parrots, a laughing falcon, a cuckoo, a woodpecker, several kinds of finches, flycatchers, magpies and jays. That was just some of the birds. I also saw 2 bats, an agouti, a snake, several kinds of frogs and toads, several kinds of lizards, several kinds of ants including leaf cutter ants and army ants, and thousands of butterflies. I'm not much on plants, so I can't name many of the different trees I saw, but in the course of one afternoon I passed through at least 5 kinds of habitat: cloud forest, tropical rainforest, dry tropical forest, open savannah and what looked like California live oak highlands. I have done a lot of hiking in the United States, and I have never seen anything like it. As the guidebooks point out, there are more species of birds in Costa Rica (650) than in all of the United States and Canada combined. All of this in a country the size of West Virginia. If you like hiking and wildlife viewing, especially bird-watching, it is hard to imagine a better place. And if you are a fan of the writings of Charles Darwin, David Quammen and Edwin O. Wilson, as I am, it is a great place to see, in the flesh as it were, exactly what they were writing about....

nikka costa, nobel peace prize winner

nikka costa, nobel peace prize winner 02/13/2004 03:57 PM
she's reunited prince and wendy, ?uestlove and d'angelo, and next she'll be reuniting the Beatles

Low-Wage Costa Ricans Make Baseballs for
Millionaires

Low-Wage Costa Ricans Make Baseballs for
Millionaires 01/25/2004 06:14 AM
Every baseball used in the major leagues is handcrafted by workers who typically make about $2,750 a year.

Impressions of Costa Rica after a
month's visit: Tico Time

Impressions of Costa Rica after a
month's visit: Tico Time 10/29/2003 01:16 AM
The pace of life in Costa Rica is considerably slower than it is in the United States. Part of this was undoubtedly because we traveled as tourists, mostly in rural Costa Rica, in the low season. I'm sure that it would have been somewhat different in San Jose in the high season, or working at Intel's plant in Heredia. Still, people in Costa Rica aren't as frantic about getting things done on time as people are in the US. Costa Ricans act as though people are more important than deadlines, and people expect to make time for each other, and to wait for other people and to have other people wait for them. Expatriates, and some Costa Ricans, call this living on Tico Time. Punctuality is not next to godliness, and waiting is not seen as offensive, or as a waste of time. We ran into this all the time. The best example of this was one day when a hotel owner offered to take us and some other people in the hotel up to see turtles coming ashore to lay eggs at Ostional (a fantastic trip). He said that we would leave the hotel after lunch, and I asked him exactly when after lunch we should be ready to go. He shrugged his shoulders, looked at me and slapped his empty wrist and said "you see a watch? We will leave when everybody is ready to go." It worked both ways -- once we were about to go out to dinner and another hotel owner stopped us and asked if we would help her middle-school aged son with his homework, because he had a test the next day but was still confused about the difference between the comparative and the superlative. Having made her house into a home for our family (mi casa es su casa), she expected that we would do no less for her family. So we happily postponed our dinner for an hour to tutor her son. Living with tico time was not always easy. One morning we got up early, hoping to climb up to the top of Rincón de la Vieja volcano before it was covered with clouds, but when we got to the entrance to Rincón de la Vieja National Park, we found a scene from the California Department of Motor Vehicles. There was long line of other hikers waiting to pay...

One Dead as Christmas Quake Hits Panama,
Costa Rica

One Dead as Christmas Quake Hits Panama,
Costa Rica 12/25/2003 01:58 PM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 25 2003 12:40PM ET

Ericsson and ICE in Costa Rica Sign
Managed Services and GSM/GPRS
Infrastructure Contract

Ericsson and ICE in Costa Rica Sign
Managed Services and GSM/GPRS
Infrastructure Contract 04/18/2005 02:02 PM
Business Wire UK Apr 18 2005 3:24PM GMT

New Website Offering Developments and
Property for Sale on the Costa del Sol
in Casares, Manilva, Duquesa, Marbella,
and Estepona in Spain

New Website Offering Developments and
Property for Sale on the Costa del Sol
in Casares, Manilva, Duquesa, Marbella,
and Estepona in Spain 06/02/2004 02:32 AM
Ocean Coast Estates new website offers new developments and property for sale on the Costa del sol in Casares, Manilva, Duquesa, Marbella, and Estepona as well as other regions of Spain [PRWEB Jun 2, 2004]

Leaving...

Leaving... 02/10/2004 02:51 AM

I was going to write "hitting the road now, see you on the other side," but I realized that I'm going to be flying, not hitting the road, and I'll probably see you a few times along the way. Leaving on a trip is really not an important event anymore except that the likelihood that something bad is going to happen to you increases for a period of time.

Anyway, for those of you who are going to ETech, see you you face to face soon.

Leaving DVD Jon alone

Leaving DVD Jon alone 01/06/2004 05:45 AM
USA Today Jan 6 2004 5:14AM ET

Leaving so soon?

Leaving so soon? 04/12/2004 03:33 PM

Leaving La La land.......

Leaving La La land....... 11/03/2003 12:19 PM
Time flies when you're running jet set to every crazy cool event you can squeeze into 3 days. I leave...

Leaving Nokia

Leaving Nokia 12/17/2003 05:03 AM
I've had it with my Nokia 3650. On paper it's a great phone with just about all of the modern...

Leaving Pompignan I

Leaving Pompignan I 06/29/2004 05:12 PM

As it appears we’re about to move to a town with DSL capabilities, it would be good to hear from anyone with strong opinion on Wanadoo vs Freebox vs Tiscali vs Noos and so on, haut-débit-wise.

I’d rather not give more money than absolutely necessary to the bloated France Telecom, and the dinks at Tiscali haven’t exactly curried a lot of favour, but if the big-pipes 2048k offers they’re flinging about actually work, then so be it.

A bell is a cup, until it is struck.

Leaving Pompignan II

Leaving Pompignan II 07/28/2004 12:51 PM

So yeah, we moved. Everyone says it’s stressful to move, up there with divorce and sudden unemployment, but christ on a bike it takes a lot out of you. Never mind the backache and barked knuckles: you’re left without a soul.

We’re now about an hour and a half east of Pompignan, in the Rhône Valley, hugged up next to the vaguely shitty Bagnols-sur-Cèze. Actually strike that – it’s only shitty if all you see of it is the shopping malls and supermarkets and their parking lots while you rush around for food and drink between time spent figuring where to put all the god damn stuff that was schlepped over from the old place. The town has a heart, we found out this morning: each Wednesday every street and sidestreet is filled with market stalls, patrolled by women pushing baby strollers, cops in funny pillbox hats, and Dutch tourists. Olives, baby: buckets of them.

The new house is nice. There is interesting plaster moulding. All doorways are higher than my forehead. The dogs have a yard to destroy. Here are some pictures.

Leaving Las Vegas

Leaving Las Vegas 01/16/2004 10:57 AM
Sorry for the absence, folks... I've just limped back into New York from a lost weekend of fear and loathing in Las Vegas, during which just about the last thing on my mind was this blog. Before I post anything real - and I have several rants percolating - I want to thank you for having maintained what I consider a commendable civility while I was off contributing to the decline of civilization, despite your passionately conflicting political beliefs. There's been froth and pitch and a lot of wit. Best of all, you've been sounding like grown-ups. (A virtue I've come to appreciate a lot more of late.) I think the "constructive combat" I wished for in my last post may actually be arising here. This can be a venue where the vectors of opinion that presently rend our beloved country can come to appreciate each other a little better, if only for our sense of humor. I don't think either side is likely to win many converts. We're all pretty convinced. But if we maintain our currently reduced level of name-calling, we might grow back some of the tolerance that has become all too rare among our fellow citizens and upon which democracy itself depends. I be back at it myself as soon as I've had a chance to clear my head. In that service, I'm off to find myself a latte. Since my place here is in Little Italy, that will be easy enough to do. Might even pick up a New York Times while I'm at it......

On Leaving New York

On Leaving New York 07/20/2004 01:03 PM
I've been putting off writing about it because it seems like too much to cover, but then that's probably the...

Leaving the Earth

Leaving the Earth 03/06/2004 02:03 AM
Rannva dropped this URL on an older blog entry, so I figured I should pop it up to a larger readership, since it's just too cool:

Orion's Arm Worldbuilding Group.

A huge collection of Creative Commons -licensed alternative world history (and future) that should make the soul of every hardcore sci-fi fan tickle. I only took a quick glance through it, but already I started getting ideas...

I think this is another good example on how uncoordinated efforts of dedicated amateurs can produce things that rival commercial alternatives. I don't think it replaces them, though, but it can be a good choice among many. The Internet has really allowed a whole new kind of collaboration efforts to take place, things that were rather difficult to do before. Essentially the Internet is now doing the job of the scientific journals, and it is not surprising that many of the academic papers are being published on the Internet first these days...

The Relief of Leaving a Job

The Relief of Leaving a Job 03/14/2005 05:01 PM
I've noticed a funny thing in the last year or so. The vast majority of the time someone I know leaves a job (or is fired) two trends seem to recur: A sense of relief: "I'm so glad I'm not at that place anymore." A complete loss of "spare" time: "I'm busier now than when I was working full-time!" Maybe everyone should change jobs once or twice a decade? Maybe people should ask themselves a bit more often one question:...

TiVo president leaving

TiVo president leaving 02/01/2005 09:06 PM
Departure comes weeks after the company launches search for new chief executive officer.

McCaffrey leaving Google

McCaffrey leaving Google 12/22/2004 01:19 AM

Are Spammers Leaving The Business?

Are Spammers Leaving The Business? 05/06/2004 02:53 AM
It appears that the combination of technology solutions and legal crackdowns on spammers may be having some effect on a few of the weaker willed spammers. USA Today is reporting that some spammers are finding other lines of work. I'd be more encouraged if there were a corresponding decrease in the amount of spam - but most studies seem to show that it's increasing (and my own personal stats support this). One interesting note is that some spammers say they plan on becoming "reformed" spammers who try to come up with better anti-spam solutions. Can you trust a spammer to help stop spam? I'm not so sure.

Quantum Cryptography Leaving the Lab

Quantum Cryptography Leaving the Lab 04/12/2004 10:14 AM

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