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• Business, Technology & Science

  The Sun Sets

  07.17.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Yesterday was the close to a very sad chapter in technology history with the shareholder vote of Sun Microsystems to be acquired by Oracle. From a shareholder perspective, this is perhaps the best outcome that was possible (the alternative being the Silicon Graphics descent into permanent penny-stock land shrinking each subsequent year.) For Sun customers, […]

• Business, Travel

  Around the World in 122 Hours

  07.11.09 | Permalink | Comments Off on Around the World in 122 Hours

  Well, the title says it all. Back on the ground waiting for my family to return from a dog walk and thought I’d make a quick entry. The view to the right is from the 51st floor of the Island Shangri-La Hotel in Central Hong Kong. My brief stay there only reinforced my view of […]

• Business, Travel

  Clear Skies No Longer

  06.24.09 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  It always seems to happen, you find a good service, become a customer, and then after it proves its worth, the service promptly goes under. I consider it lucky I didn’t sign up for that TEN year membership…In any case, Clear, the airport security screening accelerator ceased operations this week after it couldn’t secure terms […]

• Business, Innovation

  Wanna Buy Twitter?

  06.17.09 | Permalink | Comments Off on Wanna Buy Twitter?

  Given the Twitter-mania that seems to be sweeping the world, it would be a public service to talk about Sharespost, the passive bulletin board to connect buyers and sellers of private equity of hot companies like Twitter, Tesla, eHarmony, Facebook, SolarCity, and a couple of hundred more. This is really a very good idea as […]

• Business, Media

  Someone Kill Evony Already

  06.11.09 | Permalink | 9 Comments

  In a down advertising market, a game maker has decided to absolutely flood the available online ad space with the image shown to the right. For some reason, my ad block software seems to fail on this particular set of ads, so I see it all the time and I’m sick of them. So my […]

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