Random thoughts, musings and things I think are interesting…
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Who thinks of this stuff?
.!. ID Sniper Rifle fires GPS tracking chip into unwitting humans – Engadget
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My website is worth $429
While it’s certainly not something I can retire on, it is interesting that according to dnScoop chriskelley.org is worth $429. It looks like they look at Google and Alexa traffic numbers to figure this out, but of course it is largely an academic exercise since its only worth what someone is willing to pay. SO…
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Info Week's take on business in Second Life
A somewhat pessimistic view from Information Week on the results so far of business investments in creating a presence in Second Life. One line that stood out for me was: The design simulations are kludgy and represent the ultimate exercise in pointless boredom for users who want to indulge their ultimate fantasies, not decide between…
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Are patents only a stick?
Ralph picked up the news release UGS did today the ‘record number of patents’ issued in 2006. He concludes with a statement about patents only being useful in cases where there is some other disagreement between companies (specifically in the form of a law suit), where they can be used as negotiation chips. While I…
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Let's hope the EC sees it the same way
Siemens deal for UGS gets U.S. antitrust approval
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You are (at most) three degrees from the Governator
If you are reading this, you are at most 3 degrees of separation from Arnold Schwarzenegger, current governor of Califronia. The first degree is me. I am assuming that if you read my blog you ‘know’ me so that counts. The rest of the connection works like this: Before we moved to the farm last…
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My next phone?
I have been very happy for the past year with my T-mobile MDA (aka HTC Wizard). However I saw the new line of phones from i-Mate on the Engadget site and I’m thinking this one might be an interesting upgrade when available sometime this summer. I hope T-mobile carries it. Engadget
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The things you hear at Walmart
My family and I went to Walmart on Sunday to pick up a few groceries we had forgotten at our trip to the “real” store the day before. We’ve had a rash of bad weather around Cincinnati the last few days and on Sunday everyone was gearing up for it. So it wasn’t much of…
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My superbowl celebration
Since I was in China last week, the Superbowl was aired live Monday morning local time. A bunch of ‘the Americans’ got together in one of the hotel rooms and cycled through the 40 channels on the cable system trying to find a broadcast. Eventually we found it on ESPN (which I thought was odd…