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  • A glowing digital touch screen with a "Submit" button being hovered over by a skeptical-looking finger or an old-fashioned paper ballot box.

    Only (right wing) Lunatics Don’t Trust Digital Voting. RIiiiggghhhht

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    Has Post-Modernism Led to our Collapse?

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Business

A long-exposure shot of satellite streaks in the night sky or a modern router glowing in a dark, rural setting.

StarLink is Disruptive Innovation. What does that mean?

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    Seriously, Petroleum may not be “Fossil Fuel” (and may not be running out!)

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    Quote for Today from Paul Feyerabend

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A Dark View of the Future, 2014–Impact of the Amateurs

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This Flash animation gives a narrative view of the potential outcome (from the “future perspective of being in 2014 and looking back”) that we can

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Commentary Technology

A Cultural or Observant Mac?

March 5, 2009March 5, 20092 min read

I have been pondering for a while the ability of Mac users to morph their discussions when necessary to enable them to claim the Mac

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Jon Stewart’s Daily Show and the Mistreatment of Home-owners

March 5, 20092 min read

I have been commenting (okay, really complaining) that the bail-outs of the banks really only helps the banks, and ultimately hurts everyone else.   Let

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Get the Next!

March 2, 2009March 2, 20091 min read

Are you the person everyone in your family asks concerning technology?   Are you always looking for that next cool thing?   Then, @Tonypittman (Supply

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Improved Kindle Clippings Macro for Word
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Improved Kindle Clippings Macro for Word

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UPDATE 3:  Many people come here daily, so I thought I would share the latest I have found about getting your notes and highlights out

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“Cult of the Amateur” and Twitter

February 28, 2009February 28, 20093 min read

In my previous post I wrote about some of my thoughts concerning three key points that I drew from Andrew Keen’s The Cult of the

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“Cult of The Amateur”–Early Reflections on Keen’s Work

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I am reading Andrew Keen’s The Cult of the Amateur: How blogs, MySpace, YouTube, and the rest of today’s user-generated media are destroying our economy,

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Truer words…

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I saw someone on Twitter last night call President Obama to task for ridiculing private business owners for flying on privately owned corporate jets while

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The Old Kindle Gets a “Refresh”

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At lunch today I commented to my wife that I was disappointed that when Amazon released the new Kindle they didn’t at least give us

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Bye Bye Hulu (and NBC, and FOX, and…)

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