Category Archives: Thoughts

I decided to upgrade the MT install to 4.2 ( from 4.01 ). Since the theme was migrated from 3.x , a lot of things broke. I hope to have a blog again one day soon.

The country is buzzing with the rumors, and some pretty impressive media, suggesting that Sarah Palin’s youngest child is not really her daughter – but granddaughter. It wouldn’t be surprising – and the facts of the matter are quite interesting: [...]

The USPTO denied Google a Trademark on OpenSocial today with their final office action. I was quite surprised — in reading the latest Office Action, the USPTO examiners clearly knew a lot about the Social Media industry , Open Source [...]

I just realized that I should make public the quick listing on the Social Media Standards Privacy & Initial Thoughts that I’ve been floating around since May. ( corrected: I thought it was June, just checked some emails and its [...]

there are tons of combos out there for ipod, usb, keychain, bottle opener well, what about an ipod+usb+keychain+bottle_opener the product’s name? iDrink and iDrive

Microsoft walked away from the Yahoo acquisition attempt cleanly, citing Jerry Yang’s ineptitude as the prime example (though Steve Ballmer was quite more diplomatic than myself). I didn’t want to see the deal go through myself — I think Yahoo [...]

The NY Times reports that the congestion pricing plan in NYC is dead. Good. The plan was a complete mess. While it would lower congestion in lower Manhattan, it did so at the expense of the other boroughs. Should NYC [...]

I’ve had a really bad habit when using subversion since I first started using it in 2004: I like to write fictional stories in the commit messages It started as a training exercise to write better comments. Then it quickly [...]

I commented on the “ABC/Facebook Politics” debate a few weeks ago on the Florida/Michigan issue. Someone had asked something to the effect of “Is it fair to victimize the Florida/Michigan voters”, my response ( reposted below ) is that calling [...]