Email has reshaped the business landscape, purporting to save time and money on communication of ideas and thoughts between workers. In an ideal world, such would be the case but several factors impede reaching such a utopian state with respect to the use of email. … Read More →
Category Archives: Misc
Some weekend links
In lieu of a post, I have some links o’ interest: * “‘Smart Gene Therapy’ Protects Against Damage From Heart Attack”:http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/08/040803100832.htm * “Sharp develops solar light products with LEDs”:http://www.eet.com/sys/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=26806395 * “Da Vinci Gambles on X Prize”:http://www.wired.com/news/space/0,2697,64482,00.html * “UPI Exclusive: NASA Begins Moon Return Effort”:http://www.spacedaily.com/news/spacetravel-04zq.html * … Read More →
Fire Burns Near Carson City
My state capital (Carson City, Nevada) is currently having a “major brush with a forest fire”:http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/883942.html, the inferno approaching within a few blocks of the governor’s mansion. Being in Reno (about 30 miles north), the smoke has drifted our way for the last week. Even … Read More →
Dashboard, WebKit, and Graphs
Although I wish “I had a policy”:http://www.kottke.org/04/07/my-new-policy that everything could be done as nicely and easily as I wanted, I do not. Dynamic presentation of data using graphs should be a simple feat to accomplish, _n’est pas?_ Clearly, their are many solutions in many languages, … Read More →
Spam report
Upon checking my personal spam report, I noticed a marked decline in the number of spam received in the last week. Although I am _highly_ skeptical that this is related to the recent blocking of SMTP(Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) port 25 by “Comcast”:http://www.comcast.com/, “Ars”:http://www.arstechnica.com/ “is … Read More →
Dedication
adherence, allegiance, commitment, devotedness, devotion, faith, loyalty, single-mindedness, wholeheartedness allegiance, ardor, constancy, deference, devotion, duty, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, homage, honor, obedience, obligation, piety assiduity, attention, attentiveness, busyness, commitment, concentration, consideration, deliberation, diligence, effort, industry, perseverance, study, zeal assurance, backbone, boldness, bravery, certainty, certitude, constancy, conviction, … Read More →