IBM Happenings: July 2006
The month of July is slow in some countries and companies but at IBM it was filled with a slew of announcements in hardware, software, services, acquisitions, and corporate initiatives. I am particularly excited about IBM’s growing leadership in the healthcare area. The announcements made by the company during the month are below and the […]
Jubilee
The weather has made it impossible to resist motorcycling the last few days. Yesterday’s ride started down route 507 to New Foundland, then up route 191 through Sterling and over Spring Hill Road to one of the many small airports that dot the countryside of Pennsylvania. It is always interesting to see what kind of […]
HippieFest 2006
Most of the entries in the Favorite Concerts page are classical music concerts, but last night at The Mountain Laurel Center in the Pocono Mountains was another kind of"classical" music. After a hike through some of the 1,267 trail steps at Bushkill Falls and a short dinner, it was time to join in with a […]
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Today I received two letters in the mail from medical practices in Connecticut. They were both routine, practice announcements about physician changes. What jumped out at me from both letters was that neither had an email address or a web site url. Here we are in the second half of the first decade of the […]
Spam Arrest
There have been quite a few stories about spam here on patrickWeb. Early in the debate — years ago — I took the position that the elimination of spam could be handled by technology and that laws would not work. I testified in Washington on that point and urged congressmen to resist the temptation to […]