Miscellany – 01-06-06
Just back from sunny Florida. When we left Palm Beach Gardens on Thursday it was 84 degrees and blue skies. It was a bit cooler when we got to Palm Coast and St. Augustine Beach. There was construction everywhere — condos, homes, malls, highways, and infrastructure. Seems like a "bubble" is a legitimate concern. The […]
Genographic Project – Update
Within ten minutes of posting the story, I got an update from Kris Lichter at IBM. Kris is program director for the Genographic Project at IBM’s Healthcare and Life Science Solutions group. The genographic project hit 100,000 kits purchased by the public on December 18th. Kris, says "That was our five year goal, and it […]
The Genographic Project
One of the subjects I know the least about is genetics. Some day I will read some books and learn how the human body’s 50 to 100 trillion cells combine to form our tissues and organs. One of the most interesting aspects of the body is how the genes inside each cell comprise the "blueprint" […]
Five Percent (2005)
There is much ebullience about booming online sales. In an interview on CNBC a couple of days ago, the CEO of Circuit City attributed the positive company results "in large part due to on-line sales". Specifically, he said the ability to shop online and then pick up the item in the nearest store twenty minutes […]
The Internet Division
In the "old days" — ten years ago — we used to say that a month was three or four Internet months or that a year was three or four Internet years. It was a way of expressing how fast things were moving. Now that it has been ten years since the Internet Division was […]
