Return To Singapore
According to the Magellan SporTrakColor handheld GPS, Singapore is a bit south and east from Kuala Lumpur. The latitude is 1 degree 17.582 minutes North and the longitude is 103 degrees 51.202 minutes East. That makes it 9,485 miles from home. Singapore is a tiny island compared to the size of Malaysia but the strategic […]
Land Of Palm Trees
I was very fortunate to be in Malaysia this week. It was a long trip — 28 hours to get from my house to the J.W. Marriott in downtown Kuala Lumpur — but one which enabled me to make many new acquaintances and to learn much more about Asia. According to the Magellan SporTrakColor handheld […]
e-government
It is not surprising that most governments of the world have web sites — in fact, many call themselves "e-governments". In early November, the United Nations issued a report entitled “E-Government at the Crossroads” which showed that 173 of the U.N.’s 191 members had Web sites. That is the good news. The bad news is […]
Long Distance – Part 7
The future of "long distance" is getting more clear each day. Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal carried two stories, that appeared as unrelated, but which I believe are actually part of the same overall picture. One was about number portability and the other about WiFi roaming. Number portability means that you can take your phone number […]
Auberge Maxime
Occasionally I share information about a book, play, concert, or restaurant that I experienced. These "favorites" are not really recommendations but rather a way of sharing information. One night recently I met a person at a business meeting and he told me that he had been in Alexandria, Virginia and had dinner at a Nuevo […]
