Calling Joi
My friend and colleague Joichi Ito and I had been chatting sporadically over a several week period via instant messaging. One day we decided we should talk via voice and I gave him a call that evening around 9 PM. The monthly invoice from SNET/SBC just arrived. The call to Joi was 27 minutes and […]
Technical Upate
From time to time I feel a need to offer a technical update about things behind the scenes at my website. For those who are interested in music, motorcycles, or the big picture of where I see things going with the Internet, just ignore the updates. For those interested in the technical happenings, the updates […]
Astro Blogging
Blogging isn’t just for kids or IBM e-tirees. Now there are astro bloggers! The two Mars Exploration Rover mission spacecraft each have a LEGO mini-figure suited up for space, virtualized onto DVD’s, and attached to the spacecraft. The DVD’s also contain the names of four million people who signed up to be part of the […]
Recent Books
This summer has been a busy one with many projects and activities so the book list didn’t get much longer. Here are two recent reads. Path Of The Assassin by Brad Thor Rating: 3. Thrilling at times but not quite the depth of Tom Clancy or Dean Koontz. The interesting part was that much of […]
Bloglet Update – No.2
I apologize for having to apologize yet again to my bloglet subscribers! There has been a lapse in the email reminders that go out when I write a new story. A couple of weeks ago I changed my hosting provider (more on that in a subsequent story). I did not realize that this change would […]