Freedom of Communication
Happy Birthday to all as we celebrate the birthday of our Nation. I am not sure who said it, but it is a great quotation, “The greatest lesson we can learn from the past. . . is that freedom is at the core of every successful nation in the world.” Freedom of speech is a […]
R2D2 – WiFi – 1xRTT (Part 2)
A high school teacher named Kristen wrote to say that her students had been using some web pages from the patrickWeb blog as a source of information for their studies and projects. The posting below is one of the pages they found useful. The story was originally posted on June 10, 2003. One of the […]
I remember being a bit skeptical when LinkedIn first got started. Although I cannot say that I have personally benefited from being a member, I have found it a pleasure to help others by linking them to someone that I know. The concept is a good one: linking people together and enabling linkees to find […]
Limited Time Only
I got an email from the New York Times this morning saying “Limited time only: Save 50% on home delivery + more”. The obvious reflection is who has limited time? Me or the New York Times? Time is on the side of the reader or subscriber. While the publishers thrash around trying to figure out […]
Health Discussions Forum
I am grateful to the readers of patrickWeb for years of visits to the blog and providing excellent feedback to me. I especially appreicate hearing about a typo or bad link or something that improves the site for everyone. As you may have detected, I have developed a strong interest in healthcare. The interest in […]
