The week's twitterings – 2010-08-29
Final prep for trip east. Limo coming at 3:35AM to get us to our 6AM SFO-BOS flight. (Verifying UA Visa+auto ins. will cover rental CDW.)… Read More »The week's twitterings – 2010-08-29
August 2010
From Huawei to Yahoo!
Today’s my last day at Huawei. I’m going to take a couple of weeks off (first in Massachusetts, visiting family and friends, and then in… Read More »From Huawei to Yahoo!
Another easy demolition: "homicide bombers"
I forgot to mention that yesterday’s piece on truth came about because one of the temporary bloggers at Andrew Sullivan’s Dish, Zoe Pollock, saw fit… Read More »Another easy demolition: "homicide bombers"
The value of truth
Bill Vallicella describes himself as a “Maverick Philosopher” and a “recovering academician”. Perhaps if he sought to recover the rigor and discipline of academic philosophy… Read More »The value of truth
The week's twitterings – 2010-08-22
Re the Blago case: why does US still require unanimous juries? 10-2 majority is a sensible way of dealing with idiots and tampering… # RT… Read More »The week's twitterings – 2010-08-22
A coda to yesterday's piece on "50+" artists
I rushed out last night’s posting about the “50+” artists in my iTunes library without mentioning a few points that I’d noticed. First – and… Read More »A coda to yesterday's piece on "50+" artists
Who's in your music library?
The other day, somebody asked me what kind of music I liked. At first, I thought that this was a silly question, but then I… Read More »Who's in your music library?
The week's twitterings – 2010-08-15
Just bought my first new Mac in a couple of years: iMac (21.5" w/i3) from the Apple Store. Unfortunately it was DOA. Yeah, it happens… Read More »The week's twitterings – 2010-08-15
Quote of the day
I believe the true future of cloud computing for developers is to not think about servers at all. It is now time to focus on… Read More »Quote of the day
Roger Ebert on Christopher Hitchens
One of my favourite writers is dying of cancer. Another, who has suffered horribly from his own cancer, writes about him. Extraordinarily insightful, deeply moving.