Breaking Barriers in Human Thought Extraction
Something has been really bugging me lately. Why is it that we can get data into our heads faster than we can get it out? By one back of the envelope calculation (drop me a note if you want to…
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When Networks Collide
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson this week said what I have been saying since last July — that Apple and AT&T would soon introduce an iPhone that works with AT&T's faster 3G wireless data network. I said it because I had heard last summ…
Adventures in $40 eyeglasses
Last year, I stumbled upon a blog post about buying prescription eyeglasses online. It sounded too good to be true: you could get any frames you wanted quickly and cheaply, and the comments were filled with optometrists freaking out. Eventually, the author launched a dedicated blog for it called Glassy Eyes. When the site [...]
Workshop: Computing in the Cloud
I’m excited to announce that Princeton’s Center for InfoTech Policy is putting on a workshop on the policy and social implications of “Computing in the Cloud” — the trend where companies, rather than users, store and manage an increasing ran…
It's still the customer experience
One of the world's best word-of-mouth and customer evangelism success stories, Starbucks is launching its first national advertising campaign. [See the spots here.] Why advertise? Because store visits are down 1% from same time last year. The stock…
NBC Direct To Use P2P Video Delivery From Pando Networks
In September, NBC announced that come this fall they would launch a new service, named NBC Direct, that would enable viewers to watch some of NBC’s top TV shows as ad-supported downloads. While NBC plans to use many platforms to…
Slysoft Commercializes Next-Gen DVD Circumvention
We’ve been following, off and on, the steady meltdown of AACS, the encryption scheme used in HD-DVD and Blu-ray, the next-generation DVD systems. By this point, Hollywood has released four generations of AACS-encoded discs, each encrypted with diff…
Thanksgiving Menu 2007
Susan and I hosted the family thanksgiving this year and it was fantastic. We had ten people altogether including ourselves there was: Mom, Dad, Uncle Em and Aunt Syd, Aunt Janie, Cousin Whit and Josh and their newborn Liam.
The menu was:
Starters
Pumpkin Dip with Local Apple Slices
Poached Pear, Macadamia Nut & Spinach Salad with Goat Cheese
Mains
Apple Brined & [...]
Ellen DeGeneres
“The only thing that scares me more than space aliens is the idea that there aren’t any space aliens. We can’t be the best that creation has to offer. I pray we’re not all there is. If so, we’re in big trouble.”