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Edwin Land Was Cheated Out Of His Company

I did finish reading the book several years ago. Here’s the spoiler – he was a great, dedicated inventor, his company hit some rocky patches, and he lost control. This spectrum of disorders is linked to heredity and environmental canada … Continue reading

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Edwin Land

This is a premature post because I’m still reading the book. I think it was in Steve Jobs’ recent biography by Walter Isaacson that I learned Jobs admired Ed Land, the founder of Polaroid. That bumped up Jobs in my … Continue reading

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What’s wrong with Windows 8?

There is some good  here. I like the more baked-in encryption, I like the quasi-embedded SkyDrive – which is much less expensive than other options. I like the desktop environment. So, why did Microsoft shove full-screen apps down our throats? … Continue reading

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About that Earth you’re inheriting…

I agree, the meek shall inherit the earth, but only after the bold have stripped it of its natural resources, dissolved the ozone layer, and poisoned its soils. And the taxes will kill them. I’m just not sure there will … Continue reading

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Joe Jonah Euclid

Something reminded me of Joe Euclid today. Something reminded me of Joe Euclid years ago, and lots of times in between. When I was a grad student, everybody knew him, but I’m not sure how many talked with him. He … Continue reading

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Color of Money

I’ve been trying to redeem the Color app on the iPhone for 2 days. Nobody else is around, nobody cares, and Color keeps reminding me I’m alone. Color is a big turd with a lot of money pushing it down … Continue reading

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Farewell Symbian, we hardly Nokia!

I still have a Symbian phone, at least I think I do. It’s a back up, in case the end times aren’t in my favor. This grand temple of technology we’ve been creating, fueled by greed and benevolence, is coming … Continue reading

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Tech Shop opens in San Francisco!

Yesterday I attended the opening of the Tech Shop in San Francisco, http://techshop.ws/tssf.html. I was impressed. The shop is located in downtown SF, slightly SOMA, about a block from my favorite straight bar (http://www.thechieftain.com/ – in truth, I just go … Continue reading

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Forgetting Fritz Lang

I’ve got the robot from Metropolis (the Movie!) hanging on the wall above my office desk, at home. She isn’t smiling. It brings to For tracing, soft cialis online the doctor must perform a series of tests. There are several … Continue reading

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Who remembers tomorrow?

I’m scanning a lot of photos, looking back at a silver-based sequence of memories. OK, now I’m mostly done with the scanning, and I can’t quite recall where most of the photos were from. The Old World wasn’t very good … Continue reading

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