Archive for December, 2006

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Monday, December 18th, 2006

Great note over on Doc Searls Weblog regarding the imminent bloodbath on Madison Avenue.
Kind of makes sense in the age of TiVo and Pop-up blockers, the audience is rebelling against the marketers’ message. I’ve long thought (and vocalized) that product placement is the way for this issue to sort itself out. Now don’t [...]

Identity Theft: UC Data Breach

Wednesday, December 13th, 2006

Looks like the University of California has had another database breach, this time impacting nearly 800,000 current and former students, faculty and staff. Interestingly, it appears to the investigators that the Social Security Number (SSN) and other Personal Identity Information (PII) was specifically targeted in the breach.
CNN has an article on their site: “Hacker [...]

Coffee Intake . . .

Wednesday, December 13th, 2006

So I’ve discovered that I need to add an extra shot of espresso to my morning latte for every time zone between home and my current location. So, it breaks down as follows:

PT = Normal Coffee Intake
MT = Depends on the Season
CT = +1 Shot
ET = +2 Shots

Needless to say, I’ve been [...]

Great Image for Space Buffs . . .

Monday, December 11th, 2006

New twist on one of those mirror self-portraits that
everyone seems to do once in their life . . .

Image Courtesy of NASA
nasa, spaceflight, spacewalk, space


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