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Ron Paul Making His Move?

The election results in New Hampshire tonight seem pretty unexpected to me.  CNN is projecting Ron Paul to take second while trailing Romney by 15 points.  I hate [..]

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The Real Problem with Occupy Wherever #OWS

I have blogged before about what I see as zombie groups united more by rage than any particular ideals.  I think some aspects of what I said then could [..]

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The Problem With Free Web-based Services

I have been observing for quite a while the proliferation of free web-based services.  The growth of these free services has caused me a great deal of concern. [..]

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Pod Cars

When I posted last night, I had no idea the term “pod cars” was already in use commercially.  My usage of the term was completely coincidental.  I read [..]

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Thoughts on today’s tech startups

Startups are hot right now.  So hot in fact that some would suggest we are approaching another bubble.  I follow a number of tech startup blogs, podcasts, and [..]

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Trying to avoid being just another stale blog

Do you ever wander into a blog, see the date of the most recent post, and immediately dismiss it as another abandoned blog of a sometimes-egomaniac on the [..]

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Avoiding identity theft online, or how not to screw up like I did

It has been a long, strange morning.  A hacker stole my accounts and purported to be me, asking everyone in my contact list to send him money since [..]

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Blog Software Upgrade

After ignoring security alerts and upgrade notices for too long, I decided to upgrade the blog’s WordPress version to 3.x.  It was relatively, but not completely, painless.  It [..]

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A History of the World, As Told by Budweiser

I was mildly amused when a remodel of our small half bathroom uncovered an old Budweiser beer can hidden beneath the drywall. Amazingly, it was in great shape [..]

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