I was walking through a WHSmith’s in Scotland on Dec 30 when I saw the front page headline of one of the tabloids there: “Saddam Hangs Today”. I was mildly annoyed that my New Years thoughts were being interrupted by this spectacle. I was all for the execution of such Read more…
A video interview with Joe Miller, the founder of Second Life. For my buddy Ian, who first showed me Second Life. And for Mark Lorenc, who first got me into immersive online experiences by introducing me to City of Heroes. I love this stuff. So “sci-fi-comes-to-life”. The stuff of all Read more…
According to InfoWorld the French/German marriage initially conceived to fight Google’s book digitization dominance has broken up. I thought this was a cute news item when it first came to prominence almost two years ago. The curator of the French National Library apparently convinced Chirac that it was imperative that Read more…
This news item made me want to laugh and cry at the same time. I was just speaking with Lynn’s son Jamie this New Year about the fact that while technology has advanced and created new opportunities, our laws have failed to keep pace. (As a worker in an industry Read more…
This is great. I love this stuff. This just goes to show what fantastic value can be delivered by the combination of video and broadband Internet connection. A few weeks ago Ann and Anja went on a Christmas shopping trip to London, after which Ann wrote about it on her Read more…
Photoset on Flickr Let’s face it. Most of the time, office parties blow. You stand around, the CEO or some bigwig who you never see gets up and makes a speech. People always look like they have that nervous “the HR Gestapo could be watching me” smile on. Everyone stands Read more…
Photoset on Flickr Christmas is always a unique time of year. In years past I would always use Christmas as one of those benchmarks to compare the current year to years and times past. Sometimes I would remark on things like a distinct lack of Christmas spirit one year versus Read more…
Thanks to Ian for being geeky enough to find this “Easter Egg” on Flickr. Enjoy all. Merry Christmas.
YAY! My friend Michael Kerlin and his wife Ellen just had a beautiful baby boy named Luca Julius. Here is a picture of the cute little tyke. Judging from the lack to hospital decoration, I am guessing they followed the Dutch tradition of giving birth at home (and probably without Read more…
While we were at lunch the other day with some native Dutch speakers, it emerged from our discussion that there was actually quite a similarity between the Dutch language, and Klingon. I could not find any immediate proof for this relationship on the Klingon Imperial Dimplomatic Corps‘ website, but I Read more…