Dear FTC: I appreciate the time you've taken to visit my blog. Please feel welcome to look around. I've been waiting for you guys to finally notice my blog, or really anybody for that matter. My daily site visits average between 25 and -19. It feels so good to finally have some bigwig from the [...]
My Connection to the Tragedy in Waco
Apr 19, 2010 By 4 Comments
On February 28, 1993, I drove to my fiance's apartment to pick her up for lunch. From the parking lot, I noticed there was a note on her door. I ran up the steps to the second floor and read the note. I read it again. And I read it again. It sank in after [...]
Unleashing the Content Harvesters
Mar 18, 2010 By 3 Comments
I've been thinking a while about the case of Google Books massive scanning project. It reminds me of the Harvester machines from Terminator Salvation. Google was hell-bent on acquiring books and it eventually became a battle between publishers and the Google Harvester. Publishers at least had the funds to hire attorneys and the ramifications of [...]
In Which I Fix the Health Care Problem
Mar 16, 2010 By 1 Comment
Image by seiuhealthcare775nw via Flickr Fair warning: the following is a rant. No, I'm not flying a plane into a building. At worst I may kill this mosquito buzzing around my desk or break a pencil or two. However, there is a churning in my gut that feels different than most afternoons after lunch. I've [...]
Twitter Wants to Trademark Tweet. Really? Really?
Jul 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Image via CrunchBase Titter announced they want to own the word "tweet" (via The Knockoff Report). From Twitter's blog post announcing this craziness (see May the Tweets Be With You): We have applied to trademark Tweet because it is clearly attached to Twitter from a brand perspective but we have no intention of "going after" [...]
Bookmarks for 02/15/2009
Feb 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment
These are my links for 02/11/2009 through 02/15/2009: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum – Escape from Cubicle Nation: Are creative people doomed to scraping out a miserable existance? – Chloe Walker – freelance writer – Short Cummings Audio – U.S. Government Printing Office Home Page – Notes from Dr. RW – F*** My Life – [...]
In Which I Rant About the Stimulus
Feb 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Since I have a real job, I can't spend all of my time reading documents from other professions in a lame attempt to know everything. For example, as much as I search WebMD, I don't feel comfortable writing my friends' Hydrocodone prescriptions anymore. I didn't go to school for eight years and then suffer more [...]
Long Way From Home by The Heavy