I stand fast with my technological point of view that no solution will succeed without having an established interface. I tend to leave some of Bill Gate’s creations out of the mix because monopolies don’t play by the same rules as the rest of the world. I’ll also eliminate very small niche software. These tend [...]

I saw a strange ad on TV this evening and only at the end did I understand the product pitch. They were selling theFlip. I recognized it immediately. It was an upgrade of the CVS one-time use camcorder. Like the CVS version, theFlip has a fixed lens. The big different is it is 640×480 video [...]

I had a very long day so at the end of the work day, I poured myself a Vesper. I use the traditional champagne glass as dictated in the text of Ian Flemming’s Casino Royale. My glass is just a little less than 6oz. It’s probably close to what Mr. Flemming wrote for James Bond. [...]

When I was growing up, I spend a year living with my “aunt” Anne. In actuality, she was the aunt of my best friend but she took me in when I needed to “get out of the house” from my family. She was an amazing person - a strong religious foundation and very “salt of [...]