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Aloha Future
An all digital election in Honolulu did not go as planned apparently. They had an 83% drop in voters! The neighborhood board election drew 44,000 voters last year, but this year rang up only 7,300....
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Amazing
In other news that I cribbed from Drudge, a volcano erupting near Japan was caught on camera by the International Space Station conveniently passing by overhead. For more pictures and info, head over...
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Nuclear On KCRW
Heard a great report on KCRW’s, Which Way, LA?, on Monday night about a nuclear meltdown that occurred 50 years ago right here in LA. Maybe you are like me and had never heard of this, so you may find...
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Techno Beat
The Technology Quarterly issue of The Economist came out last week, and as usual it amazes and dazzles. I encourage you to check it out as usual. A favorite of mine from this issue has to do with 3-D...
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The Fun Theory
Because everyone and their mother seems to be writing about the President Obama-Nobel Peace Prize “scandal,” I thought I’d post something more creative today. Of course, this isn’t my creativity, but...
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Yeah, But How Did You Find Out?
Just read this report about a town in New York using Google Earth to locate homes with pools that may not be licensed: A town on New York’s Long Island is using Google Earth to find backyard pools that...
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LinkedIn?
Can anyone explain to me what this website is supposed to accomplish? About three years ago someone sent me an email asking me to connect to them on LinkedIn. I emailed back, asking him why he wanted...
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Why They Can’t Stop The Leaks
The revolution began in the late 1970’s but the first shot was fired in 1992 when a group of civil libertarian cryptologists, known as the Cypherpunks, started a mailing list. By 1997, there were...
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What Trade Deficit?
Just wanted to point your attention to an interesting article I read last month in The Wall Street Journal, titled Not Really ‘Made in China’. It takes a look at just what goes into the trade deficit...
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Learn From Nature? Apparently Not
Well after more than a year without posting – here goes! As per my habit, this post is in reference to an article I just read. And equally as usual it is from the Wall Street Journal – it is from the...
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