Mindblown: culture, urbanism, leadership, technology.
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State of the Union
Well, it looks as though the President has learned to deliver a speech. I still doubt the validity of a Social Security crisis, and tend to believe the arguments of those not pressing for the privatization of Social Security. I’m not sure how I feel about the section on African-American empowerment… it feels like ‘help…
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the January 2005 Proceedings of the USNI
From the article, “Forward from… Bureaucracy” by Cmdr Kenneth Brown, USN: “Absolute power may corrupt absolutely, but overwhelming oversight creates underwhelming results. The greatest technologies and most ingenious military plans are useless in the face of stifling bureaucracy and overbearing regulation. Regardless of what comes of the current transformation initiative, our speed and flexibility of…
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Community of Murder
Ok, so with no job and no cable, I’ve been watching a lot (a lot!) of broadcast network prime-time TV, which means choosing between reality shows or crime dramas – I didn’t think it was that hard to choose. So here is my crime drama idea: A series of brutal murders, with the press having…
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Guns don’t kill people… yeah, right
So the AP is running the story that the Palestinian Authority has banned weapons for civilians. This is a big deal for Chairman Abbas to do politically, and the right thing for the US, Europe, Russia, and China to do in response would be to agree to a moratorium on arms shipments to Israel and…
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Google as the architect of consumer computing
Dvorak thinks that there is a Google OS coming soon, and maybe he’s right. But I think that Google doesn’t need to have an OS, a branded computer, or any other conventional consumer electronic/IT product. I think this because I think they already have what they need to unseat Microsoft, and that they can do…
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the only thing that matters
In the February/March 1997 edition of Fast Company Fred Moody wrote and article about the Seattle flavor of the “New Economy”, this is the first paragraph: “The Seattle night is a mix of madness and money – the stuff that startups are made of. At night in a Seattle bar everyone is a genius, every…
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masters of mediocre: what next for the Seahawks?
Yep, I’m one of those poor suckers who root for the Seattle Seahawks. They lost their sixth consecutive play-off game yesterday, and their third consecutive game against the St. Louis Rams, to complete another season of essentially mediocre professional football. It’s Mike Holmgren’s sixth year in Seattle, and the luster of his 1996 super bowl…
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the end of the desk?
I have a wireless laptop, and have been wireless for something approaching three years now. During that time, my need for and use of a traditional desk has progressively diminished. The idea of sitting at a desk to accomplish anything has started to become outmoded in my mind, and my idea of the perfect office…
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Bad Guys
So I just sunk the better part of four days into playing Killzone on my PS2. It, like all other kill or be killed video games has two faults – the AI is not so smart, and the go-here-do-this excuse for a story that makes you hit check-points and accomplish “missions”. Neither of which would…
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The newest member of the cult
Shaun of the Dead. It’s British. It has zombies. It’s funny. What happens in the background during the first half of the movie, and how cleverly cynical it is about being involved/interested we are in the goings on outside our lives just had me rolling. If you are a news-addict, a geek, and you own…