Archive for August 23, 2006

It’s 1999 All Over Again

Or was that 1899?
Stupid historical perspective. Always getting in the way of yet another gold rush.
CNN reports that an assortment of venture capitalists are ponying up a collective $100 million on some ideas that they’re sure will be winners.
Some examples:
The Ultimate iDrive: A driver’s tech fantasy fully realized: an in-dash computer with a keyboard built [...]

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This could get interesting…

Here at Bloggerton, there isn’t really a unifying theme or a set of issues, and I certainly feel as though I’ve left my overtly political blogging days behind. So these days, I’m tending to avoid getting wound up — at least in public — about stuff like this.
But damn it, man…
From today’s NY Times:
Biologists [...]

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Work

Working my butt off today, so I haven’t had any time to post anything.
I did, as part of my workday, find a pretty cool site, adclassix, which is a treasure trove of classic print ads. Not the prettiest site I’ve ever seen, and no thumbnails, either. But if you’ve got time to waste, it’s a [...]

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