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The Technology Curmudgeon: Influence Peddlers
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A contrarian view of the Brave New World of technology. Thursday, June 19, 2008. I'm not normally a big fan of bumper stickers as a way of getting a message out; most are a waste of time and many are just plain obnoxious. Still there's one that might persuade me to change my mind: the “Hang Up and Drive” sticker. That urges cell phone addicts to put the damn thing away and pay attention to the 2,000 pounds or so of metal and plastic they're supposed to be controlling. Current drunk-driving laws address o...
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The Technology Curmudgeon: Mad Tea Party
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A contrarian view of the Brave New World of technology. Sunday, April 19, 2009. Well, tax time has come and gone, so one hopes that we've heard that last of this Astroturf. 8220;tea party” movement - unless Faux News decides to continue sponsoring it as aggressively as they have to date. There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. What does this have to do with technology? Quite a bit, actually. In the 1960s. Initially built by BBN with Defense Department funds, the nascent network had only four nodes...
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The Technology Curmudgeon: December 2009
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A contrarian view of the Brave New World of technology. Tuesday, December 15, 2009. Too Much Monkey Business. There are, however, some terms for computer brain malfunctions that are similar to human brain malfunctions. Take, for example, the buffer overflow. Buffer overflows occur in the real world all the time. Have you ever gone to a party and been introduced to so many new people so quickly that you completely forgot most of them? The problem is that we are simply bombarded by information every waking...
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The Technology Curmudgeon: May 2009
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A contrarian view of the Brave New World of technology. Tuesday, May 12, 2009. It was during the waning years of the Bush Reich that I decided my peace of mind would be enhanced if I just stopped listening to the news every day. Most of it was dire and almost none of it concerned events over which I exercised the slightest control, so I turned off the car radio and started stuffing the changer with selections from my classical CD collection. As reported in Computerworld. Isn't that some lamebrain was tex...
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The Technology Curmudgeon: August 2008
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A contrarian view of the Brave New World of technology. Saturday, August 02, 2008. I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now. From up and down, and still somehow. Its cloud illusions I recall. I really don’t know clouds at all. Joni Mitchell, “Both Sides Now”. A lot of customers of amazon.com’s much-hyped Simple Storage Service (S3) were probably singing that song back on July 20. When ( as reported by Information Week. What, you never heard of “cloud computing”? It was especially attractive to small bus...
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MCANA Members On The Web | Classical Voice North America
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About Classical Voice North America. Are you a music critic? About Classical Voice North America. Are you a music critic? Around the U.S. Issues in the Arts. Members on the Web. MCANA Members on the Web. Members of the Music Critics Association of North America publish and broadcast their work through a variety of newspapers, magazines, radio stations and other outlets that maintain websites. Here’s where you can find us. Abrams, David: CNY Cafe Momus. Bash, James: Oregon Music News. Lambert, John: CVNC.
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Fiddle For Breakfast: November 2008
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Thoughts on Old-Time music, playing the fiddle, the lap dulcimer, and other topics as the desire arises. Thursday, November 20, 2008. Coffee and Dance This Weekend. In addition to this being the last chance for people to see the play that I've directed for West End Players. I'm also playing a dance on Sunday night with the Mound City Slickers for The Childgrove Dancers. I should also mention that my other band, The Hot Baloney Boys will be playing this Sunday morning at The Hartford Coffee Company. But i...
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Fiddle For Breakfast: Kim and Jim Lansford's New CD
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Thoughts on Old-Time music, playing the fiddle, the lap dulcimer, and other topics as the desire arises. Monday, April 13, 2009. Kim and Jim Lansford's New CD. Late last week the mailman dropped a copy of Kim and Jim Lansford's. Keep Your Eye Upon The Sparrow. Into my mailbox (thanks, Kim! I've only had a chance to listen to it a couple of times, but I can say, it's pretty durn. Remains one of the best multi-instrumentalist string players around. So far, stand out tracks for me are "Sal's Got a Meatskin.
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Fiddle For Breakfast: December 2008
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Thoughts on Old-Time music, playing the fiddle, the lap dulcimer, and other topics as the desire arises. Wednesday, December 24, 2008. What I'm Working On. Old Mother Logo" from Uncle Buck Williams, Chirps Smith, Bryan Smyth, and Janet Oriatti. Yellow Barber" from Buddy Thomas, Geoff Seitz and Gerry Milnes. Rush and the Pepper" again, from Chirps Smith and probably a bunch of other midwesterners I'm not thinking of right now. Sunday, December 21, 2008. It's the now defunct Yellow Dog String Band from her...
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