Archive for May, 2007
Firefox Extensions Vulnerable to Attack
I use Firefox as a more secure replacement for Internet Explorer. I know that many of my readers do as well (60% according to my stats). I have many extensions installed, including the Google toolbar and the Netcraft Anti-Phishing toolbar. Well, those just may put you and me at risk.
Ryan Naraine over at ZDNet’s Zero [...]
Georgia Rule: Interesting Concept, Flawed Execution
In the end, I think the movie could have been a lot more than it was and I think that’s why I was so disappointed with it. I kept seeing the potential but the limitations of the format ultimately decided the fate of the movie. An interesting story to be sure, but fated to die a premature death. I can’t recommend the film, but I can’t tell people to stay away either. But I’d bet I would TiVo the series.
Missouri Regulators Like The Belly Rub
Several months ago I detailed the issues that our local electric utility, Ameren, was having with keeping the lights on. In the article, I stated that the Missouri Public Services Commission was looking at a rate increase that Ameren was proposing in the neighborhood of $360 million. In it, I detailed how the PSC has [...]
Senator Wants XM-Sirius Merger Blocked
Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI) has asked the Federal Communications Commission to block the merger of XM and Sirius (see my previous merger coverage here, here, here, here, and here). Senator Kohl may have some sway with the decision because he is the Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights and would have the oversight [...]
Florida Bans Electronic Voting Machines
Florida is spending $26 million to replace the electronic machines with the optical scan type. Electronic machines will still be available for handicapped individuals as a result of Federal law mandating their use in elections. The eVoting machines cost Pinellas County alone $14 million in 2001 and there are a total of 15 counties in Florida using these machines. All of them will be scrapped (hopefully not to hackers) and replaced.
This is the Reason I Started Reading Digg
I’m a late comer to the Digg. I always saw the benefit behind getting on the front page (if your server could handle it) but a lot of the stories I just couldn’t care less about.
Well, I started looking at it on a regular basis, but I still don’t care about most of the stories. [...]
What’s Wrong with Wal-Mart?
In the April 30th issue, BusinessWeek ran a cover story on Wal-Mart’s midlife crisis. The story pointed out that Wal-Mart’s same store sales were only up 1.9% in 2006, not only the worst in its history but also less than half of competitors like Target and Costco. The main problem is that the once uber-confident [...]
5 Ways to Network Without Speaking
A lot of these are pretty common sense, but it’s still important to remember and practice all of the ideas. It will complement what is coming out of your mouth and will make people remember you. Which, after all, is the whole purpose of networking.
Don’t Buy Gas Today?
Today is the day that millions of forwarded messages told you not to buy gas. The message tells you that the oil companies have artificially inflated prices and that they’ll lose so much money today they’ll drop prices to <insert price here>. It even worked in 1997!
Of course, the e-mail is crap. It’s been circulating [...]
Friday Night Lights on Friday?
It looks like I don’t have to track down the TV Guide blogger. Both “Scrubs” and “Friday Night Lights” were safely on the NBC schedule. However, FNL has been moved to Fridays.
NBC is spinning the move as bowing to customer complaints that the show wasn’t on Friday (was that really a big deal?). At first [...]
