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Laptop Losses Total 12,000 Per Week at U.S. Airports
Saturday, July 5th, 2008
A study of 106 major U.S. airports and 800 business travelers says that 12,000 laptops are lost in airports each week. Less than a third are recovered, and nearly half the travelers say their laptops contain some confidential business information. Most are lost either at security checkpoints or departure gates. How over 600,000 laptops get [...]
Fear and Loathing at RailsConf
Thursday, June 26th, 2008
In Fear and Loathing at RailsConf, Giles Bowkett examines what it means to “Keep RailsConf weird”. It’s worth a read, especially if you’re attending, planning or gate-crashing RubyFringe.
Why Don’t Browsers Have File Upload Progress Bars?
Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Michael Kimsal asks a very good question: Why do browsers still not have file upload progress bars?
Ten Most Densely Populated Technology Startup Regions
Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Ten Most Densely Populated Technology Startup Regions is a list created by Valleywag by using the Google Maps mashup Startup Warrior. The regions listed are: Downtown Palo Alto, San Francisco around the 101 between McAllister and Grove, Mountain View near Google, Midtown Manhattan between 34th and 40th, Downtown Manhattan just west of South Street Seaport, [...]
How Not to Approach an Investor
Saturday, June 21st, 2008
“After reviewing your public profile, blog, general google results, we’ve concluded that we can allow your firm the opportunity to review our company for investment.” Rick Segal (an investor in my company, b5media) tells a story that explains how not to approach an investor.
Darths and Droids
Thursday, June 19th, 2008
I couldn’t rightly call this blog Global Nerdy without mentioning Darths and Droids, a webcomic that in which Star Wars: The Phantom Menace is presented as a role-playing game session. It actually makes a lot of sense when you look at it that way.
Teens Using Google Earth to Crash Swimming Pools
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
Back in my days as a student at Crazy Go Nuts University, a couple of us got wise and kept a Radio Shack police scanner radio handy so we’d know if our parties were about to be busted. That same maverick spirit in the use of technology for partying lives on: this Register article talks [...]
Overheard at Search Engine Strategies
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
I’ve already heard it three times at Search Engine Strategies 2008 Toronto: “I need to take a closer look at your tool.” You always hear this at tech conferences and pornos.
Tweet of the Day: Tim Bray on Microsoft’s SOA Strategy and UML
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
Tim Bray gets the “Tweet of the Day” award for this gem: “Microsoft’s SOA strategy embraces UML. It’s not necrophilia if you’re both dead.”