Got Portland Oregon House Cleaning ?
I’m in Portland visiting relatives and wanted to shout out to Peggy’s great Portland Oregon House Cleaning service called Bridge City Cleaning. Peggy’s got a team of great cleaners and they are...
View ArticleAVG Secure Search Troubleshooting
It’s nice that AVG provides a high quality free product for computer security, but in what appears to be a scramble to monetize their big and recent venture capital investment it *appears* that AVG has...
View ArticleIt’s OK to HOLD STRONG OPINIONS! Just respect other’s rights to do so also.
I’m very concerned about a trend among smart people. I’m very fortunate to have many sharp friends and family members, but there seems to be a tendency to think that holding strong opinions is...
View ArticleClimate Change, Bjorn Lomborg, and why we need more nuclear power.
I’d really urge people to read Bjorn Lomborg more carefully. He is a very good analyst but unfortunately he’s become a major lightning rod for controversy because people don’t like to hear such well...
View ArticleWordPress – Inspire Me ?! lololoooool?
WordPress has a new feature that’s supposed to inspire folks to write in their blogs. I guess that’s cool, but it seems kind of funny to me. If you are a big victim of writers block maybe you should...
View ArticleAdvice to Startup Entrepreneurs. Just say NO!
After some excellent insight in a recent email from Jason Calacanis (a VERY sharp and successful startup entrepreneur), I revisited my working hypothesis about folks doing startups. It’s a bit ironic...
View ArticleDomain Name Renewal Scams – BEWARE!
If you have a website BEWARE of scammy “renewals” that you’ll get in the mail and online. This is a VERY common scam where the perp sends a fake renewal note saying your domain will expire and you need...
View ArticleGamerGate – don’t hold your breath on changes to gaming, which is driven by...
RE: GamerGate I’m always torn in these battles. On the one hand I’m very sympathetic to the idea we need more women in computing. Also I have great contempt for the harassing / sexism / misogyny that...
View ArticleCoronavirus and COVID-19 Resources
The world is reeling under the pressure of the Covid Pandemic and the subsequent economic turmoil. Here I’ll post high quality information resources about the pandemic. In a future post we’ll address...
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