Welch Brings Something More to the Corner Office
Waiting in the terminal for our Air Greenland flight, a charter today but next May will be a twice-weekly regular service from Baltimore. I had time to read the NY Time’s profile of Jack Welch and his wife Suzy. Busy busy, they say, doing speeches for $150,000 a pop. But […]
Greenland Bound–What Do I Pack?
I hit the road in about 90 minutes. Last minute packing, don’t forget the Ipod, recharge the batteries on the camera, bring more socks. Then go downstairs and put in more laundry in case I didn’t bring enough…but how do you pack for a trip to GREENLAND? This is one […]
What? Another TV News Appearance for the Cafe
What a life! I am so excited at the pace of what happens to me and the people around me! I went on the radio yesterday and a photographer called me, she has photos of Oaxaca and wants to show them in the cafe. Then today, as I await my […]
Tagging Takes a Bit But Helps Fellow Bloggers
Tagging. I love the concept. The idea is to identify who tagged you on his or her blog (that would be my associate editor Stephen Hartshorne). Then say eight things about yourself. Here goes * I once used to work from 11 pm until 7 am in a toothbrush factory. […]
Cloudware is the New New in Computing
George Gilder is a big thinker, he wrote a very long piece in the recent issue of Wired about Cloudware, or the use of remote datacenters, instead of desktops, on which to store data and where software is net-based instead of on hard drives. We get a glimpse of massive data centers that Google […]
MySpace Filters Music to Purge Copyright Stealers
Music is an incredibly integral part of the MySpace experience, and a high percentage of profile pages feature popular songs. Digital Music News reported today about the site’s new effort in getting rid of copyright problems. “Most of those tracks are copyrighted, and streamed without permission. Tackling the thorny issue, […]
What WILL You Be?
Today is Halloween. There was a time in my life when that was terrifically important, it was such a big deal with the kids and our friends who would trick or treat with us, and all of the hoopla and mystery over the question: What Will You Be? I remember […]
Talk Radio in Northampton today at 9:30 am
Up early today for a busy day. I called editor Tom Vannah of the Valley Advocate yesterday. While I was focused on getting him the photos he needed for a feature story about Eastern Turkey, his mind was on the radio. He’s hosting Bill Dwight’s show on WHMP-AM, weekday mornings, and […]