Another Muslim Condemns Fanatic Islam
Dr. Wafa Sultan said the world’s Muslims, whom she compares unfavorably with the Jews, have descended into a vortex of self-pity and violence. Her story was told in today’s NY Times. She has been threatened by clericswho don’t like what she says about Islam. “Dr. Sultan said the world was […]
Time Wasters Unite for Hoops at Work
CBS is putting the first three rounds of the NCAA basketball tournament on the web for free. They used to charge $19.95, but they figured they could put ads on the site to pay for it. Today’s Boston Herald had the story. Outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas projects the […]
Saturday Morning at the GoNOMAD Cafe
Saturday morning, I awoke from a somewhat fitful sleep. I had to be at the cafe to open at 6:30 am. I thought about the coffee that awaited…the strong stuff, the kind that really wakes you up. GoNOMAD blend to the rescue! It is my new employee Dianne Suller’s first […]
Battery Life: The Last Big Hurdle Might be Solved
Jason Lee Miller writes in today’s Web Pro News about big, big news, in science. “M.I.T. just announced a battery breakthrough. Successfully scaling down technology in development over the past 40 years, the crew at M.I.T has put together what they call “the first technologically significant and economically viable alternative […]
Thug Says He Had Howie in his Gun Sights
Ralph Ranalli writes in today’s Boston Globe about a chilling story to be told on 60 Minutes this Sunday. “A former top lieutenant to South Boston crime boss James ”Whitey” Bulger said he had Boston Herald columnist Howie Carr in the sights of a high-powered rifle but didn’t shoot because […]
Publish the Story–Drug Lords will Kill You
In the Mexican border town of Nuevo Laredo, the local paper has a dilemma: if they publish the story about the drug cartel’s murders, they will be killed. So they buried the story deep into the paper, hoping to get away with a lower profile and perhaps be spared the […]
The Wireless is Free–Just Ask Our Neighbor!
Sitting in the cafe today, I met a man who lives across the street. “Right over there, he said, in that yellow building, up on the second floor.” He just bought a new laptop, our head tech at Computer Cleaners Joe Obeng helped him pick it out. “You know he […]
Scary, Exhilarating, Fun and Intense–The Cafe
Wow. That is what it is like to own a cafe. Wow, I can’t believe all of the details that go into this. Wow, people really like the place, they come in with smiles on their faces and say “this is a really nice cafe.” I have never worked this […]