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A new method to study origin of life

A new method to study origin of lifeStart from the other endStart with a conclusion, then only accept/invent things that support that conclusion. The kool-aid is so much smoother that way. ;)Phylogenetic algorhythmsAn evaluation of the worth of the methodology should start with examining how the analysis is accomplished.You may...

Tags: Biotechnology, kool-Aid, Darwin

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Exxon rocks on, but not everybody drinks the kool-aid

Exxon rocks on, but not everybody drinks the kool-aid....Because it's hard to refute the truth when the evidence in front of your very eyes. ]:)

Tags: Food & Beverage, kool-aid, Exxon Mobil Corp., beverage

Discussion threads 2008-05-30

U.S. vs. China vs. India in engineering

U.S. vs. China vs. India in engineeringGreenhorn EEDuring my final year of school I was invited to participate in a roundtable discussion featuring several industry representatives, faculty from my school, and 6 junior and senior level EE and CPE students. Some of us had quite a bit of Co-op...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, job, kool-aid, CONTRACT WORK

Discussion threads 2006-06-05

Don't drink the Kool Aid -- this is important

Don't drink the Kool Aid -- this is importantYou did not need to travel so far to find an exampleSome of the articles that I have read in these blogs look like they would be equally at home in the National Inquirer, written purely for shock value or to cater...

Tags: Food & Beverage, PRODUCTIVITY, Good Old Days, Kool-Aid, beverage

Discussion threads 2006-03-14

Additional Resources

Brent Leary Expounds: The SMBs Rejoice

Brent Leary, who is not only my bud, but one of the leading, no, the leading, small business consultant and analyst when it comes to small business (duh!), CRM, social CRM and social media,  is someone that I want to highlight on these pages.  Not that you need to come...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Leader, Small Business, Small And Medium Business, CRM, Brent Leary, Maximizer Needs, Price Point, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-09-14

Enterprise 2.0: The Kumbaya irony

Enterprise 2.0: The Kumbaya ironyCase studies and market maturityHi Michael,for the second year I was among the many participants to the Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Boston. As you and Susan stated clearly this market is in its infancy and customers still have a strong appetite for success stories, lessons learned...

Tags: Enterprise 2.0, Kumbaya irony, Kumbaya

Discussion threads 2009-06-29

Can 3D save Blu-ray?

Can 3D save Blu-ray?No upgrade plannedI already have an HD TV. Cable provides me with movies and TV shows in HD. I see no compelling reason to upgrade to Blu-ray. Maybe when my current DVD player inevitably dies, I'll go with Blu-ray.I am blind in one eye,...

Tags: 3D

Discussion threads 2009-04-27

The Green Enterprise: HP

The Green Enterprise: HPGood, more energy for me to wasteKeep drinking the lime kool-aide, HP. The more energy you save, the more I'll be able to waste under the radar.http://www.xtimports.com/greenstupid/greenstupid.jpg

Tags: Aerospace & Defense, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2009-04-21

Rumor: Apple ordering 10-inch touchscreens for Q3

Rumor: Apple ordering 10-inch touchscreens for Q3Oh, boySomebody's going to catch hell for violating the NDA on this thing!RE: Rumor: Apple ordering 10-inch touchscreens for Q3I doubt that if the information was found outside of the respective groups than there was no NDA breach even if there was one in...

Tags: Keyboards, Apple Mac OS, Monitors & displays, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Dell Computer Corp., touch screen, hardware

Discussion threads 2009-03-11

IMHO, PhlatLight LEDs from Luminus are pretty phat

IMHO, PhlatLight LEDs from Luminus are pretty phatCool LEDsThis is a really cool product. Kool Vue, if you ask me.I believe I've seen one of those in a recent car show in LA.

Tags: Engineering, PhlatLight LED, Luminus, IMHO

Discussion threads 2008-11-11

Kool-Fox Web Browser 4 (Windows)

Kool-Fox is a fast, customizable, lightweight Web browser for the Win32 Windows Platform based on the Gecko Layout Engine the rendering engine of Mozilla. Kool-Fox is based on and uses the FireFox 3 Engine. Kool-Fox is a modified version of FireFox 3 and is currently still in development however, I...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Hardy Creations, Kool-Fox, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-10-27

AFCO unfurls three new systems for data center power distribution

I haven't written much about the providers of data center scale power management systems, but noticed some news from a few weeks back out of a company called AFCO Systems, which has several new power distribution units to tout. AFCO is worth investigating because it...

Tags: Power Management, Data Center, AFCO, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-08-14

About those Windows XP 'upgrades' from Vista ...

About those Windows XP 'upgrades' from Vista ...Windows Xp a hero now?It's weird how everyone thinks of Windows XP as that damn good. I guess no one remembers the Blaster virus and it's variants that were so deadly and did cost millions to business. Plus a lots of other bugs...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-06-11

Psystar: I smell a rat

Psystar: I smell a ratPsyStar : Only the front-endI think that the tree doesn´t let you see the forest. Who cares about PsyStar itself? For all that matters they might just be a guy with a notebook at a Coffee table, close by the window. The real problem (the BIG...

Tags: Psystar, rat

Discussion threads 2008-04-16

Nationwide alert system: Text messages

Nationwide alert system: Text messagesOpt out?? Should be opt in!!I *hate* when they do it backwards and thwart our rights! No, I'm not joking - keep your grubby government hands off my cell! Bad enough they probably filter all my calls for key words. Now they're...

Tags: Cellular phones, EAS

Discussion threads 2008-04-10

Ozzie signals Microsoft's surrender to the cloud

Ozzie signals Microsoft's surrender to the cloudMicrosoft's inevitable but noble declineIs such a scenario possible once Penelope and Rupert have taken fright?Surrender to the cloud? Nonsense! Co-exist with? Yes!I am sorry to burst the latest marketing buzz-word balloon, but cloud-computing does not fulfill everyone's needs. No one single solution answers...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, point of service, Microsoft Corp., surrender

Discussion threads 2008-03-17

Microsoft Dynamics Revenues: Is More Really Less?

Microsoft Dynamics Revenues: Is More Really Less?How much lock-in will the market bear?People aren't that stupid, and Vista if just an affirmation of how bad this monopoly has gotten.Is it exactly $1 billion?I worked at MBS a few years ago and we used to speak of the goal of becoming...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Dynamics Revenues, Microsoft Corp., MBS, dollar business, Microsoft Dynamics

Discussion threads 2008-03-13

Better late than never: DRM (in music) dies

Better late than never: DRM in music diesWell we wont call it dead until...all of their catalog is DRM Free.Amazon and Walmart = fantasticAmazon, used it a LOT thoroughly enjoyed being able to fill in missing points in my collection to the tune of about 300 DRM free songs. ...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Music sale, digital-rights management, music

Discussion threads 2008-01-04

Getting started with Android

Getting started with AndroidWicked coOL Ed!ntRE: Getting started with Androidfound some step by step tutorial at http://www.mymobisoft.comRE: Getting started with AndroidIf you want the skinny on Android I suggest you subscribe to Dims' blog and take a look at the previous entries: http://davanum.wordpress.com/ He's the man who's had the first...

Tags: Cellular phones, Telecom & Utilities, Google obviously, RIM BlackBerry, cell phone, phone, Getting Started

Discussion threads 2007-12-16

Gartner: Large businesses shouldn't skip Vista

Gartner: Large businesses shouldn't skip VistaWith friends like these...[b]But Gartner research vice president Michael Silver has warned that the next version of Windows, code-named "Windows 7," may also suffer from the delays that dogged Vista and be just as difficult to adopt.[/b]In other words, if you stay with an MS...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Gartner Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Large Business

Discussion threads 2007-12-07