I’ve heard about the plan to tax per mile by GPS devices for a while. From what I understand Canada has looked into this and a few US states have been researching the idea. However, it seems to be getting some traction now with the Transportation Secretary, Ray LaHood, endorsing the idea. What’s more disturbing [...]
Continue Reading...You’d think I was on an all out assault on Facebook this week. Really, I’m not… they are just on a bad PR streak in the news. It seems some users have realized that their new terms of service released this week has some rather scary wording in it. Facebook’s Terms of Service — the [...]
Continue Reading...In case you needed another reason to dislike social networking (social engineering) sites, Facebook has been caught censoring conservative ads that promoted signing a petition against the stimulus bill. The first excuse Facebook gave to American’s for Prosperity (who placed the ad) is that it violated two of their rules. First, Facebook claims the ad [...]
Continue Reading...It’s amazing how efficient the government can be in wasting money and expanding their control into areas they know nothing about. Today, the all knowing One issued new rules on the already ailing auto industry in the name of being “green” and reducing our dependence on foreign oil. This is all well and good, but [...]
Continue Reading...This article pretty much sums how I am starting to feel about Facebook. Facebook defines itself as ‘a social utility that connects you with the people around you’. This could not be further from the truth. Far from serving as an umbilical cord of friendship for the socially deprived, Facebook actively damages interpersonal relationships, harms [...]
Continue Reading...It’s official. The auto industry has gotten a 17.4 billion (with a “B”) dollar bailout… and that is just for a start to hold them over until the new administration and congress gets in office. As our Ford Explorer starts to fall apart conveniently as the warranty expires and the dealer admits the extended warranty [...]
Continue Reading...The first web browser for African-Americans, Blackbird, was recently released. As a web developer, the first thing that popped in my mind is: Why? What is the point of this? Are browsers such as Firefox and Internet Explorer somehow racist? Unfortunately, the Blackbird web site doesn’t give many answers. It states the browser is “powered [...]
Continue Reading...I’ve always felt funny about the use “czar” in US politics. The word is rooted in ancient Rome when the emperors took Julius’ name to signify their stature. The name was reused in the form of tsar (czar) in Russia to denote their emperors. So needless to say a name used to signify imperial rule [...]
Continue Reading...It looks like the US automaker bigwigs learn fast that you don’t show up for the welfare line in an Armani suit. It’s a shame that they don’t learn how to run automobile companies so fast. It seems almost days ago that they few into Washington in their private jets with tin cans extended, begging [...]
Continue Reading...The BBC broke the news that Apple has quietly posted an article on their support forum that recommends running an antivirus on Mac OS. After years of hounding Windows about their security vulnerabilities this is certainly a shift in direction for Apple. Currently, there are no known Mac viruses in the wild. There are several [...]
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