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Are Liberals Smarter than Conservatives

Posted in advertising, analysis of behavior, anthropology, politics, tagged , , , on January 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

For one thing, the smartest people do not necessarily make the best political choices. William F. Buckley once famously declared that he would rather give control of our government to “the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University.” Bruce Charlton, a professor of theoretical medicine at [...]

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State of the Union Transcript

Posted in politics, public policy, tagged , , , on January 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Get Obama’s transcript here: We face big and difficult challenges. And what the American people hope – what they deserve – is for all of us, Democrats and Republicans, to work through our differences; to overcome the numbing weight of our politics. For while the people who sent us here have different backgrounds and different [...]

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Linux iPad – The LiPad

Posted in Computers, ipad, tagged , , on January 27, 2010 | 3 Comments »

4-8 weeks max before someone puts linux on iPad. Maybe I should do it?  I did, after all, invent the LiPhone several years ago.

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HP Slate vs iPad

Posted in Computers, ipad, tagged , , , on January 27, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Perhaps a more apples to apples competition is HP/Microsoft vs. Apple for the yet to be valuable category of “tablets”. The HP Slate and Apple iPad devices are remarkably similar. Here’s the Slate: Here’s the iPad: That’s right… the same basic concept and function. you know why Apple will sell more than HP?  Marketing.  Look [...]

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iPad/iBooks vs. Kindle vs. Nook

Posted in ipad, tagged , , , , on January 27, 2010 | 6 Comments »

It’s on…. digital books just got way more interesting. Here’s the big differences between the devices and services: Kindle Basics: Low powered device that can run for days without a recharge.  Black and white epaper / eink screen.  3g connectivity.  Ability to add storage via SD card. Pros: Closest thing to a real book out [...]

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Apple iPad

Posted in Computers, business strategy, tagged , , on January 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The rumors are finally rumors no more.  The iPad is out. When the iphone came out it was clear it was going to change phones. the iPad… hmmmm…. where does it fit?  what does it advance?   what experience does it enhance? the only obvious thing I see right now is video gaming and ebooks/publishing. [...]

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MOON review and thoughts

Posted in Movie Reviews, death, tagged , , , , on January 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

MOON is an extraordinary movie.  A slim 90 or so minutes, 1 main actor, minimal sets and effects and one gut punch of a concept. Duncan Jones and everyone who worked on this movie deserve a real high five for keeping this subtle and letting the eerie realizations of Sam Bell take center stage.   SciFi/futurism/philosophical [...]

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Human Rights – The Mother Son Debates

Posted in analysis of behavior, anthropology, death, human rights, tagged , on January 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »

What do we really mean by human rights? where do these rights come from? what is their source of power? Russell’s (Son) position: Though we have produced powerful rhetoric and documents through human history human rights are simply a concept.  They values we create and we choose to live by.  There is no such thing [...]

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This Life is All There Is – The Mother-Son Debates

Posted in death, religion, speculation, tagged , , , , , , on January 11, 2010 | 8 Comments »

Is this existence the only life we have?  no after life… no heaven… no hell?  is there karma? is there reincarnation? is there soul? Is there anything other than the 80 or so years most of us will “live”? What are the implications? Russell’s (Son) position: This is it.  My 28,105 days are all that [...]

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Jay Leno Show Shake Up – Called that one right!

Posted in Television, analysis of behavior, tagged , , , on January 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

“It has, however, presented some issues for our affiliates. Both Jay and the show are committed to working closely with them to find ways to improve the performance.” from NBC statement. I kinda figured that was going to be the issue. How hard was it really to see that moving Leno before affiliate news and [...]

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