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Good article here –> http://blog.fastcompany.com/archives/2006/03/08/chinas_wondrous_web.html

The whole Chinese take on the internet (Do I get credit — or snarls? — for the term “Chinternet? :-) ) is really amazing. I first noticed this about 4-5 years ago when taking business trips to China. It was the easiest place in the world to get […]

“A revolutionary way to send cargo into space, the LiftPort Space Elevator will consist of a carbon nanotube composite ribbon eventually stretching some 62,000 miles from earth to space. The LiftPort Space Elevator will be anchored to an offshore sea platform near the equator in the Pacific Ocean, and to a small man-made counterweight in […]

Why is it that in the United States one sometimes still cannot get a WiFi link at an airline lounge? It’s bad enough that we have to pay for them most of the time (Admitedly this is also true in Europe. There are also enlightened airlines, such as Continental, that make the service free.), but […]

It is fine to have the electrical outlet at one’s house or work under the desk, yet I think that all of us who move notebook computers around would agree that having one on the desk surface or on the wall above the desk makes it easier to connect and disconnect when necessary.
It is poor […]

This is the first of what I have unambiguously called “Ridiculous Things.” It will be a blathering (As opposed to blistering…) attack on all things ridiculous that one finds in the course of living one’s life. An entry could range from the prosaic (It’s ridiculous that the plastic bags in cereal boxes are so damn […]