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Monthly Archives: March 2008

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Change Congress launched

Posted on 2008.03.23 by rob friedman

The incredibly smart and well spoken Lawrence Lessig, of Free Culture and Creative Commons fame, has lanched Change Congress.

It’s purpose is to change congress for the better. By how do you ask?

Listen, and/or … Read the rest

Posted in internet, thoughts | Tagged beliefs, change, congress, corruption, money, pledge |

“Technology is beginning to assail the underlying concepts of our educational system”

Posted on 2008.03.21 by rob friedman

This weeks Robert X. Cringley is a worthy read.  I won’t spoil too much.

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That’s 30 years to become an overnight sensation, 30 years to finally settle into the form most useful to society,
… Read the rest

Posted in blogs, links, technology | Tagged cringley, education, empowerment, game, reasoning, society, texting, values |

he will be missed

Posted on 2008.03.18 by rob friedman

I don’t read much, if at all anymore.

The books I do remember enjoying thoroughly were written by Arthur C. Clarke, namely “2001: A Space Odyssey” and “2010“.  Seeing those movies … Read the rest

Posted in books, internet, links | Tagged 2001 a space odyssey, arthur c clarke, creative thoughts, science fiction |

wordpress 2.5 release candidate

Posted on 2008.03.18 by rob friedman

A couple hours ago the first release candidate for WordPress 2.5 was released and I felt the urge to test it out on here and write a quick post about it. I like the new … Read the rest

Posted in thoughts, WordPress | Tagged boredom, issues |

Firefox 3.0b4 under Ubuntu

Posted on 2008.03.11 by rob friedman

It’s pretty easy to try out the latest [tag]Firefox[/tag] beta for [tag]Ubuntu[/tag] users.  I’m sure it’s just as easy to try it out on other Linux distributions that are up to date.

Simply choose your … Read the rest

Posted in internet, software, Ubuntu | Tagged beta, Firefox, howto, install, Ubuntu |

Satisfaction is watching television on my own terms using my TiVo.

Posted on 2008.03.11 by rob friedman

NewTeeVee asked a question today. “Does TiVo have A Chance?” I responded with a comment on their blog, and here is more pertinent information.

Please forgive my incessant run on sentences. In continuing with my … Read the rest

Posted in blogs, technology, thoughts | Tagged cable, cable card, CableCARD, commercial, Cox, extortion, letter, money, skipping, subscription, TiVo |

oooh scary monster; resume

Posted on 2008.03.06 by rob friedman

I’ve been slowly updating my monster.com resume the past couple weeks. Boy has monster.com been around for a long time. It’s scary to see all the skills I used to have and utilize, and now … Read the rest

Posted in private, thoughts, workers comp | Tagged confidence, depressed, monster, resume, talents, thoughts, work |

links for 2008-03-06

Posted on 2008.03.05 by delicious.com/px
  • Welcome to e164.org
    E164.org is a public enum directory of telephone numbers that can be reached over the Internet by anyone anywhere!
    (tags: VOIP, telephony, telephone, internet, directory)
  • … Read the rest

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