Testing Ecto

I'm testing the Ecto blog posting system.

Don't Tempt Mizzelphug

Not to be constrained by social graces on the eBay frontier, Mizzelphug replies.

Open API for Google AdWords?

Tom Foremski and Candida Kutz report that Google will create open APIs to its AdWords. Why is this important? Open systems evolve rapidly and provide capabilities not even dreamed by the folks who run the underlying system. Combine that with the large volume of money channeled here, and you'll get something big.

Google APIs Open?

I wrote a post about this at Clear Night Sky, but am posting here to test the new HaloScan trackback I installed here.

Haloscan commenting and trackback have been added to this blog.

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Words to live by.

Coffee is for closers.

Philosophical counseling

The one working philosopy major.

Moore's Law and My TV

Last week I replaced a 1993-vintage 32" Panasonic direct-view (tube) television with a 2004-vintage 32" Panasonic direct-view (tube) television, HD-ready. I think I paid a little less for the 2004 model than the 1993 model.

Each set has a feature that allows you to enter 4 characters per channel to identify the channel by station call letters or cable service. After about 30 stations, the 1993 model returned "memory full" and didn't allow me to enter any more.

When I sat down with the new set to enter the station id's, I had full faith that Moore's law would give me all the room I needed. Memory is free! After about 30 stations, the 2004 model returned "memory full" and didn't allow me to enter any more.

1993 memory price: $30/megabyte.
2004 memory price: 14.6 cents/megabyte.

Baseball's Angels: A Compromise

So the owners of baseball's Angels want to change the name of the team from the Anaheim Angels to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. The city of Anaheim is suing to block this Spanglish redundancy.

Here's a compromise, keeping in the spirit of the California's second language:
Los Angeles de Anaheim

That way it can change and stay the same.

A Theory for Every Occasion

Well, maybe not every occasion, but I stumbled on this site of communications theories for your bite-size edification pleasure.
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