Canned response from my congresswoman to my email about SOPA

Is this Mic on? -- #SOPA

I wanted to share this with you, my friends. I emailed Kay Hagen through her website earlier today hoping she would address some of the concerns her constituency has expressed. I am part of her constituency. I tried to be polite but firm. Unfortunately I forgot to save what I had written. Kay Hagen’s response [...]

Email Etiquette: Best Practices

Dear Readers – I’m posting this discussion in the hopes of engendering a conversation concerning the best practices for Email Etiquette. Miss Manners didn’t cover this in her helpful little book, so we’re forced, to a certain degree, to make this up as we go along. I am preoccupied with that area of Email Etiquette [...]

iPhone & the world of Tomorrow, Today!

So I finally got an iPhone. It took two years for me to decide. In that time a lot has changed. iPhone has evolved, and so too has the world around it. “A computer in my pocket.” That’s been the best description of the iPhone I’ve ever heard. And now that I have one, it [...]

The Kindle… O_o

In my humble opinion: The Kindle is grossly overpriced and their digital books are overpriced as well. I can buy a netbook for the cost of a Kindle, and the netbook contains much more processing potential and power. With the advent of new, cheaper to produce technologies am I really so out of line to [...]

Sideways Expressions ;-)

Social Networking has begun to accelerate noticeably in the past few years. From ICARUS to Facebook, it’s a climb towards… well, what is it climbing towards? Total telepathic immersion? I bet when you saw that title you thought this might be some sort of rambling, epic post. Or a deeper insight into something profound… Well, [...]

USA Factory Opens for Mass Production of Solar Panels

Konarka Technologies, a startup based in Lowell, MA, has opened a mass production factory building solar power panels using organic polymers. Applied similarly to ink jet printers and photographic film, thus further lowering the cost of production. This factory is part of our economy’s first steps towards a stable renewable energies sector. American jobs for [...]

Converge South 2008

I was late arriving at ConvergeSouth, located at A&T University – Greensboro, NC, but I heard the Robert Scoble talk. The best quote is shown below. His talk focused on the voice each of us has, the private broadcasting studio we each represent given the new accessible technology. Very good talk.

Southeast Gas Prices – Oil Companies are Price Gouging

I do not understand why we continue to pursue such a ridiculous energy policy. Fossil fuels have only greater and greater costs to offer us. Buy electric cars. It’s long overdue. And, no, that will not solve the whole problem, but it is a start towards a solution.

Marine Current Turbines: Ocean Waves used for Electricity Production

SeaGen (the subsidiary company of Marine Current Turbines), is the 1st to go commercial with tidal wave power generators. SeaGen just started the new installation at Strangford Lough, the largest inlet in the United Kingdom. SeaGen have developed technology to install off the coast of Ireland for electricity production by harnessing ocean currents. This new [...]

Twitter Stalking (part 1)

It seems obvious when you think about it. I mean, come on, play by play scrolling commentary on each of our lives: “What are you doing?” becomes “What is he/she doing?”. It encourages voyeurism, and that said, there are those that go exhibitionist. Tweets are the small micro-BLOG uploads a user sends to their Twitter [...]