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Big Fat Pipes: Google's Underappreciated Tech Edge
It is worth reading this recent posting by Christopher Mitchell, on the Community Broadband Networks site, for an angle of the Google-vs.-all-comers battle not usually featured in the mainstream press....
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What Angelo Dundee Could Have Told Mitt Romney and Harry Reid
As I mentioned starting back in June, Mitt Romney's campaign has one message that (in my view) Romney and his allies should stick to all day, every day, from now until November 6. That message is:The...
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It's Not Walter Cronkite's Fault! Nor Even Richard Nixon's. More on the...
A few days ago I mentioned a linguistically interesting tic of NBC Olympic announcers. When they have to name where the Olympics were held four years ago, they say "Beizhing," with a Frenchified zh-...
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If You'd Like a Sense of Australian Comic Sensibilities
The Chinese and American media differ in many ways, but they're similar in taking an overall chest-thumping "We're Number One!" approach to the nation's proud sporting achievements. The Australian...
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Three Sensible Newspaper Items (On Touchy Topics)
OK, I know, the first part of this headline is in the proud tradition of "Worthwhile Canadian Initiative." But we have so much excitement with the Olympics and so on that I figure we can use a little...
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The Certainty of Even More Shootings
The mass shooting at the Sikh temple seems even more horrifying than most. Of course victims are just as dead no matter what a killer's motive. But here the "best" case interpretation would be that the...
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Chas Freeman on Why People Say 'Beizhing'
For those joining us late: It should be easy for Westerners to say Beijing, but American announcers (especially) keep saying Beizhing. This doesn't "matter," but it's interesting, at least to me....
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If You Thought Those 'A Simple Touch,' Cialis Ads Were Unsettling ...
... then you should see what the Government of Singapore has in store. (And, about the Cialis ads: Just about the only reason I am glad my kids are grown and gone is that they're not around to watch...
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Turn On Gmail's '2-Step Verification.' Now.
Yesterday's Wired account, by Mat Honan, of an "epic hacking" attack is fascinating, frightening, and instructive. You should read it. Here are some other things you should do, in ascending order of...
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Unsung Heroes of the Olympics: Ted Robinson
Attentive readers could possibly have noticed my mentioning, a time or two or twenty, the tendency of NBC Olympic announcers to refer to the site of the 2008 games as Beizhing, with an artsy...
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What Is On Much of Greater Washington's Mind Today
Yes, the Nationals bandwagon is truly exciting, especially after the decades of misery with ill-managed laughingstock local pro sports franchises. Thanks, Dan Snyder! Thanks, Peter Angelos! And I...
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Gmail's 2-Step Verification: Some FAQs
Since beating the drum two days ago on the importance of protecting your Gmail account with Google's free "2-step verification" system, I've received a torrent of messages with "how do I do this?" or...
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Three Alarming Aviation Items
Yes, I try to keep these downer items to a minimum, but I mention the three that follow because so many people have written to ask if I have noticed.1) Inside-the-cockpit video of a small plane crash,...
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News That Makes Gmail 'Two-Step' Easier to Use
I really wasn't going to say anything more about this topic, really, but reader A.O. just pointed a new (to me) wrinkle in Google's "two-step verification" system that seems too significant not to pass...
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Paul Ryan: A Good Choice, but Please, Not a 'Serious' One
I think the choice of Rep. Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney's running mate is a good one for the country. It makes the race "about" something, beyond just being a negative referendum on how the economy is...
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I Was Wrong. Paul Ryan Has Been 'Brave' — About Cuba
I mentioned yesterday the DC media's gullibility for claims about the "brave" and "serious" nature of Paul Ryan's budgetary plans. For an incredible recent illustration, see this from Slate.But via...
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Ask Dr. Popkin: What About the Ryan Pick?
A few months ago I began checking in with Samuel Popkin, a longtime political scholar at UC San Diego (and longtime friend), and author of a recent book on how presidents position themselves for...
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'Autonomous Robotic Plane Flies Indoors'
Maybe you can resist a headline like that. I couldn't, when I saw it on an MIT news release that reader S.R. graciously provided. Enjoy. "Real" post coming shortly, including some of the less savory...
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Your Mid-August Reading Tips, Part I
1) Kill Decision, by Daniel Suarez. Over the months Atlantic writers have considered how much less attractive military-drone technology will be from the American perspective, when it is no longer a...
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Your Aviation Tip for the Evening: Stay Out of Iowa!
I mentioned several days ago the impressive phenomenon of "VIP TFRs" -- nearly 3750- square-mile* "temporary flight restrictions," or no-fly zones, usually for the president -- that pop up around the...
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