Everyone is all aflutter about the news that Steve Jobs knows where you have been. Since that Earth-shattering bit of news, a lot of bloggers and reporters have pointed out how other software within the iPhone can do the same thing without the user realizing it, and how the Android devices do this as well. Greg Laden has a good summary of these articles in his post … [Read more...] about Track Me if you Can
Not So Gaga Over Weird Al (Update x4)
Breaking news from the music world today as Weird Al Yankovic reveals that "Perform This Way," his parody of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way," will not be released on his next album because Lady Gaga has refused to give her approval. So you'll know what you're missing, the Weird One has released it on YouTube: More as this story develops. Update: More details have emerged in this … [Read more...] about Not So Gaga Over Weird Al (Update x4)
The Non-Myth of the Innocent Civilian
One of my more useful sources of things to blog about is Ethics Alarms, where professional ethicist Jack Marshall regularly blogs about a variety of current events from sports to politics to economics. This alarms some of the lawyers who read my blog, because they say that contrary to what he'd have you believe, Marshall knows nothing about legal ethics.My own opinion has … [Read more...] about The Non-Myth of the Innocent Civilian
It’s a Convoy!
Yesterday NASA awarded development grants to four corporations for development of human-rated space transportation systems (spaceships). Here are the big winners: $22 million went to Blue Origin, best known for its intricately detailed corporate logo (as well as its founder, Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com fame) which has a creative vertical take-off and landing system which is very … [Read more...] about It’s a Convoy!
A Sad Gray Day in Geek City
It's a gray, rainy day in Chicago and somehow that's fitting my mood right now. Elisabeth Sladen (aka Sarah Jane Smith) died after a battle with cancer today. As a kid I had a crush on Sarah Jane. Heck, I had a crush on her as an adult when I saw her again in the new Doctor Who series just a few years back. I understand an actress is not the character she plays, yet I can't … [Read more...] about A Sad Gray Day in Geek City