Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Office OpenXML A Dead End, Microsoft Will Back ODF
During the LinuxWorld Expo in San Francisco, I met with Bob Sutor, IBM’s vice president of open source and standards. We discussed document standards and the implications of ISO’s controversial decision to grant fast-track approval to Microsoft’s Office Open XML (OOXML) format.
Top 10 Cell Phone Etiquette Rules People Still Break
Do we really still need to talk about this? You’d think with over a decade of experience under our belts along with our inherent delusions of hyper sophistication that we’d have figured things out by now. But the sad truth remains: cell-phone baggery is worse than ever!
What would happen if we each used 10% less gas?
For starters, we’d save billions of dollars and keep billions of tons of carbon dioxide out of the environment. So, on that note, support proper tire inflation, not off-shore drilling.
Leaves, Twigs, and Bark: Cheap Biofuel Alternatives?
It seems like new reports are practically coming out daily about the next great gasoline alternative— furfural, algae, and switchgrass, just to name a few. Now 3 more contenders have entered the ring: leaves, twigs, and bark.
Colorado Creating World’s First Fossil Fuel-Free Community
Called Geos, the 25-acre area will have 250 homes from smaller 850 square feet to mansion-sized 3,500+ square feet placed in four neighborhoods. While that’s a whole lot of houses, they’ll be keeping a whopping 40% of the area as green space.
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
I wasn’t going to even bother with this post, but I think I have to now. We have the home alarm people come and install an alarm system in the house this morning. It was pretty uneventful, up until this point.
We have been getting one ring phone calls all day. I thought it was something weird with the setup. Just about 5 minutes ago, the phone rang once again. Then, my cell phone rang and my old neighbor left me a message. He said that he just tried to call the house phone and it sounded like a fax machine. I tried the call from my cell phone and sure enough, it sounded like a fax machine.
I called the alarm people and they will have someone come out to the house on Tuesday. It’s the first appointment available because of the holiday.
What’s the moral of the story? If you need to call me, call my cell phone.
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Monday, January 28th, 2008
About a week or two ago, I was on the phone with some company. I can’t remember which one. The guy said to me, “Do you have a cell phone number you want to add to that?” I replied, “You aren’t going to send me junk mail, right?” He said, “No.” This was a company that I have worked with before and trusted. I gave him the cell phone number to add to my account.
Well, that was a mistake. Almost every day this week, I have received a spam text message. I have been finding this annoying, cubed. That is a little math joke…HAHA. Really, do these people seriously think I am going to click the link in their spam message and visit the website on my tiny, little cell phone screen? Please, let’s get over this whole mobile web thing. The internet on your cell phone just sucks.
After I received two more spams this morning, I called Verizon Wireless and had my text messaging capabilities shut off. Now, I can’t send or receive any text message or picture messages. This is a good thing, because every spam message I received cost me money.
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