The Proud Owner of Smittie.com

From the beginning I wanted smittie.com as my domain. Someone had registered it and was offering it for sale. Initially, the web page said that the minimum offer that would be considered was $500. Some months later it was $850. Today, it is $1230. However, they accepted a significantly lower offer from me. So, I … Read more

Day Without Immigrants

Yesterday there was a national protest dubbed, Day Without Immigrants. In the late afternoon I could hear the protesters marching by my office chanting something I couldn’t hear well enough to understand. The core of this issue and the cause of the protest is the McCain-Kennedy bill (H.R.2330, S.1033). It is interesting to me that … Read more

NAB 2006: Welcome to Las Vegas

I went to NAB for the first time. A rather whirlwind tour of both Las Vegas and NAB. I flew in on Wednesday morning at 9:00 am, spent the night at Circus Circus, checked out Thursday morning, spent the day at NAB and flew home at 7:00 on Thursday arriving in San Jose at 11:30. … Read more

2nd Anniversary: USS Firebolt

Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Michael J. Pernaselli 27, of Monroe, N.Y Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher E. Watts 28, of Knoxville, Tenn Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan B. Bruckenthal 24, of Smithtown, N.Y. Never forget. Aloha [posted with ecto] Technorati Tags: military

Returning to Silly Cone Valley

It is interesting, what happens as we try to do life. It’s been a year and half since I left Apple. I’ve learned a lot. Haven’t been quite as successful as I’d like at the things I’m trying to do. I didn’t think I was ready to give up yet. I thought I was going … Read more

The Public as Experts Again

This video furthers my point that polls and public opinion are not the measure by which all things should be judged. It seems pretty undeniable that the US economy is in good shape. This is not to suggest that we, or more important, elected officials should ignore public opinion. Rather, we need to understand what … Read more

Political Posturing

Wouldn’t it be cool if all of this discussion about Mr. Rumsfield were really a result of genuine interest in what’s happening? Aloha [posted with ecto] Technorati Tags: commentary, military, political

The Public as Experts

The American public thinks U.S. taxes are unjust. They think that middle and low income families pay too much and the rich pay too little. This while the rich pay as much as 35% of their income to the government and individuals pay, on average, about half of that. In my opinion what is missing … Read more

Those Brave Iraqis

You have to dig to find them but every now and then there are articles in our news media that give a glimpse of what’s happening in Iraq. Don’t get me wrong. I’m quite certain that the bombings, kidnappings and other attacks reported do happen. I just wonder what else is going on. I mean … Read more