Cloudy Thinking

Arshad Mohammed writes in The Washington Post about Morgan O’Brien (a Nextel Communications founder) who has a Big Idea. O’Brien wants the US government to set aside a block of radio frequency to be used nationwide by first responders.
A key lesson learned from the 9/11 tragedy is that our current patchwork quilt of incompatible radio systems makes it impossible for police, firefighters and other services to communicate e quickly and efficiently.

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I do not know a polite way to say this. Sometimes you people really disappoint me. I tell you about a clever new web service such as Sabifoo, and nobody gives me any feedback.

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After I wrote about Ismael Ghalimi’s list of web services we began corresponding.

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I asked a friend about his CableLabs DOCSIS cable modem high-speed Internet service. In particular, I was interested in how the cable company managed his service via DOCSIS. He responded (lightly edited):

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Here’s a link to the Verizon FiOS TV channel guide. My quick scan says they offer a competitive selection compared with satellite or cable.

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Glenn Greenwald has written the soon-to-be published book How Would a Patriot Act? His new book has already zoomed to the #1 spot on Amazon. When I get my copy I may have more to say.

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Wagner James Au, a former “embed” writer with the Second Life massive multiplayer online game writes about Growing Your Own on his New World Notes blog. You owe it to yourself to read the full story. Here’s a quick excerpt:

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Wagner James Au describes The Power Elite of Second Life on the Kotaku site for gamers.

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Saul Hansell writes in The New York Times Viacom to Pay $102 Million for an Online Game Service. There’s an interesting statistic in his story.

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Here’s an 18 minute video of a Nokia presentation at the Game Developers Conference.

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Engadget reports that the FCC has documents from Sharp about the long-rumered SideKick III. Looks like we can expect:

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Thom Shanker and Eric Schmitt write in The New York Times Young Officers Join the Debate Over Rumsfeld. While Rumsfeld is a major part of the problem, his military advisors also bear responsibility for the Iraq War II nightmare.

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