Cloudy Thinking

Hurd Dunn Sonsini Baskins & Hunsaker – sounds like a big time law firm. right? Instead, it’s the Hewlitt Packard Ethical Hall of Shame.

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One of my favorite reference books is the Chicago Manual of Style. Yeah, I agree. I do need to get out more often.

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An article by Ken Belson in The New York Times Rural Areas Left in Slow Lane of High-Speed Data Highway is interesting, but seriously flawed.

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Broadband Reports is talking about the cost to Verizon of the FIOS service. Hint: it’s all about take rate.

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eMaxHealth summarizes an article about the effects of “manic” thinking on mood. In a sentence: “Even thinking sad thoughts at a fast pace made people relatively happy.”

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Jory Squibb used a Honda 1987 Elite 150 scotter plus a Honda 1984 Elite 125 (parts bike) to create Moonbeam, a 100 mile per gallon three-wheel microcar.

I assume you are all breathlessly waiting to learn how my motorcycle safety class is going. Or not.

I completed the classroom training last night. Next is the practical “get on a bike and ride” part — Friday afternoon and Saturday.

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Since I work at a telecom equipment startup, the article about Qwest in The New York Times by Jen Belson Qwest Beats the Odds, So Far caught my attention.

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Sam Harris, author of he End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason, has written Letter to a Christian Nation.

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For years I’ve wondered why bright sunlight seems to make me sneeze. Now I know. Thank you, Internet.

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Peter Spiegel writes in The Los Angeles Times Army Warns Rumsfeld It’s Billions Short.

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Today I learned that a good friend and mentor has died of brain cancer.

His untimely passing reminds me how precious life is, and how each of us must live every day to the fullest. Jim McCord, rest in peace. You are missed.