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May 15th, 2008
10:59 am [Link]	WANT! I always wondered where the computer in the Jetson’s home was kept. I bet this company ends up making it: http://www.thureon.com/armarac/demonstration.htm (Leave a comment)
May 14th, 2008
08:15 am [Link]	Google first search engine to support IPv6 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/289767722/looking-towards-ipv6.html If you have an IPv6 connection, then try http://ipv6.google.com (1 comment \| Leave a comment)
08:14 am [Link]	One of the best West Wing moments was the last 5 minutes of the pilot: Thanks to la_directora for linking to this. (9 comments \| Leave a comment)
07:56 am [Link]	Video about Power Exchange... a family business! http://current.com/items/88864320_family_friendly_sex_club (1 comment \| Leave a comment)
May 13th, 2008
08:20 am [Link]	Hugs I’m such a sucker for videos like this: (Originally seen on the obama_2008 group here.) (1 comment \| Leave a comment)
08:10 am [Link]	Ooops... I’ve been watching Sue Simmons on TV since I can remember. She was the local anchor on Channel 5 when they did “Live at 5” when I was in... gosh... 6th grade? I didn’t see it last night, but la_directora did and so did millions of others when she said: (10 comments \| Leave a comment)
May 11th, 2008
10:51 pm [Link]	Surprise! “Microsoft move suggests not reversing Yahoo decision” (WSJ, May 9): “Microsoft Corp. released potential proxy board members from their agreements to serve in the event it made a hostile bid for Yahoo Inc., following the software giant’s decision last weekend to end its effort to buy the Internet company. Members of the proxy board received a short email from Microsoft’s law firm Sullivan & Cromwell Thursday morning, five days after Microsoft announced it was dropping its unsolicited bid for Yahoo after an unsuccessful three-month courtship. Neither a Microsoft nor Yahoo spokesman could be reached for comment. The move is a clear sign that Microsoft isn’t planning a sudden reversal of its decision and comes amid speculation that Microsoft and Yahoo sides will restart talks as several large shareholders have expressed their disappointment that a deal wasn’t reached.” http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121027770070978351.html Wow! MS isn’t done with Yahoo! What a surprise! Oh wait... it ISN’T a real surprise. It is a manufactured surprise to give the media something to talk about. When I predicted this some people (crs and lonesomepolecat) disagreed while others (rainbear, etler, kimuchi) agreed with me. Look who’s laughing now? This ain’t over. (7 comments \| Leave a comment)
09:02 am [Link]	LJ Vacation I won’t be reading LJ for this week. Too busy at work. I’m in SF for the week. Email me if you want to reach me. (Leave a comment)
May 9th, 2008
03:32 pm [Link]	Technical Announcement Be sure to upgrade your ethernet cables to Cat6 before you run IPv6. It isn’t required for the protocol. It just makes the OCD people happy. (9 comments \| Leave a comment)
May 7th, 2008
07:19 am [Link]	Yahoo! and Microsoft One of the under-reported parts of the story is that Microsoft still has the option of doing a hostile take-over attempt of Yahoo! They certainly have the cash on hand to do it. Brilliantly, since the media has decided to under-report it, if Microsoft goes that route, the media will be in a wonderful position to call it “a surprise move by Microsoft.” (10 comments \| Leave a comment)
May 5th, 2008
01:42 pm [Link]	Computer Networks: 10 years ago vs. today 1995-8: Explaining over and over to people that when one uses NAT to “hide a company behind one IP address”, you get a certain amount of firewall protection “for free” 2008-9: Explain over and over to people that with IPv6 you don’t need NAT, and you can STILL have a firewall. (10 comments \| Leave a comment)
08:03 am [Link]	Congrats to barking_iguana for appearing on Blue Jersey.com! If you read www.BlueJersey.com (or read the bluejersey import) you may have seen LJ’er and friend barking_iguana’s posts making it to the front page (A Single House Upon A Hill ). Hopefully this will be the first of many. For those of you outside NJ, bluejersey.com is the big progressive news site in NJ. (2 comments \| Leave a comment)
07:59 am [Link]	"black enough" (5 comments \| Leave a comment)
May 4th, 2008
02:24 pm [Link]	Media links The Audacity of Government: If you listen to only one episode of This American Life, I hope it is this one. We’ve noticed a trend in actions taken lately by the U.S. government. Tiny things you probably haven t heard of, but with big implications. So we ve decided to spend an hour admitting and discussing what everyone knows is true: America’s become a jerk. But if you don’t have time to listen to that, at least check out Tom Hanks endorsing Obama:Video (3 comments \| Leave a comment)
12:39 pm [Link]	Dems win House seat in Lousisana! Don Cazayoux (D) defeated Woody Jenkins (R) in a special election to fill the LA-06 seat in the House. This is a telling sign about what might happen in November in the Obama vs. McCain race. In this conservative state the “don’t vote for a liberal” tactic just plain didn’t work. The Republicans are now nervous: Both the DCCC and NRCC advertised heavily here. The NRCC referred to Don Cazayoux (a Cajun name) as “Don Tax You” and claimed he is a “liberal,” which is a big insult in rural Lousiana. They also tried to tie him to boogeyman Barack Obama and boogeywoman Nancy Pelosi. The whole nine yards. At this point, the Republicans assume Barack Obama will be the Democratic nominee and LA-06 was a field test of their November strategy to paint him as a big-government, high-tax, arugula-eating, orange-juice-drinking, Ivy League, out-of-touch liberal. Only it didn’t work, even in a very conservative area. The next field test is scheduled for May 13, when Travis Childers (D) dukes it out with Greg Davis (R) in a runoff for Sen. Roger Wicker's old seat in MS-01. By tomorrow every Republican in the House is going to be thinking “There but for the grace of God go I.” If a well-known strongly conservative GOP candidate with 28 years experience in the state legislature can’t win an open seat in a heavily Republican district that the GOP has held since 1975, what is going to happen in the many open seats and marginal Republican districts in November? To make matters worse for the GOP, the DCCC has $44 million in the bank (of which it spent $1.2 million on this race) to the NRCC’s $6 million (of which they spent $500,000 in LA-06). http://syndicated.livejournal.com/electoralvote/63153.html (1 comment \| Leave a comment)
May 3rd, 2008
07:23 am [Link]	The Onion: NHL star called to the big leagues http://www.theonion.com/content/video/nhl_star_called_up_to_big_leagues (2 comments \| Leave a comment)
May 1st, 2008
09:00 am [Link]	Donna Brazille Donna Brazilla on Colbert... where she struggles to not say who she’s supporting. Colbert sings to her and, well, I think they were offering sex to each other. (5 comments \| Leave a comment)
08:16 am [Link]	Dilbert is making fun of me wahhhhh http://www.dilbert.com/animation/comic/2008-04-30/ (1 comment \| Leave a comment)
April 29th, 2008
02:27 pm [Link]	I'm in the top 15 The Obama in 30 seconds commercial that I am in is in the “top 15”. Vote today. Sadly I think the footage was great but they put it together into a rather boring commercial. Not boring, just a “zero” as far as overall impact. Bummer. ( Click to see the video (starts right away) ) Vote on the top 15 Want to see MY favorite commercial? I think these people should win the contest. Update: All 15 on one page (8 comments \| Leave a comment)
11:37 am [Link]	TrekStor showcases i.Beat blaxx portable media player http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/trekstor-showcases-i-beat-blaxx-portable-media-player/ Wait a second.... read the name of the product again. “I.Beat blaxx” Say it out loud if you aren’t offended yet. Someone in marketing is gonna get in trouble. (7 comments \| Leave a comment)

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