Sunday, November 20, 2005

Promote locally owned

Whenever business owners manage businesses or units or subsidiaries outside their hometown, those businesses should be aggressively regulated and taxed.

I Vant to Drink Your Vatts - New York Times

Back in the old days, when you turned off an appliance, it was really off and it drew no power. The emergence of our hi-tech society and the development of microchip technology, Congress had a meeting this week to address new consumption (and labeling) standards for these energy suckers, not the least of which is that small black box that hangs on an electrical outlet, often called "wall warts".
I Vant to Drink Your Vatts - New York Times

Bill Writes a Memo

AJAX is asynchronous Javascript and XML, which enables web based applications such as web based email and word processing via the web, a technology often referred to as "Web 2.0". It was developed in 1998 by Microsoft and largely not exploited -- until now. Hence Bill's Memo. Almost a decade after it's development, Microsoft is a late adopter of its own technology, they call "Microsoft Live", as NetSuite and Salesforce.com emerge with their "software as a service" models.

Three Local TV Reporters in the U.S. Stand Out

  These three dedicated Chief Investigative Reporters, Jody Barr, Brenden Keefe, and Dave Biscobing, are known for their long-form investiga...