Communicating in a networked world
For almost two months I’ve been quite aware of how the US Congress wants to impose their will on the Internet as a whole. Aw, comeon—everyone wants to impose their ideas on the Internet! Of course, China, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Syria and Burma (among … [Continue reading]
The SOPA and PIPA bills being considered in the US Congress allow blocking of domain names by someone who simply makes a complaint. Technically they apply only to non-US-hosted web sites that are pirating digital content, but once the "machinery" is … [Continue reading]
This morning at 12:30am I shut down my last Apple X-Serve — intentionally.In the early days of the public Internet, I exclusively used cloud servers. Cloud servers in the sense that they were virtual private servers whose location was unimportant. … [Continue reading]
I wrote about this - a few months ago in “Are hungry searchbots eating your site alive?” - but the saga continues! I need a rescue mission, so please will someone send in the SWAT team?[Geek warning—this post is really for geeks only]Here’s the short … [Continue reading]
The San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge will contain a unique new suspension span when it opens in 2013. Its tower began to rise above the horizon of Yerba Buena Island a few months ago. In this photo you can see three of the existing suspension span … [Continue reading]