Howard Greenstein: Random ThoughtA juicy tidbit of randomness from Howardgr.(Untitled)- January 11, 2003 Mea Culpa I'm dining on a bit of crow tonight. I'm not sure why I posted the story from yesterday, but it was pointed out to me by some folks who remain nameless that confusing issues as I did was not good. Hence the value of editors. As I respect the opinion of said folks, I will just reiterate that my story yesterday was a bit of a flight of fancy, a "what if" in my head. While I won't self-censor, and I always speak what's on my mind, I will try to clearly label my wild speculations. Peace.http://www.howardgreenstein.com/blog/2003/01/10.html#a246 Too much paranoid is bad for your rep- January 10, 2003 So, yesterdays' discussion was a flight into way too much fancy. An arguement with too many holes. Got lots of interesting mail on it. David Isenberg replies: I hope you'll blog that Mitch and Kevin and I (and others) think you've been smoking too much paranoia-weed. There's plenty of reason to be scared of Poindexter's TIA, and there are strong reasons to oppose the repeal of telecompetition that the elimination of UNE-P discounts would bring, but a fantasy that joins these two threads is a..http://www.howardgreenstein.com/2003/01/10.html Paranoia May Destroy Ya- January 9, 2003 Paranoia May Destroy Ya dr. dr. help her please i know you'll understand there's a time device inside of me i'm a self-destructin' man there's a red, under my bed and there's a little green man in my head and said you're not goin' crazy, you're just a bit sad 'cause there's a man in ya, knawin' ya, tearin' ya, into two -The Kinks Note: I realize that by publishing this, some of my friends, and others in the future, may wonder if I've gone off the deep end with conspiracy theory....http://www.howardgreenstein.com/2003/01/09.html (Untitled)- January 9, 2003 This is my new favorite commercial from Apple.http://www.howardgreenstein.com/blog/2003/01/09.html#a243 (Untitled)- January 9, 2003 Broadband ISPs mull the healing power of price cuts theStreet.com - George Mannes suggests that tiers of service at lower price points will attract more broadband customers, which is better for basically everyone. The cable companies get more revenue for the already-deployed plant, and online services get more potential customers. If someone would only clue in Cablevision, which is raising my rates to $44.95, f--k you very much. With the increase to $63 for the basic+HBO+Starz+channels...http://www.howardgreenstein.com/blog/2003/01/08.html#a242 (Untitled)- January 7, 2003 Seems a company in the UK is trying to keep people from keeping their rental cars out too long by embarrasing them. Fascinating way to keep costs down. In defence of 'net naming and shaming' Stelios Haji-Ioannou replies to criticism about easyCar's practice of publishing the pictures of people who keep cars too long.via BBC News Technology UK Editionhttp://www.howardgreenstein.com/blog/2003/01/07.html#a241 (Untitled)- January 7, 2003 Seems I wasn't the only one who noticed :-) MSN Messenger outage affects millions. Cause of worldwide service interruption unknown InfoWorld: Top Newshttp://www.howardgreenstein.com/blog/2003/01/06.html#a240 (Untitled)- January 6, 2003 At least they know about it.http://www.howardgreenstein.com/blog/2003/01/06.html#a239 (Untitled)- January 6, 2003 MSN messenger services is down. Has been all day. Can't find any pointers or news articles on this.http://www.howardgreenstein.com/blog/2003/01/06.html#a238 Crank Yankers- January 5, 2003 Seems that this guy isn't the only one having issues with airport security. Penn Jillete of Penn and Teller got his 'crank cranked' at Las Vegas Airport. Seems you can argue with the federal screeners if they feel you up, and get away without being arrested. If you're an international celebrity and a comedian. Link via Peterhttp://www.howardgreenstein.com/blog/2003/01/04.html#a237 |