William Grosso @ September 19, 2006
So, it goes something like this. The US is engaged in a lengthy war with … we’re not quite sure who. The opponent goes by the name “Islamic Terrorism”, but the exact countries and people behind the name are somewhat nebulous (as is the extent of their support).
And the US is engaged in a lengthy [...]
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William Grosso @ September 15, 2006
For some reason, people have been speaking in aphorisms to me today.
Three were actually repeated by more than one person.
It’s time to jump or get off the ledge.
If you can’t be with the one you love: you’re selling yourself short
What am I going to do? Wait around for a check?
Why am I recording this? Because [...]
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William Grosso @ September 12, 2006
Unidentified Flying Objects were all the rage during the early years of the cold war. Starting sometime after Orson Welle’s classic War of the Worlds (which capitalized on the sense of creeping menace in the pre-WWII years) to roughly 1980, there were thousands of UFO sightings. And the idea of UFO’s made it into the [...]
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William Grosso @ September 8, 2006
Dave Winer, him what pioneered blogs and RSS and OPML, said this today:
For some reason there’s less startup activity on the east side than on the other side of the bay. Not sure why, but I see this as a chance to bootstrap something more thoughtful and with more longevity. I hope it doesn’t become [...]
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William Grosso @ September 6, 2006
Wow. Chris Yeh, in addition to being a Libra, also is a master of both 70’s kitsch references and bad poetry.
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William Grosso @ September 4, 2006
I ran across a summary of a report by Evans Data Corporation today. It’s from December 1, 2005 and it’s very surprising. To wit:
The survey found that Client/Server application development has surged 30% in the last six months and is the most developed type of software after a three year decline.
The survey also found that [...]
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