I just finished the last volume of Stieg Larsson’s trilogy, and I have mixed feelings about them. I thought the initial book, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, was excellent. I liked the second volume, The Girl Who Played With Fire, although I thought it was not as strong as the first book. I also [...]
Archive for January 30th, 2011
The Girl Who Got To Be Too Unbelievable
Posted in Books, World, tagged Lisbeth Salander, Mikael Blomkvist, Stieg Larsson, Sweden, The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest, The Girl Who Played With Fire, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo on January 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »
“Anniversary Journalism” Is Lazy And Often Pointless
Posted in America, Politics, tagged America, Challenger Explosion, Hindenburg, John F. Kennedy, Journalism, Kennedy Inauguration, Politics, President Kennedy, Space Shuttle Challenger, Titanic on January 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »
It seems like every day you hear news stories about the anniversaries of an event. Recently, we were treated to stories about the 25th anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger explosion, and the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s inauguration. There have been countless others. This kind of “anniversary journalism” is, in my view, lazy [...]
Are You Kidding Me ?
Posted in Technology, tagged China, cyber-emergency, Egypt, Google, Internet, Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset on January 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
One of the interesting things about the uprising in Egypt is the idea that a government can actually cutoff it’s citizens access to the internet. In the past there have been reports in the news of Google’s ongoing battle with China who wants to limit it’s citizens access to the internet, but to totally turn [...]
