Monthly Archive for February, 2008Page 2 of 4

Google Debit or Credit Card

Published
by
Brent Logan
on 2/25/2008
in General
. 2 Comments

Why doesn’t Google have a credit or debit card? With one, Google could serve ads to me based on my actual purchases rather than the web sites I visit. And, unlike Facebook’s recent privacy stumble, Google wouldn’t be publishing my purchase information to anyone but me.

Of course, I would expect a low interest rate in compensation for the information I was providing to Google…

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Only the Paranoid Survive

Published
by
Brent Logan
on 2/25/2008
in General
. 0 Comments

Only the paranoid survive

Necessary, but not sufficient.

Quote of the Day: Tweet140

Published
by
Brent Logan
on 2/22/2008
in General
. 0 Comments

@blogan You tweet like a duck. You’re just laying an egg with your 82 avg and 0 twooshes. Your quacking doesn’t even sound like real tweets. —tweet140

Tweet140 is awesome! It does absolutely nothing useful, but it does so with real panache. Wink

Definition: A True Friend

Published
by
Brent Logan
on 2/22/2008
in General
. 0 Comments

A true friend can talk politics, religion, and shows up on moving day

How many true friends do you have?

Sh*t, Meet Hill

Published
by
Brent Logan
on 2/21/2008
in General
. 0 Comments

Choose: :

  • A civil engineer’s curriculum; or
  • Watch out! A management principle, ignored at one’s peril?

Phony Statistics

Published
by
Brent Logan
on 2/20/2008
in General
. 0 Comments

Need some salt?

Lessig ‘08

Published
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Brent Logan
on 2/19/2008
in General
. 0 Comments

Not my district (nor my politics), but I’ll be watching Lessig ‘08. (No RSS feed?!)

Question: Would you rather be represented in congress by someone with integrity or who agreed with you on the issues?

CNN Fires Blogger

Published
by
Brent Logan
on 2/19/2008
in Asides and Blogging
. 0 Comments

CNN fires a blogger. Just added to my RSS feed.

Work Life Balance

Published
by
Brent Logan
on 2/19/2008
in General
. 0 Comments

Zero sum game or blurring of the boundaries?

Presidential Dianognosis

Published
by
Brent Logan
on 2/18/2008
in General
. 2 Comments

The intersection of messiah complex, habitual prevaricator, and masochistic tendencies

At the intersection…

  • Mentally ill, or
  • Presidential candidate