Archive for February, 2009

Fun with Global Warming

Finally got around to the economist’s technology quarterly for Q4’2008. I always find the articles fascinating, and this issue was no exception. Probably the most interesting article in this issue, “Let the Sun Shine In”, discusses Space Solar Power, an alternative energy option that is enjoying some renewed interest. What is it? Well, deploy a [...]

Best Songs of 2008

Yeah, it is a bit late to be posting a ‘best songs of 2008′ summary, but think of it this way – most companies have only just finished reporting Q4 earnings and you still haven’t finished your taxes. 2008 is far from over. And I’m going to propagate 2008 just a bit longer. My criteria [...]

on the radio

I held off on buying CDs for too long… and now I’m swimming in them.  Here are a few of my favorites. Oh, and by the way, I decided to use “Taragana’s Del.icio.us” mp3 player plugin for wordpress. So far, so good. What I like about it: Shows the actual mp3 link so that it [...]

WordPress – oh my how things have changed!

You would think that since I work at Intel designing microprocessors, I would be more up on technology.  But I am not.  My friend Todd had to explain to me what ‘twitter’ is just a few weeks ago, and I have never actually seen facebook.  I only just got a cell phone last year, and [...]