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Smart car on Highway 93

May 8th, 2008 - Absolutely Random, Colorado, Planet Earth - 1 Comment

I saw one of these on highway 93 entering Boulder CO. It seemed noteworthy, both for it’s oddity and it’s impressive stance; putting the planet earth ahead of mass/height/protective steel. Last one I saw was in London, UK on one of my infrequent trips back there. It made perfect sense there (slower speeds, less likely [...]

Give a Marketeer an IP address, and s/he’ll want…

February 27th, 2008 - Absolutely Random, Technology - 2 Comments

Standalone logging of an IP address might be minimally invasive (and restricting standalone recording/use would be problematic for many ‘Net systems/services) but online marketing companies don’t stop there. Far from it. Additional data (correlating an IP address to a person) is not needed from “subpoenaed ISPs”. This data leaks out continually and/or can be triangulated. [...]

iGoogle and IE7 script debugging

February 16th, 2008 - Absolutely Random - Comments Off

If I choose to enable script debugging I get this error upon loading an iGoogle page. (This has been true for months, at least the few times I’ve bothered.) Line 1469 Error: ‘this.today’ is null or not an object What is annoying is it happens for ever component on the tab (and perhaps not just [...]

Draining the poisons…

January 22nd, 2008 - Absolutely Random, Health, Work - Comments Off

Many years ago a colleague passed on the phrase “draining the poisons” to describe the process of moving on from a job that didn’t work out. This could be personal recovery (“getting back to you”) but as importantly it is a necessary step in preparing oneself for interviewing before the next one. A rebound job [...]

GlassBooth.org — good, bad, or other?

January 5th, 2008 - Absolutely Random - 1 Comment

As a British “resident alien” in the US finally applying for citizenship I face the possibility [however remote] that I might be eligible to vote this coming November in the presidential election. Watching the coverage of the Iowa caucuses it struck me how simplistic the decision making has been; “it’s about change”. My initial reaction [...]

Awesome adventures

December 8th, 2007 - Absolutely Random - Comments Off

At Adventure Central I’ve heard about some awesome adventures, like white water rafting down a river, then jet boating back up those same rapids. That said, these really stand out as both nuts and inspiring…  Skiing with a parachute: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut1kGmOhzWQ  Buzzing the mountain: http://www.biertijd.com/mediaplayer/?itemid=4262