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Tuesday, February 13th, 2007This report in the Houston Chronicle today begins to divulge a few details about the Mayor’s proposal for covering the 600 square mile, Houston area with cheap WiFi. Mayor White is scheduled for a news conference today at 4:00 PM to announce the winner in the race to implement this project and begin the journey [...]
Spanish start-up Whisher promises free Wi-Fi for all
Tuesday, January 30th, 2007Over the last few years, several companies have introduced software to create large wifi networks utilizing the existing access points in homes and businesses. I am unaware of any that generated enough users to effectively create a base large enough to make them credible.
I don’t know if this one will succeed or not, but [...]
Dan Bricklin goes 1.0 with open-source wikiCalc
Sunday, January 28th, 2007The Newest Muni-WiFi News
Thursday, January 25th, 2007I’ve waited more than a week to pen this article on my latest brush with the muni-WiFi proponents.
Some of you know, I am active in the League City Economic Development Corporation and even chair one of the business committees. I am extremely pro-active in the pursuit of any aspect of economic development when [...]
Our New Adventure … Flags Bay
Thursday, January 25th, 2007Interviewed by Josh Hinds
Thursday, January 25th, 2007Earlier in the week Josh Hinds, GetMotivation, emailed to ask if I would do a three question written interview for his Business Networking Advice website. (Who Me?) Mike Sansone from ConverStations had suggested my name as a possible victim interviewee.
I have to admit, answering three questions sounded like a breeze. No pressure, get back to [...]
Internet bringing world, changes to rural Texas towns
Tuesday, January 9th, 2007Spending most of my life in West Texas, I appreciate what these business men are doing in Snyder, Texas. As many of the small farming towns dry up and begin shuttering the windows, Snyder is moveing into the 21st century. They’re not waiting for another government program to start, they are attacking the issue head-on.
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The Bad Guys are Winning!
Monday, January 8th, 2007The bad guys are winning the battle, according to this article in the Houston Chronicle. What battle you ask? The one to take over your computer and make it a zombie, controlled by someone else.
By using this technique, email spammers are difficult to locate, making it harder on the authorities. To make matters worse, most [...]
2007 Ford Interceptor
Monday, January 1st, 2007Ford continues to surprise me with the news last week, speaking to Toyota, and now this four-door interceptor concept vehicle.
This car is based on the Mustang chassis and drive train, but looks similar to the Chrysler 300M with its short roof line and ‘mean’ front look. Almost like a gangster car with dark tinted [...]
2007: A Look Ahead
Thursday, December 28th, 2006This is a fun article looking ahead and trying to make predictions about where technology will move to. Some, I think, are right on, and several I’m withholding judgment on. They list about a dozen topics, then discuss each. Below is a sampler of the topics, just to get your interest.
If you are interested [...]