http://www.wetmachine.com The Blog of author John Sundman and Friends en-us Nucleus CMS v3.23 © Weblog http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.wetmachine.comnucleus/wetmachine_icon.jpg http://www.wetmachine.com http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1585 No, not the actual giving out of money, silly. My snarky commentary on yesterday's unveiling of Broadband.gov. I'll preface by saying I absolutely still love and respect the folks I know on the inside who struggled with this stuff for months. ... http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1585 Thu, 2 Jul 2009 11:41:50 -0400 http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1584 Last week I was down in Manhattan pimping my books at a software developer's conference. (Man, was that a dead conference. 15 people at a “Keynote”. Evidently there's a recession going on, people.) A nice man named Noah Sussman approac... http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1584 Thu, 2 Jul 2009 00:44:26 -0400 http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1583 Interesting juxtaposition between these two from overnight:A Rocketboom syndicated TV-babe declares our virtual worlds as one of three reasons for her to go to California(!) among the far-from-product stuff at Intel Research Day.Appalachian State ... http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1583 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:03:38 -0400 http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1582 Like everyone else in the telecom world, I'm pleased and relieved the Senate finally confirmed Julius Genachowski and reconfirmed Robert McDowell. But I need to echo Commissioner Copps' sentiments that seeing Commissioner Adelstein go makes this p... http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1582 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:38:16 -0400 http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1581 In the latest twist in the broadband fragmentation games driven the overlap of MVPDs and broadband access providers, users of PlayStation 3 can no longer access Hulu. As some may recall, Hulu tried a similar trick with Boxee.tv, resulting in a goo... http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1581 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:09:12 -0400 http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1580 People are often pretty good at walking into a room they are familiar with, and instantly knowing what has changed. That's pretty useful for 3D operations team rooms. But what if things have been “redecorated” — moved around for... http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1580 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:08:14 -0400 http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1577 I find two of Microsoft's current ad campaigns interesting. One asserts that computer technology is all about connecting people, particularly synchronously (as opposed to asynchronous stuff like email, file sharing, and wikis). If you replaced th... http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1577 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:56:10 -0400 http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1575 This week, on “Five Minutes With Harold Feld,” I cover handset exclusivity, my iPhone envy, and the inevitable “I'm a Mac/I'm a PC” joke. Also, I want to point out the “schlumpy” is a fine look, thank you! ... http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1575 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:49:49 -0400 http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1574 Gerald's Party by Robert Coover My review rating: 2 of 5 starsCoover takes a minimally interesting premise--a cocktail party right out of a Hieronymus Bosch painting as the setting for a send up of the classic Agatha Christie “closed ... http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1574 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:13:24 -0400 http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1570 The work of the fire teams on the scene is very damn impressive. Especially gratifying to see how fast Tower 1 gets deployed (my truck is also called Tower 1). But it's the work of the dispatchers that makes this video so extraordinary. Holy cow,... http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1570 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:52:40 -0400