From the monthly archives:

January 2009

The Power of Commercials

January 22, 2009

I often wonder about some commercials I see on the television today and the successfulness of the advertising. One commercial in particular stands out in my mind though because of its consistent updates but more importantly because it almost begs its audience to be either forgiven or tries to play on its audience’s intellect. The [...]

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Infrastructure and the Inauguration

January 21, 2009

This post was sparked by an article I read about internet bandwidth located here: Profiting from America’s Addiction to Internet Bandwidth . I am not that involved with this particular website but the topic sparked my interest and prompted me to do some thinking.
Bandwidth is not unlimited – it is a resource and like any [...]

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Kentucky and Online Gambling

January 21, 2009

A recent article in the January 12, 2009 (actual hardcopy) edition of Computerworld took me a little off guard in its subject matter. The title of the article “Ruling Near on State’s Plan to Seize Domain Names” by Jaikumar Vijayan is what first caught my attention. The article discuses the state of Kentucky and its [...]

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Ever wonder why the iPhone is a success?

January 6, 2009

I ask myself that question when I see commercials about the new iPhone 3G, simply because there are many alternative phones on the market that offer similar services. If it is just the phone and email aspect of the iPhone considered, there are plenty of other devices for less money, if it is just for [...]

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