On the SOPA/PIPA blackout day, I wrote my legislators. Illinois Senator Mark Kirk (prayers for a quick recovery) came out in opposition of the bill late in the day. Senator Dick Durbin remained supportive of the bill despite hundreds or thousands of his constituents contacting him in objection of PIPA through his website contact form or commenting on his Facebook page. With … [Read more...]
Archives for 2012
Google unifies its Terms of Service and Privacy Policy across products with update
Google's Privacy Policy and Terms of Service are getting an overhaul to allow information about you pass between products. While the benefits to that are obvious, so is the (justified?) paranoia that the amount of data Google has on you is a little too alarming. … [Read more...]
Technology in Obama’s 2012 State of the Union Address
The Obama administration has embraced technology more than any previous Presidential administration. From using YouTube, to redesigning the White House website with open-source Drupal, using a Blackberry, and holding discussions on many social websites, President Obama can certainly be considered as technology-aware. With the 2012 State of the Union Address last night, various … [Read more...]
Both Hulu and YouTube advertise as the place to recap Super Bowl Ads
The Pro Bowl is this upcoming weekend but following that we have the Super Bowl on February 5th. The New York Giants and the New England Patriots square off in Super Bowl XLVI. With two big teams of the Northeast playing in the Midwest, there might not be as much appeal as if your hometown team was playing but at least there are always the commercials right? Capitalizing on … [Read more...]
Calibre, the necessary software for e-books
I only recently got my first eReader (Amazon's Kindle) after watching the market for quite a while. One thing that made me hesitant to choose one model was incompatibilities with book formats across devices and other restrictions and features that seemed to trade off. Of course, we could just stick to reading paperback or hardcover books (for all of their technical features) … [Read more...]