When it comes to security, there is nobody that I trust more than Bruce Schneier. When it comes to being secure in my person and my rights, there is nothing I trust less than government, whether it is the US, Russia, Thailand or India.
Author: Sushil
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May 2012
All the news that fits the narrative
How can a NY Times article contain the following paragraph and not mention that Aero was launched by Barry Diller, about as much of a TV insider as anyone can get? Unlike the music and news businesses, television has been mostly successful at fending off technological challenges. Several network owners worked together to start Hulu, […]
Sushil
Newspapers, Paid Content
No Comments on Not news: news sites plagiarize press releases verbatim
Very often I read a news article and I’m struck by the writing style or language in the story because it is so out of character for the site. Now it’s not news to me or to you that mainstream media and bloggers often republish press releases as an original news article, but one recent […]
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Content Distribution
No Comments on Maybe Walmart should produce original programming as well
News today that Amazon is looking to enter the original programming (OP) game. I get why Netflix and Hulu (and YouTube and Yahoo and AOL, know of any more?) are taking these steps–because the established content producers are not making their content available for streaming (see here, here and here)–but I’m not at all convince […]
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Feb 2012
The Rise and Fall and Rise of Reed Hastings
Back over the summer and fall amidst the furore over Netflix’s attempt to split itself up, I was taken aback by the vehemence with which Internet commenters put down Hastings. A few months later in December Megan McCardle wrote an article in The Atlantic that chimed nicely my thoughts: if Hastings is such a fool how did […]
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Jan 2012
It’s the Internet, Go Ahead, Put the Cart First
Foodspotting Begins Looking for Business Models Recently this headline from AdWeek caught my eye. According to the article, apparently the CEO (and co-founder) of Foodspotting is “currently more interested in building an audience than making money”. To me that is the perfect embodiment of putting the cart before the horse. I don’t want to rip […]
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May 2009
Safari company in Arusha
If you’re looking for a safari company in Arusha, I recommend Shidolya Tours and Safaris Ltd. Their information is: Address: P.O. Box 1436 / AICC Complex, 2nd Floor / Ngorongoro Wing, Room 218 / Arusha, Tanzania Telephone: 255-27-2548506 / 255-27-2502813 Fax: 255-27-2544160 E-Mail: shidolya@habari.co.tz I went with them on the Mt. Meru trek, they provided […]
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Jun 2007
15 seconds of fame or immortal forever?
Last week a couple of co-workers and I played at a recital organized by our guitar instructor. I show up in the second half of the video below: [Video was here] Update March 2008: We were performing “Brown Eyed Girl”, apparently Van Morisson felt threatened and the video was pulled. Sorry to all who missed […]
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Apr 2007
Racing championships
This past Sunday our club held its Winter match racing championships. We had three local teams and a team from Eastport Yacht Club in Annapolis, who came and showed us a thing or two and won the championship. I wasn’t sailing, I was on the Race Committee boat, where it was our job to signal […]
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Mar 2007
Revenge of Winter Match Racing
Just when we thought that Winter was over, we had a bunch of snow and ice dropped on New York. Digging the boats out to racing warmed us up, but by the end of the day I was getting frostbite.