Category Archives: Technology

Kindle for iPhone

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Medley

I have been using the Kindle for iPhone app on my iPodTouch and iPhone recently. I refuse to pay for an e-book (yet), but I have downloaded a few free books from Amazon. It’s ok. I basically use it while … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Technology | 3 Comments

Quick Twitter Notes

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Medley

A couple of Twitter notes. Continue reading →

Posted in Technology, Weblogs & Citizen Writing | 1 Comment

Excellent Things

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Medley

Three excellent things. And curiosity about where technology will be in a dozen years. Continue reading →

Posted in General Musings, Health & Food, Technology | 2 Comments

Transparency

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Medley

On Larry Lessig’s recent article “Against Transparency”. Continue reading →

Posted in Federal Politics, General Musings, Legal, Religion & Politics, Science, Technology, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Three Random Links

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Medley

Three random links from my delicious feed. Continue reading →

Posted in General Musings, Personal Organization, Technology | 2 Comments

My Patience is Gone

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Medley

Jeff Rosen (the one who tried to smear Sotomayor out of a Supreme Court appointment) has written a piece for TNR (blech) on net neutrality. The first few paragraphs of the article don’t seem terrible, but I couldn’t read any … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights & Feminism, Technology | 1 Comment

Small Tab Dump

Posted on October 7, 2009 by Medley

Image via Wikipedia Apparently Google is not taking very good care of the Usenet archive. That’s disappointing. And speaking of Google, I’m still waiting for my Google Wave invite. It’s been several days now since at least two different people … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Entertainment, General Musings, Parenting, Religion & Politics, Technology | Comments Off

Privacy is not Secrecy

Posted on October 6, 2009 by Medley

For years, I have been wanting to write a blog post or a paper or a rant or something about how privacy is not the same as secrecy. And how one aspect that’s almost always missing when it comes to … Continue reading →

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The Mean Time

Posted on October 3, 2009 by Medley

In the hardware world, there is a wonderful phrase: mean time between failures (MTBF). It means, roughly speaking, the average amount of time one should expect before a hardware failure. It’s an average, of course, so your piece of hardware … Continue reading →

Posted in Journaling, Technology | 2 Comments

Recently at CurrentMom

Posted on September 20, 2009 by Medley

Recent CurrentMom posts on Google books and intergenerational privacy; Also, the CurrentMom2010 conference looks interesting to me. Continue reading →

Posted in Books, General Musings, Legal, Technology, Tourism and Travel, Weblogs & Citizen Writing | 2 Comments