7. January, 2002 - Steve Jobs scooped - Hell in a Handbasket
- I've moved the links about the MacWorld SF keynote and product announcements into my Thoughts on Steve's Keynote. I'm not completely underwhelmed, but I don't feel any great techno-lust today.
- Back on Christmas Day, I was given two and a half pounds of cashews. They're almost gone now. Ugh! Is it any wonder I spend the entire month of January trying to lose the weight I put on over the holidays?
- Another software update.
- Geeks With Books by Rick Klaw talks about the abrogation of parts of the Bill of Rights, specifically as it relates to books and information. [endwar]
- I've been working on updating The state of the Bill of Rights, but the USA PATRIOT law changed so much for the worse that it's going to be a while before I'm caught up.
- Judge OKs FBI Keyboard Sniffing - another nibble at the fourth amendment. [instapundit]
- The McDonaldization of ye old public house. There's thoughts that globalization and the increasing size of corporations are killing off a lot of economic niches. And in this case, he blames the customers. I don't think that's entirely the case, since there are still customers for niche products (or more traditional beers), but you have to work to sell into a niche. Good value and good service will go a long way toward keeping you alive in a niche. [instapundit]
- How Islam Lost Its Way. It's all the fault of a 12th century cleric named Imam Al-Ghazali. [cam]
- Corporations Behaving Badly - The ten worst corporations of 2001. [daypop]
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