Well, I got me a Trek ThumbDrive 16 MB USB keychain thingamabob not too long ago. Yeah, yeah, yeah, the 16 MB's is not impressive. But I didn't want to spend more than I had to, and all I needed was a quick and easy way to move data from one computer to another that didn't require burning a CD. The Trek doesn't require driver installation for Windows 2000 and up (and I have the fortune of not having to deal with Win 98 machines anymore). Sixteen is plenty, and the convenience is suh-weet (as in "sweet sixteen, heh!)
Oh, and speaking of keychains. I've also got a Exxon SpeedPass. And I noticed that Discover Card is making a keychain credit card. I guess the battle now in marketing is for space on your keychain.
10:36:06 PM
KM/CRM - What do you know? How do you know that you know?
A Well-Armed Militia - Swiss Style - Steven Den Beste explains why Switzerland was never invaded. via [InstaPundit]. Interesting, if it's true.
8:04:00 PM
Unbillable Time - Thoughts from An Anonymous Legal Correspondent
"Each hour is accounted for in ten easy increments, adding up until the point at which I turn off my desk lamp, slip my daily log into my secretary's work bin, and walk out the door. Work is only time for which I have provided an accounting. Everything else, every unaccounted minute, is gone, a gift to the void." via [Unbillable Hours]
For those of you lawyers who haven't checked out this site do so now. Thoughtful words from a gifted writer. And he's quoting Shakespeare too! It doesn't get any better than this.
7:53:01 PM
TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime - is now providing a daily weblog on crime, politics and injustice. Their mission is intelligent examination of issues and politics that affect constitutional rights, particularly the rights of people accused of criminal acts. I've added it as a permanent link over on the left of my site, under the category "Critique." Check it out.
Great article in Wired about this. South Korea has the highest per capita broadband penetration in the world. The reasons for this are fascinating (i.e. high concentration of people near seven large cites, all with tremendous fiber backbones). After the economic downturn put a bunch of middle managers out of business they started PC baangs (sort of like Internet cafes, except that they are meeting places for young, single people). The atmospheric conditions in South Korea are ripe for the broadband revolution to quantum shift there first. Read the article if you want a preview of what is coming soon to your neck of the woods.
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