Friday, January 09, 2004

Biometrics Resource Mark Zorro identifies biometrics.org as his website of the day.  Wow, what a fantastic resource!  The site includes a catalog of government biometric activities.  Other links: DoD's Biometrics Management Office INS Passenger Accelerated Service System (INSPASS) Biometrics Catalog Mark also opined on CIO magazine concerning the merits of public broadband networks (specifically Utah's UTOPIA): "I don't see any difference between information flow and water, you privatize water and you risk putting profit before health. The health of a municipality in an information arena is called democracy and democracy is all about the transfer of information (not necessarily freedom of opinion but freedom of intelligence). What a municipal network means to a city is great competitive advantage.." 10:48:08 AM    comment []

Utah Composer enjoys world premiere at the Chicago Symphony My neighbor, Stephen Jones, has written a new composition that will premiere this week at the Chicago Symphony. 8:38:52 AM    comment []

Moon Station I welcome the President's announcement that we will return to the moon and set up a permanent base there.  This is a great start on the way to reinvigorating the nation's space program. Apollo Lunar Surface Journal NASA Administrator Sean O-Keefe was featured on yesterday's "Ask the Whitehouse" online forum. 8:12:07 AM    comment []

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