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The magic of Internet Search (or How your Privacy was Lost)

May 3rd, 2010 · No Comments

I had the most magical experience on the Internet during the last few weeks. The whole experience has me a bit amazed and scared at the same time. And it all started with a simple magazine that I received at home last week.

Here is the story.
A few weeks ago i found out that a good [...]

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Tags: Privacy · Technology

Craigslist Freaks me Out (but it’s very cool!)

June 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Subject says it all. Craigslist kind of freaks me out. It’s truly amazing how quickly you can sell or get rid of things. I have either sold or given way 6 postings on craigslist so far. All happened within hours of the posting.
That’s pretty amazing compared to the days long past [...]

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Tags: Technology

DirecTV HD-DVR hard drive expansion

May 29th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Update Dec 9, 2008: I thought I would post one more recent update to this thread, as it seems to be fairly popular with visits and there are still many posts on the DirecTV forums asking about external drives. My setup has been flawless so far. The drive stays cool to the touch, [...]

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Bandwidth for revenue

April 25th, 2008 · No Comments

We have all heard about the net-neutrality debate: consumers want all they can eat and service providers want to limit what we use. Why not discuss the ways that both can be happy at the same time? It reminds me of an old Political Science professor that lived and breathed the “win-win” situation.
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Tags: Technology