BBC NEWS | Technology | Viruses leap to smart radio tags
RFID tags will have a huge impact on business and our personal lives once they become widely adopted.
Recently, a bunch of really smart people figured out how to put a virus on them. Better that we fix the problem now before they become more popular.
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Check out this site for local news
I stumbled upon this site, topix.net, as a provider of local news. Using RSS feeds (like the one I offer), topix is able to scan and aggregate local news from newspapers, tv stations, and blogs.
Overall, I think it will prove to be very useful. Enter your own zip code and decide for yourself.
Salisbury, MD News
Overall, I think it will prove to be very useful. Enter your own zip code and decide for yourself.
Salisbury, MD News
F i n a ' D r e a: Flavor Flav?
F i n a ' D r e a: Flavor Flav?
I ran across this blog post tonight and had to share it with you for a few reasons:
1) It involves Flavor Flav!
Remember him? He was a rapper for mega-influencial 90's hip hop group Public Enemy. Flavor was the skinny Chris Rock-ish guy who added the flavor or humor to PE's militant-black-islamic message. He wore a clock on his chest. Anybody who can pull that off is mega-cool.
2) It's written by a white, 22 year old mom. Her description of Flav is right on point, to the extent that it almost sounds absurd. It's good for a laugh.
3) It's a very nice looking blog. Mine looks like every other blogger site out there.
4) I think she's married to some guy named Travis. That rawks!
Read on and enjoy...
I ran across this blog post tonight and had to share it with you for a few reasons:
1) It involves Flavor Flav!
Remember him? He was a rapper for mega-influencial 90's hip hop group Public Enemy. Flavor was the skinny Chris Rock-ish guy who added the flavor or humor to PE's militant-black-islamic message. He wore a clock on his chest. Anybody who can pull that off is mega-cool.
2) It's written by a white, 22 year old mom. Her description of Flav is right on point, to the extent that it almost sounds absurd. It's good for a laugh.
3) It's a very nice looking blog. Mine looks like every other blogger site out there.
4) I think she's married to some guy named Travis. That rawks!
Read on and enjoy...
Friday, March 10, 2006
Tonight we get some culture
Joanne and I are at the Country School in easton to see Seusical. It is a musical written by Eric Idle of Monty Python and some other people I've never heard of.
The kids did a great job on the musical. I especially liked the costumes, which brought to life many of Dr Seuss' best characters. The set consisted of some truffula trees, which had me hoping that the Lorax would take part. Unfortunately, the Lorax was missing. :-(
If you want to learn more about Seussical, I found this online quiz that tells you want kind of Seussical character you are. I am the Cat in the Hat, who Joanne dislikes because he is mischievious and gets others in trouble. A word of caution on the quiz, there are a lot of ads and popups. Make sure you have a popup blocker, or Firefox which is even better.
Thursday, March 09, 2006
We are @ the casting crowns concert!
They look a lot Bigger in real life. Joanne and i are having a great time!
Overall, I thought this was a pretty good show. Everybody was a bit more evangelistic than I like, but the musicianship was good.
You can't tell in this picture, but this group is a bunch of dorks! Since I was a dork, I thought that was great.
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Cisco adopts SIP
I'm very excited about the future of VoIP - unfortunately there have not been many compelling reasons for most businesses to adopt the technology. To date, primary motivation comes from cost savings when you can use VoIP systems for toll bypass. Because of this, VoIP systems are adopted by larg(er) companies with multiple locations that can show a cost savings and those who like to spend a lot of money on cool new gadgets.
VoIP systems will become more prevalent once there is a "killer app" out there that makes these systems a must have. Integration between your computer and telephone is going to encourage businesses of all sizes to take a serious look at VoIP.
Now that Cisco has finally gotten on board with SIP (Session Integration Protocol), VoIP adoption should become more worthwhile for a single location business. I point to two main reasons: SIP will make VoIP systems more intelligent, bringing convergance closer to realization; and secondly, SIP systems will be more interoperable.
By being able to combine a product such as Cisco Call Manager with lower priced phones from another vendor, there will be more pricing pressure put on the industry. While I find the Cisco VoIP system to be the most interesting, you're shelling out a lot of cash vs. a traditional POTS.
VoIP systems will become more prevalent once there is a "killer app" out there that makes these systems a must have. Integration between your computer and telephone is going to encourage businesses of all sizes to take a serious look at VoIP.
Now that Cisco has finally gotten on board with SIP (Session Integration Protocol), VoIP adoption should become more worthwhile for a single location business. I point to two main reasons: SIP will make VoIP systems more intelligent, bringing convergance closer to realization; and secondly, SIP systems will be more interoperable.
By being able to combine a product such as Cisco Call Manager with lower priced phones from another vendor, there will be more pricing pressure put on the industry. While I find the Cisco VoIP system to be the most interesting, you're shelling out a lot of cash vs. a traditional POTS.
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