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Mar 13, 2008

California's risky business

James P. Howard, II, "Letter to the Editor," Los Angeles Times , March 13, 2008. Following up on yesterday's post, the Los Angeles Times runs this letter: Re "Hot and pricey," editorial,…

Mar 12, 2008

Government Bonds Aren't That Reliable

Cate Long blogs a story about how local governments are looking for a more favorable bond rating. In short, municipalities are held to a higher standard. Yesterday's Los Angeles Times echoed this…

Mar 10, 2008

Columbia Needs Municipal Wireless

The Columbia Association ought to consider establishing a Columbia-wide free wireless service for residents and visitors. Newer wireless technology, such as wireless mesh networking, allows a wireless blanket to cover a large…

Mar 5, 2008

CA Budget Committee Called Back

The Columbia Association's Board of Directors has asked the Budget Committee to reassemble and look into the following: At this time, the PSC would like to send the issue of the long-term…

Feb 23, 2008

The Legend of the Golem

Ivana Pecháčková, The Legend of the Golem , trans. Klára Tvarůžková, Second, The Legends of Prague (Prague, ČR: Meander, 2004). Pecháčková retells the story of the Golem of Prague from the perspective…

Feb 15, 2008

On the Mobile Internet

Interesting People links to an Apple Insider article on the iPhone and Google. The summary is, Google is receiving a large number of search queries from iPhones and the question is whether…

Feb 14, 2008

New University of Maryland Website

The University of Maryland, College Park has deployed their new website, updated a style used for about five years. It doesn't deliver the types of Web 2.0 features you might like to…