http://luken.org/wordpress All of my babblings and ramblings! Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:38:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This weeks best quote goes out to Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee. It is arrogant to imagine that 100 senators are wise enough to reform comprehensively a health care system that constitutes 17 percent of the world’s largest economy and affects 300 million Americans of disparate backgrounds and circumstances Exactly, especially when ... http://luken.org/wordpress/?p=1391 I thing Barnes and Noble has a winner here. This is definitely a Kindle killer. It's as though B&N looked at all the flaws and complaints of the Kindle and ran with it. The interesting feature that I like is that you can share your ebooks with other people, and ... http://luken.org/wordpress/?p=1347 Today, I officially declare my candidacy for congress. Nothing personal but first off, I can care less about you people, I'm not going there to represent you. I'm going for the perks. All I need is to get elected and get sworn in. I promise that right after that, I'll ... http://luken.org/wordpress/?p=1345 Ah..the south. At times it's just a reminder of just how far we have to go. The last sentence just kills me, talk about a self-fullfining prophecy. He should start with himself, then there would be one less problem. NEW ORLEANS — At least two civil and constitutional rights groups in ... http://luken.org/wordpress/?p=1341 So some history, a few years ago, NC bent over backwards in attracting Dell to come to NC. All kinds of tax breaks and incentives were given to them. So now, the recession hit, they are closing the plant, 900 workers are gone and NC is out literally millions of ... http://luken.org/wordpress/?p=1338 Honestly, I thought this was going to be an Onion article. Just goes to show, we still have  a ways to go for broadband around the world. I personally think it has more to do with the South African government and their not so friendly free market ideas that stifle ... http://luken.org/wordpress/?p=1321 Well, AT&T has gone to the extreme, introducing "Seth" the blogger. I'm assuming he's supposed to be the face of AT&T's new campaign to plead with their subscriber space about their shortcomings regarding network capacity. Seth goes on to say that they are working really hard, around the clock, and spending ... http://luken.org/wordpress/?p=1313 First, the Windows 7 upgrade matrix, table, chart. And now, the Mac Snow Leopard Upgrade Chart Any more Questions??? http://luken.org/wordpress/?p=1296 Just a day after Apple kills off Google Voice and GV Mobile (probably at teh behestof AT&T), their network is suffering a massive outage in the northeast. Could this be Karma? More bars in more places? More like more flatlining in more places. This is yet another example why the ... http://luken.org/wordpress/?p=1292 Cash for Clunkers are driving people into the showroom. the new problem is that there may not be enough cars since Detroit has scaled back. This got me thinking about how to create a permanent incentive for car purchases. How about no sales tax on purchasing a qualified efficient vehicle ... http://luken.org/wordpress/?p=1287