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Cord Cutting Experiment and Question
Albert Wenger – Feb 27, 2012
We moved back to the city some 6 weeks ago. Since then we have done entirely without traditional television. So admittedly that’s less than two months, but the initial results are encouraging. The only show that I watch with any [...] Read more
Tech Tuesday: Web Servers
Albert Wenger – Feb 21, 2012
If you have been following along, we are now on Step 5 of the web cycle where we find ourselves at the server that is answering an HTTP request. Because the HTTP protocol is well defined anyone in theory can [...] Read more
Peter Thiel on Government and Progress
Albert Wenger – Feb 16, 2012
Peter Thiel was interviewed by Francis Fukuyama (he of the “End of History”). The interview is well worth reading as it contains a lot of provocative thoughts. I agree with Thiel that the US government has lost its ability to [...] Read more
Americans Elect
Albert Wenger – Feb 15, 2012
Last year I mentioned Americans Elect twice as part of other posts. Since I am still typing mostly with my left hand, I am simply pointing everyone to Fred’s post about Americans Elect today. Americans Elect has the potential to [...] Read more
Tech Tuesday: Postponed (Sorry)
Albert Wenger – Feb 14, 2012
Sorry, no Tech Tuesday today. Can’t type a long post until my right hand gets better or I get dictation set up. In the meantime: a huge thank you to everyone who contributed suggestions and help. I have received tons [...] Read more
Need Some Help
Albert Wenger – Feb 13, 2012
Years ago I had a run-in with carpal tunnel syndrome. I stopped typing for a while altogether and then switched to a split keyboard and eased back into typing as slowly as I could. Thankfully the pain went away. After [...] Read more
Consider ACTA a Treaty (and Why This Matters)
Albert Wenger – Feb 10, 2012
In 2010, I wrote about ACTA several times. Essentially, ACTA was a behind the scenes effort to create a global copyright framework that would significantly strengthen rightsholders’ enforcement options. The initial ACTA process was held in secret for several years [...] Read more
Imagining Movies in a World Without Windows
Albert Wenger – Feb 8, 2012
One of the great sacred cows of the movie business has been the theatrical release window. First a movie is only in theatrical release. Then there may be a period where it is only on DVD. And finally it may [...] Read more
Tech Tuesday: Routing and TCP/IP
Albert Wenger – Feb 7, 2012
We are continuing along with the web request cycle. Last week we took a look at the HTTP protocol. There I already mentioned that HTTP requests and responses travel over a TCP/IP connection. Today we will dive a bit deeper [...] Read more