Yearly Archives: 2011

Who’s Texting Whom?

In my last two posts, I introduced an idea that our reliance on text alone as a primary channel for communication is changing us. I also described one aspect of this communication, latency, that can help or hinder text communication. In this post, I’m going to talk about agency. a•gen•cy – noun the capacity forRead… Read more »

Better-Engineered EVs through a Cell Phone App?

One of the well-known challenges to designing – and successfully selling – fully-electric vehicles is driver concern with range and re-charging options. EV engineers are trying to develop cars that go further on a charge and that fulfill consumers’ everyday driving needs. While designers can use average commuting times, distances and road surfaces to developRead… Read more »

Walking Through The Front Door: SQL Injections

Image via Wikipedia Walking Through the Front Door Many corporations today have become dependant upon their websites. Where once websites were simply information portals or advertisments for their owners, they have transformed into something far greater. Today companies all over the world rely on their websites to log in remotely, provide news and information toRead… Read more »

Project of Week – Healthfinder.gov

I ran into healthfinder.gov a few months back and I thought it was a fascinating government-sponsored health site with a really innovative model of how it syndicates content. Thus, I reached out to here a little more about the project and here we go…Thanks to HHS team for taking the time to tell us theRead… Read more »

Growing One For The Team

If you have ever been in my office, either in my home district or in the State Capitol, the collection of photos, bobble heads and memorabilia has probably tipped you off to my love for the Pittsburgh Penguins. I have been a big-time fan since I was a child, and my season tickets, situated allRead… Read more »

Facebook and Republicans, alternative engine news, draft EO issues, and #tcamp11 is coming in today’s political law links

DOES FACEBOOK OWE THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE? RedState has a post here about President Obama’s recent event at Facebook headquarters. “When the GOP has a nominee, Facebook should be fair and give the GOP nominee equal time.” FORMER SENATOR COLEMAN MOVES. Politico has the news. “Former Republican Sen. Norm Coleman is headed to law/lobbying powerhouse HoganRead… Read more »

Connecting a TV to the Internet Part 3

In “Connecting a Samsung TV to the Internet Part 2” I had decided to reconfigure a low cost wireless router, to be a repeater bridge using the open source DD-WRT software. This was so I could plug a TV into the Internet. I was stuck at the point of making the existing router an “AccessRead… Read more »

Bookmarks for April 6th through April 27th

I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. How to beat Apple – Interesting read. Micro-Participation In Online Consultations – NIce summary and contribution to the discussion. Coté’s People Over Process » 3 Tips on Scaling Agile Development – “At some point, adopting Agile development becomes an organizational change management exercise that hasRead… Read more »