Comcast opposed the FCC regulations requiring that cable services use a standard CableCard in order to allow for a competitive market for set-top boxes, and is appealing the FCC’s rejection of their waiver application.
CNN quotes a Comcast representative as saying “The rejection of this waiver means millions of American consumers won’t have the opportunity to [...]

Via Boing Boing, CNN: Charles “Cully” Stimson, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee affairs urges companies to boycott the law firms that represent detainees (suspected terrorists). If Stimson’s boycott proposal was put into practice, it would effectively prevent the detainees from obtaining good legal representation. Perhaps Stimson is using the [...]

At the end of my vacation, I had to ship four boxes from Colorado to California.  They weren’t ready to go until late Sunday afternoon.  Fortunately for me, one of the side effects of the Fedex acquisition of Kinkos is that one can drop off packages for Fedex (air or ground) at Fedex Kinko’s locations, [...]

At the security checkpoint, they usually tell you to remove your laptop from a bag and put it in a bin to be xrayed separately from the bag. And to take your shoes off, etc.
Yesterday they didn’t tell me to do that, and I’d forgotten about it, so I just sent my entire backback [...]

I just returned from a three week vacation. While I was away, someone must have broken into my car and stolen the clutch pedal, though they didn’t take the stereo or anything else. The car seems to run OK without it, so I guess I won’t bother filing a police report. It’s [...]

I’m not making any New Year’s resolutions, because some years back I made a New Year’s resolution to never make any further New Year’s resolutions.  That’s been working out pretty well for me so far.