The Senate passed the Insurance Industry Protection Act. Glad to know that our insurance industry will be healthy. Now can we start to deal with how to make Americans healthy? And hopefully that can be done without effecting the health of the insurance companies otherwise, it will not happen. After all when the press counts … Continue reading
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Senior Senior
I am about to turn 65 (Jan. 27th). I plan to be on the beach in Rio that day. But it is also the day I become eligible for Medicare. A year after, I start collecting social security. And then what? As I have discussed before, what is there to look forward to after that. … Continue reading
Social Media for Seniors
My son, Adin and I just had a discussion about social media and a lesson on using twitter and in particular Tweet Deck. Adin has spent the last 15 years (his entire career) working for and with non profit institutions. Lately he has focused his attention on the use of Social Media for non profits … Continue reading
My plan for peace in the middle east: Make Jordan a sucess
It is simple: Make Jordan a great success. Arab’s need a role model of success. While Israel’s economic, scientific and cultural successes should demonstrate what is possible in the region, it in fact does the opposite. So it is simple. Let us all help make Jordan a great success. I have just provided some support … Continue reading
Music and the PC
I just got a link (and an email) from Stanly Jungleib who founded Seer Systems and was responsible for the development of the first professional software synthesizer. Stanley had been a member of the group that founded MIDI which is a industry protocol that is still used (I use it almost every day) represent music. … Continue reading
I can’t figure out how the Obama Health Plan will really fix our medical system.
I can’t figure out how the Obama Health Plan will really fix our medical system. It just deals with a sub set. It is hard to see how private insurance companies can do much to fix the bulk of these problems. While I hate to think of the govermen taking over health care, I think … Continue reading
Microsoft needs end of life counseling: Bring on the death panel
Installing Windows 7 on a vista computer seems about as easy as passing health care. Check out this column from Walt Mossberg And guess what, there is no way to upgrade from Windows XP. I am now into my second day trying to upgrade my Vaio Vista notebook to the windows 7 release candidate. I … Continue reading
Are republican pundits more like car salesmen or like computer salesmen?
Are republican pundits more like car salesmen or like computer salesmen. Back in the day (when I actually had a job), we would joke that the difference between a car salesman and a computer salesman was the the car salesman knew he was lying (not they are both out of a job). I was amazed … Continue reading
Blog Guilt
It has been a long time since I posted here and for a while I have had a vague sense of guilt about it. Frankly, I do not really know why. I don’t have that many people that read my blog. I think I must feel guilty because I do think that I have something … Continue reading
Goodbye Geocities and thanks for everything
Goodbye Geocities! Yahoo has just announced that it is shutting down Geocities. I wanted to say goodbye. We (Intel Capital) made an early investment in Geocities (maybe 1997). I remember the meeting where I first learned about it. One of the people in my organization invited me to a meeting to discuss Geocities with the … Continue reading
Two Thirds Done 