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“We are sorry. “The News of the World was in the business of holding others to account. It failed when it came to itself. We are sorry for the serious wrongdoing that occurred,” said Murdoch in an advertisement. As a grizzled cowboy of my acquaintance once said about someone who said he was sorry for [...] News International CEO Rebekah Brooks has resigned after support for her by the Murdoch family vaporized. Murdoch’s daughter Elisabeth, a former friend, says Brooks “fucked the company” and that News Corp “really needs a fucking scapegoat.” Ok, I made up that second quote, but it seems obvious enough, doesn’t it? BeatCarmageddon is a collaboration between Waze (a smartphone social traffic and navigation app) and ABC 7 in LA. They are teaming up to crowdsource alternative routes during this Carmageddon weekend in L.A. when 10 miles of a major freeway will be closed for repairs. Twitter @beatcarmageddon “There are no alternate routes.” I asked [...] Not satire I specialize in bringing ancient DOS and early Windows xBase apps into modern Windows. There are zillions such apps still out there. It just took me several hours to determine what language an app for a new client was written in (Delphi 2.) Further complicating matters, the original programmer apparently got real clever [...] Home prices are up 20% this year in parts of Silicon Valley. Not only is there a tech boom going on, it is accelerating. Employees of companies that recently went public (or are about to) can afford to bid up home prices. Bidding wars are happening again. Homes sometimes sell for more than the [...] Rebekah Brooks will testify, as she is a British subject. The Murdochs are American citizens. Nick Cleeg, Deputy Prime Minister, said “If they have any shred of sense of responsibility or accountability for their position of power then they should come and explain themselves to the select committee.” Rep. Peter King (R-NY) joins Senators John [...] Oh, I suppose we should he happy that the Department of the Interior is asking for public comment on its Environmental Assessment for offshore wind in the mid-Atlantic. But this is just the start of a process that could easily take years before offshore wind is actually installed there. From Ocean Power magazine “America’s [...] The mayor and police chief of Columbus NM were among those arrested for participating in smuggling hundreds of guns into Mexico. The mayor has pled guilty and faces 65 years in prison. The town has abolished its police force because the indictments triggered a financial crisis. And some still say drug cartel corruption hasn’t crossed [...] |  | ||||
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