http://www.texaspundit.com Technology, Politics, and other stuff - Texas Style Fri, 25 Dec 2009 12:30:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been using the iPhone for a few days now and one of the things that strikes me most is how many people want to see and play with my new phone. I was having dinner last night with my family and a couple stopped to get a demonstration of ... http://www.texaspundit.com/?p=35 OK - so I went against all better judgment tonight and I went and picked up an iPhone. I must say - it's pretty slick. I swung by a store earlier tonight after work and there was a long line so I decided to head home and go back out ... http://www.texaspundit.com/?p=32 I must admit - this deal would confuse me in many ways. Rackable's value proposition of lower power and cooling through DC powered systems really doesn't hold water like it used to - primarily because of the lower thermal footprint that the new generation of servers and processors have. ... http://www.texaspundit.com/?p=31 The IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) has preliminarily adopted the DomainKeys Identified Mail proposal being pushed by Yahoo, Cisco, Sendmail, and PGP Corporation. Assuming the draft (RFC4871 for all my fellow geeks) is formally approved end users could (finally) have a powerful tool that theoretically could reduce the amount ... http://www.texaspundit.com/?p=30 I'm not exactly sure what to make of this one... But if it's true then all the non-model types should rejoice! Quoting the article: Slicking on another layer of lipgloss, Selena Maria slings her bag over her shoulder and struts into the bar. A sea of dark, handsome heads turn to ogle ... http://www.texaspundit.com/?p=29 I guess this isn't really NSFW - but it's DAMNED funny... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTnHvmVV1iM http://www.texaspundit.com/?p=28 I'm open minded enough to consider the idea that global warming is occuring, but I have a much harder time accepting that mankind is the sole reason for it's occurrence and especially the evil United States. Quite simply - we have only been collecting data for a short time ... http://www.texaspundit.com/?p=25 Yeah - I know... I've been lazy. Actually - I had surgery a week and a half ago and I've just not really felt like blogging... I plan to pick up where I left off (maybe tonight - who knows?). Surgery was interesting - the sensation of falling asleep and ... http://www.texaspundit.com/?p=24 When I read an article like this, it reminds me of how short-sighted politicians are in crafting national policy. Rather than really studying and analyzing issues, they make decisions based on polls and popular opinion (my experience has told me that most people don't know enough about the issue ... http://www.texaspundit.com/?p=23 I read about this company on Techcrunch - their name is Cellswapper and they offer a service that allows people to swap their cell phone contracts (for a $15 charge). I'm reading through the website right now, but their timing is impeccable given Apple's announcement of the iPhone at ... http://www.texaspundit.com/?p=22