Since the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, Gens. George Casey, David Petraeus and Ricardo Sanchez have not heeded the requests of their subordinate officers for more...

As the American Civil Liberties Union was chastising the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for having a million names on the No Fly Watch (or selectee) List,...

On Saturday, the Arizona Star reported that President Bush asked the audience to turn off recording devices at a Friday fundraiser, afraid that his remarks could be...

On his blog yesterday, my friend and colleague Ben Martin offered a provocative take on the future of associations. The central premise of Ben’s argument goes as...

So there's this NYT article mainly about electrical problems at US bases in Iraq. The problem is widespread but has gotten more Pentagon attention since a soldier was...

This sign seems straightforward doesn't it? But you'd be amazed at how many people see the "headline" and fail to heed the contradictory qualifying statement that...

Leading the stupid shipping gang takes creative incompetence, and Hewlett-Packard is clearly up to the task. Other companies might have turned to email when faced with...

I'm ranting again. I got up bright and early this morning to try and grab some good domains in the big .ME landrush. I was pleasantly surprised when I landed about 2/3...

It’s worth fighting for: On her blog, a Tampa newspaper intern praises her editor’s speech about newsroom change in the wake of layoffs, sparking a huge...

With apologies to Gruber. Original text from TechCrunch. It doesn’t really matter if Twitter’s Chief Architect Blaine Cook was fired or resigned. The...

You hear a lot about PCs running Microsoft Windows. In a recent episode of Criminal Minds, the writers even take a swipe at Windows by working in a plotline where a nasty...

Mr. Sumser talks today  about a subject near-and-dear to my heart – the massive gap between what the U.S. education system provides and what the companies of...

In a surprising announcement, the nation's top cable operator Comcast and the number one independent VoIP provider Vonage today said they will work together to ensure...

A mailing list recently reminded me of the so-called “Peter principle”, which avers rather sarcastically that in terms of careers, everyone rises to the level...

And now for a little exercise in armchair software architecture -- the most despicable coder's pastime. Dear non-coding readers: despite its name, this blog is still...

I have to admit, I’ve never been in to ColdFusion. I used it on a couple small projects back in the early 2000s (was just brought in to finish/fix existing code),...