Sep
28
Dan pursues CBS aggressively
September 28, 2007 | 1 Comment
I’ve been following the Dan Rather saga ever since my news intake of the 2004 US elections was rudely interrupted by this weird thingy called blog opinion. I followed it so much that I even did a dissertation on what has since become known as Rathergate and followed that up with an exclusive interview with the […]
Sep
22
Long tail economics . . .
September 22, 2007 | 1 Comment
I won these boots a few months ago. They are one of 100 pairs made for Formula 1 driver Kimi Raikkonnen as part of his 100th race celebrations when he was with McLaren. Now 20years ago what would you have done with such boots if you were me? If you’re an F1 freak you might […]
Feb
4
The Beeb ponders open source . . .
February 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment
An e-Mail from the depths of Novell, the world’s second largest open source company, wings its way to me on the day Microsoft Windows Vista is released; the author has written to a bunch of folks in his department . . .