Google Chrome OS CR-48 Review

by Eric H. Doss on 21 December 2010

The UPS guy brought Christmas to the Doss home a bit early yesterday.  A few weeks ago, I applied to test a new computer from Google.  The actual computer is reasonably impressive, more on that later, but the most interesting thing is that the computer has a brand new type of operating system, Google Chrome [...]

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Diaspora Screen Shots

by Eric H. Doss on 6 December 2010

A few months ago I donated a bit of money to a startup called Diaspora.  Diaspora is an open-source, distributed social network.  They’ve just released their Alpha Build and I have a few shots from inside. Nothing too amazing, largely since I don’t have any friends there yet.  Anyone else on Diaspora?

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Google Starts “Bad Company” Penalty

by Eric H. Doss on 1 December 2010

A few days ago, the NYT ran an article about a very bad company.  I’m not going to provide a link to the site, but needless to say, this guy was one of the worst examples of what’s wrong with online businesses. Google announced today that they implemented an algorithm that penalizes bad reviews.  The [...]

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Bicycle City-Columbia SC

1 December 2010

I read Outside Magazine.  Great publication.  Highly recommended. This month, they featured an interesting tidbit about something called Bicycle City, SC. Interesting stuff.  Check out their website.  I don’t know if Cayce, SC is ready for 160 acres of bike riding environmentalists. Not the best site, mostly speculation and planning, but pretty interesting idea here. [...]

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After 5 Years, I’m Leaving LexisNexis

30 November 2010

It’s not what you think, though. Today, my business unit was acquired by a competitor, ProQuest.  Interestingly enough, ProQuest is also located in Betheda, MD. If you want all the public details, you can check out the press release from ProQuest. The summary is this: ProQuest will acquire most of the products based in Bethesda, [...]

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Interested in Triathlon Gear Reviews?

29 November 2010

As I mentioned a few posts ago, I also run a review site for triathlon gear.  Today, we published an initial review of a nice pair of running and workout tights for women.  Not to worry, I didn’t test these myself, the review was done by one of our female reviewers, but I’m the writer. [...]

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Best Brussel Spouts Recipe Ever

26 November 2010

So here’s the first day of my new clip of writing. Yesterday, I pulled out one of my new ‘classic in the making” recipes.  This one is so simple that there’s no reason, other than your cholesterol level, not to make this tonight. This recipe will serve three to four people. All you need is [...]

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