I.ve gotten a bit involved in trying to assist in bringing some more collegial editing to the Global warming and Climate Change areas within wikipediaOne thing that has come up is what the right emphasis for the lead article ought to be...
I.ve gotten a bit involved in trying to assist in bringing some more collegial editing to the Global warming and Climate Change areas within wikipediaOne thing that has come up is what the right emphasis for the lead article ought to be...
Whatever I feel like talking about... Wikimedia foundation projects, LEGO, politics, or just why you can't get a good pastrami sandwich in Grand Rapids. If you think that's bad. On a Unix-like command prompt, when you're entering a password…
Chrysler Headquarters,Auburn Hills, MI,Image via Wikimedia CommonsS0... Fiat (late of greenmailing GM not to merge with them after GM foolishly signed up, to the tune of 2B USD) gets 35% of Chrysler.What did they give in exchange? Billions
Chrysler Headquarters,Auburn Hills, MI,Image via Wikimedia CommonsS0... Fiat (late of greenmailing GM not to merge with them after GM foolishly signed up, to the tune of 2B USD) gets 35% of Chrysler.What did they give in exchange? Billions
Network effect.Image via Wikimedia CommonsI sell on eBay. Mostly LEGO brand sets, because that's what I have a lot of and what I know a fair bit about (plus b... IBM doesn't sell a lot of LEGO products so I'm clear on Conflict Of Interest c…
Amtrak Locomotiveimage via Wikimedia CommonsFirst, as a libertarian, I'm of course holding my nose even just writing this post... things should be funded by private enterprise rather than government. But since it's being talked about, and i…
Bill Ward, of BayLUG/BayLTC has a blog...This post on track geometry is worth reading. Though LEGO has ended 9v, there is a lot of 9v track out there. As well, the ideas work for their new RC track too.The images were done with Track Design…
This is not me...Image via Wikimedia CommonsI have received a number of queries about why I am not running in the English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee elections this year.I was seriously considering it. I felt duty bound to put up or shu…
This is not me...Image via Wikimedia CommonsI have received a number of queries about why I am not running in the English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee elections this year.I was seriously considering it. I felt duty bound to put up or shu…
Image via WikipediaEveryone's talking about it, so surely this is just one more voice in a sea of noise...Bailing out the Big Three (Chrysler, General Motors, Ford) automakers is a bad idea. They should be allowed to restructure. Even if th…
Out with the old... Good bye Bush II!In with the new... Hello new little one!Today I should be a grandfather. I sit here in the hospital waiting. Daddy (newly become a citizen, this is his first election) stopped to vote on the way to the h…