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Great visualization of Wal Mart’s growth: Watching the Growth of Walmart Across America. Wow…

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I wonder if anyone working on the ARPANET defense project, started in the 1960s, could have ever imagined what they were bringing into existence? That their “Galactic Network” idea would not only come to fruition but become one of the most transformative technologies in human history? We in the west are already starting to think [...]

This week PBS’s American Masters documentary series ran an excellent two part documentary on Bob Dylan, directed by Martin Scorsese: Bob Dylan: No Direction Home. If your PBS station is like mine they’ll probably re-run it sometime this weekend or next week in the wee hours, so check your local schedule and set your Tivos. [...]

Working at home and being connected (online) all the time is getting to me. On the train downtown I was visibly anxious about not being able to Google something (anything). My head was sort of spinning. (So much to do! So much to learn!) I started reading a magazine but my attention kept drifting. . [...]

Following is part of conversation between two women, in their late-forties or early-fifties, that I recently overheard on the M15 downtown bus. Note that the movie “Ray” was just released in theatres approximately one week before the incident. Woman 1: You know what I want to see? Ray! Woman 2: Oh… that’s a real good [...]

It’s official. There’s another one on the list. The greatest TV theme songs of all time are: 1) The theme from “All in he Family” 2) The theme from “MASH” 2) The theme from “The Sopranos”