I took some Mirror photos at the Car Show, in a color display, and in the
window of a car. There were lots of good places to take pictures. I did not take enough of them. More mirrors later.
I found this piece in the Mercury News about a Tech group warning of global competitors very interesting. They say that "There is no job that is America's God-given right any more. We have to compete for jobs as a nation."
I have been thinking about this for a long time. As a culture, we always choose the lowest price. We do not choose higher price items that keep jobs in the country. For us to keep on doing this, our labor has to become more valuable. We have to prove why we deserve to make the money we make. If we try to protect jobs from being offshored, the companies that cannot do that will lose their edge to foreign companies.
"Well, my famous quotation is perverting Andy Warhol's saying about, "In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes." I say it's 15 people, that everyone's famous for 15 people. I really look forward to an age in which we upload as much, culturally speaking, as we download. " --Momus, a.k.a. Nick Currie
I think this is a great quote. It makes me wonder if I have already used my fifteen people or not. Is there anyone reading this that does not know me in the real world?
This is the skyline near my apartment. I have been taking a lot of pictures lately as part of my Picture-a-Day project. I am trying to snap pictures of lots of things. I need good idea for Photographic Day Trips. Where should I go over the weekends to find more pictures?
This story about How the Secret Service protects Bush from free speech is really upsetting. I think this is a real mistake. I know that the WTO shutdown protests have changed all the rules of how you try protest events, but this is going too far.
As Steve Jobs Steve Jobs unveils iPod mini there might be footsteps. Real announced it will release a universal Digital Music Player. It will play MP3, AAC, and WMA songs. Apple might be upset that someone else has figured out how to play Protected AAC files.
I am not sure how you feel about taxes. I am an average guy at best, but I pay a lot of taxes. I am not saying we should get rid of taxes, but I do think you should cut taxes during tough economic times. This is just something people need to think about.
I am finding that I am only reading the blogs of people that I know in the real world. From time to time I will read the blogs of people of people else where in the world, but I eventaully fall off after a little while. I just cannot keep up with reading them. I cannot seem to keep any interest in reading about them. I will go back to the blogs from time to time, but I cannot find the time to read them all the time.
There is something important about actually knowing the people that I am reading about. I have a greater context about what I am reading. I feel that I know something more about them. I know the voice that these statements are coming from and that is more interesting.
I am not sure what this says about blogs or me. I know there is an important idea here. I am just not sure how to explore it further.
I love the look of the preview of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. I am worried that the movie will not be any good. I will have to not get my hopes too high.
In his new book Pete Rose Admits He Bet on Baseball. This means to me that he thought he had no other cards to play. It should make for an interesting spring training. I think that the lifetime ban should be lifted, but he should be banned from any uniformed position with a baseball team, like coach or manager.
I was looking at last year's resolutions and I decided that I am not making any resolutions. It is not that do not believe in resloutions, but I have not been good at them lately. I will have to think about them again next year, but I am taking 2004 off.
