One of the highlights of this year's Emmy Awards Show was Regina King. Yes, that was a fantastic red dress and her performance in American Crime that scored her win of Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Television Movie. The reason Ms. Regina rules? She had the best quote of the evening. And that's saying a lot, since there were so many articulate performers and winners.....
Upon winning, she gave thanks to the crew, adding - "Teamwork makes dream work"
Imagine if only we could get Congress to do the same.....
Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Friday, December 16, 2011
Hitchens Transcends Ultimate Fight
Blast! Why shed tears for passing of Christopher Hitchens. I say cheers. He was so provocative, captivating even to the end. True, no one person could agree with all that he wrote; yet it was precisely his polemic challenges to the intellect that made his work magnificent must reads. He turned his passions and curiosities into deeply penetrating prose, thought provoking pieces that leave us with a lot to contemplate.
His work influenced many, including me. His personal essay on waterboarding pushes his own courage even as it butts against his conservative hawkishness. It is precisely this article published in Vanity Fair that compelled me to write in this blog about the matter and take it a step further [see in this blog on October 2008].
How fortunate we are to have his body of work that embraces American heroes, like Thomas Jefferson: Author of America, ironically from a Brit who became a US citizen. Yet for others in power he exposed close up of clay feet in excruciating clarity as in No One Left to Lie To: The Triangulations of William Jefferson Clinton. He suffered absurd criticism in the NY Review of Books for taking a point of view that “politics is essentially a matter of character.”
Besides his substantial oeuvre, we are left with an overriding mystery. Of all of his principled beliefs, it's his atheism, or more precisely his demeaning put down of believers, that leaves us wondering. As we were drawn into his last battles of Stage 4 esophageal cancer, he is frank, exposing his vulnerabilities on a very personal level. As he contemplates what must seem to be an abyss, he draws not so pretty pictures of the dilemmas he faces. It is amazing to me that hat he was compelled to write even while under the ultimate deadline. Instead of bitterness he speaks to dying as if he was covering an armed insurrection. With the ultimate coup de grâce his thoughts on death and dying also acknowledge prayer groups assembled on his behalf. Could he at the end have reversed his long standing rejection of a higher power of God? Even in death he leaves us pondering what are essential truths.
Hitch, on the other side, now knows absolutely. I'm certain he would want to publish his observations in his vivid, over-the-top style.
So fondly it's time to give this man his due, an extraordinarily gifted writer with the email address "hitchbitch@vf.com." For all he's left behind, his "voice" lives on as an inciting and exciting embrace of the English language, cherishing the belief to rise to the occasion of the noble fight, especially for our democratic ideals.
Friday, December 9, 2011
Santa Comes Early for WebOS Fans
Leo Apotheker never got it. Today, HP announces a big gift to developers, WebOS is going open source.
Yes this is strategic since HP's bread and butter is with printers. Well what in the heck does that have to do with WebOS you ask? WebOS is the e-ticket for HP [yeah, you might pick up on the double entendre]. It's the printers, silly.
HP is building an infrastructure on ePrint. Here's what was in an April 2011 HP white paper titled Mobile Printing Strategy:
"HP ePrint makes mobile printing easy for large enterprises, small businesses, on-the-go professionals and consumers. Now anyone with an email- and Internet-enabled device can print documents, photos, presentations, reports and more—from their enterprise company offices, hotels, airport lounges and print-and-copy retail stores."
Since HP has already built printers with pad devices, I expect WebOS connectivity is and will continue to be built into their printers.
Better yet, from my standpoint, WebOS is arguably will be more secure, a factor that I expect will make HP eprint less vulnerable to hackers. To illustrate my point, in case you missed this recent finding by Columbia University, it illustrates how printers could be affected.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Ouch, HP discontinues webOS devices TouchPad and webOS phones --
Sad and shocking news especially in light of my recent article, see March 2011 post. Last week I was at the Sprint store to check if there was going to be a Pre 3 in US soon. Ironically, I looked at the Android devices and settled on the Epic as an alternative.
Yet I'm still in a jaw-dropped state of mind. It reminds me of IBM's decision a couple of decades ago when OS2 went down even though it was much superior to Windows.
If there's a take away -- the best software doesn't always win. I wonder why....
Sunday, July 31, 2011
The Elegant Language of Con Artists
Received this morning... The opening of this letter is more seductive than any suitor I have ever had the pleasure of being on the receiving end of ardurous attention.
Enjoy the read!
V~
Kufo Associates & Chambers.
Solicitors & Advocates,
Accra - Ghana.
Dear Friend,
I crave your indulgence for the unsolicited nature of this letter, but it was borne out of desperation and current development. Please bear with me.My name is Barrister Gabriel Kufo, a legal practitioner and the personal Attorney to late Mr. Micheal Harris who died in Air France plane which disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean were Brazilians and French nationals, airline officials said died along With his wife Mrs. Anne Harris on the 31May 2009 Air France plane with other 447 passengers on board (May their soul rest in peace).I know that my client had no living kin but I went ahead and made several inquiries to their embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives but this has proved unsuccessful.
You can confirm this from the website below which was published by BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8077858.stm
I only did so to be double sure of this fact. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where these huge deposits were lodged, particularly in a SECURITY COMPANY HERE IN GHANA where the deceased had an account valued at about $25 Million Dollars, The bank has issued me a notice that in the event that no next of kin comes up for the claim, the account will be confiscated if not claimed and we have just about few months.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$25 Million Dollars can be paid into your nominated bank account and then you and me can share the money in the mode. 60% shall be for me and 35% for you and 5% shall be map out for expanse that are being made within the transfer.
I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
Please your telephone and fax number urgently needed for further discussion.
I look forward to your urgent response here is my private email address (barrgabriel.kufoesq101@msn.com)
Best regards,
Barrister Gabriel Kufo Esq.
Enjoy the read!
V~
Kufo Associates & Chambers.
Solicitors & Advocates,
Accra - Ghana.
Dear Friend,
I crave your indulgence for the unsolicited nature of this letter, but it was borne out of desperation and current development. Please bear with me.My name is Barrister Gabriel Kufo, a legal practitioner and the personal Attorney to late Mr. Micheal Harris who died in Air France plane which disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean were Brazilians and French nationals, airline officials said died along With his wife Mrs. Anne Harris on the 31May 2009 Air France plane with other 447 passengers on board (May their soul rest in peace).I know that my client had no living kin but I went ahead and made several inquiries to their embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives but this has proved unsuccessful.
You can confirm this from the website below which was published by BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8077858.stm
I only did so to be double sure of this fact. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where these huge deposits were lodged, particularly in a SECURITY COMPANY HERE IN GHANA where the deceased had an account valued at about $25 Million Dollars, The bank has issued me a notice that in the event that no next of kin comes up for the claim, the account will be confiscated if not claimed and we have just about few months.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$25 Million Dollars can be paid into your nominated bank account and then you and me can share the money in the mode. 60% shall be for me and 35% for you and 5% shall be map out for expanse that are being made within the transfer.
I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
Please your telephone and fax number urgently needed for further discussion.
I look forward to your urgent response here is my private email address (barrgabriel.kufoesq101@msn.com)
Best regards,
Barrister Gabriel Kufo Esq.
Monday, March 28, 2011
WebOS Game Changer Preview: Touchpad on HP's eStation C510 Printer
Erica Ogg, a CNET News reporter bemoans WebOS's lack of developers, programmers in an opinion piece last week "Can HP Make Developers Care about WebOS?". I would have agreed with her on Friday, but not today. HP has figured out how to best Apple and RIM dominance in the handheld marketplace.
This part may seem like a non-sequitur but soon the tie in will become apparent. I've got a couple of HP all-in-one units. Even though both units function well as printers, now for a number of years, I'm contemplating purchasing a replacement. Running on Vista is the problem as has HP hasn't updated the drivers for scanning, so I can't get aspect function at all. If I want to move to Windows 7, it's a given, I've got to get a newer unit. Over the weekend I wandered through one of those big box stores. As I checked out printers, my synapse slammed shut; I 'got' it.
Built into new printers were a few touch screens. To my astonishment, one unit had a portable. So I picked up this 7" color touchscreen from it's cradle in HP's eStation e-All-in-One Printer. Nice, I can preview photos before spilling valuable ink. What, whoa, it does more! That's when it struck me, the device seems so WebOS.
This Zeen, as it's called, is very much upwardly mobile, kinda heavenly. It's a digital companion, capable of accessing the internet -- hello Picassa photo album. It sports both a USB 2.0 port plus a SSD media card slot. With 800MHz, 512MB of RAM, and 4GB of internal storage, it's good to hold an estimated 100 apps, with 35 pre-loaded including MapQuest, Facebooks, and a weather app too. I like the built in docking station ready to recharge the unit. All in all, it looked to me like an wannabe grown-up version of the soon to be released Touch Pad on WebOS.
This Zeen, as it's called, is very much upwardly mobile, kinda heavenly. It's a digital companion, capable of accessing the internet -- hello Picassa photo album. It sports both a USB 2.0 port plus a SSD media card slot. With 800MHz, 512MB of RAM, and 4GB of internal storage, it's good to hold an estimated 100 apps, with 35 pre-loaded including MapQuest, Facebooks, and a weather app too. I like the built in docking station ready to recharge the unit. All in all, it looked to me like an wannabe grown-up version of the soon to be released Touch Pad on WebOS.
Here's why I see this as a convergence of technologies worthy of a big Wow!!!
As a harbinger of disruptive change, this is pure cutting edge. Although this is built on Android, this unit has a similar feel of WebOS running my Palm Pre. HP is clever in terms of manufacturing. This seems to be a pilot release, before both Pre 3 and Touch Pad hits the streets.
Clearly this is a physical manifest of HP's magnificent business plan already in play. Apparently HP has figured out their unique position and intends to use their printers as leverage to conquer the handheld wars via WebOS integrations. It's got more linkage that surpasses Apple's proprietary system. HP's move into smartphone and tablet dominance via integration is clear. Here's my list of how HP has already proven the Zeen is their bleeding edge:
Clearly this is a physical manifest of HP's magnificent business plan already in play. Apparently HP has figured out their unique position and intends to use their printers as leverage to conquer the handheld wars via WebOS integrations. It's got more linkage that surpasses Apple's proprietary system. HP's move into smartphone and tablet dominance via integration is clear. Here's my list of how HP has already proven the Zeen is their bleeding edge:
1. Like cell phones, pads are deeply personal units. Since this Zeen unit is comes with the printer, it moves into your home easily. Because this printer is aimed at households and personal usage; it's clearly designed as a product placement in order to break open a larger market for pads.
2. Deep market penetration is planned. Our constant need for a new printers given the aforementioned need to get full function drivers -- the Zeen does networks, wireless and Windows 7 - 64bit too.
3. Low cost, Zeen doesn't seem to add to the cost of the printer. It's a spectacular value for what you get. Meanwhile an iPad sets you back $500.
4. As an adjunct to the printer, it's got function that the iPad never contemplated including cross platform print functions with iPhones and iPads. Otherwise, Mac users must seek out a Mac network or OS to print. This is at the heart of HP's challenge to the underbelly of Mac iPad.
5. Although print via wireless or via network are taken for granted, e-print is itself a multi-functional solution -- e-mail your photos and print from anywhere.
6. Entertainment options open up on the Zeen. Play music, movies, and use virtually every file type from the SD card.
7. Read your morning newspapers or magazines and books from the Barnes & Noble app built-in.
7. Read your morning newspapers or magazines and books from the Barnes & Noble app built-in.
Do I really need a new all in one device? Humm, or am I just eager to scope out the Zeen.
Did I mention I really like the price -- Amazon lists: HP Photosmart eStation All-in-One (CQ140A#B1H) Buy new:
One thing is for sure, after reading the reviews, this device seems to be on the bleeding edge which in a technical sense may be interchangeable with the term with 'beta'.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
QuickBooks 2011 Release R6 on March 21st, 2011 - many new features = bug fixes
Here's what we have in terms of fixes and improvements in the R6 release of QuickBooks 2011, Pro, Premier, and Enterprise versions.
In terms of security, admin password reset option has been strengthened, a significant improvement, so make sure you keep your QuickBooks application up to date, use the latest version and release.
In terms of security, admin password reset option has been strengthened, a significant improvement, so make sure you keep your QuickBooks application up to date, use the latest version and release.
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