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The Post is now under new ownership. So is the iconic Newsweek. Both incidentally got taken over by jungle-like entities like Amazon and the Beast, respectively. New world order (or jungle order). The “barbarians” are once again at the gate. New totem pole. New titanic shift, from analog to digital, from print to online. I…
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With Kindle, one can download library e-books and save a trip to the library. (no more browsing video titles like Yoga for beginners, Yogurt for vegetarians….). Just search, type in your ID and click “borrow”. I first noticed that huge book, entitled KNOWLEDGE, with a fine print which says, “Printed in China“. Now, even those outsourcing jobs are…
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We just saw an aftershock in Japan at magnitude 7.0. In and of itself, it’s a major earthquake. But, since it had been preceded by the big one (9.0), it is pale in comparison. As to culture shock, a man from the Amazon who got transported to Seattle, WA will only hear one thing in common: Amazon.com. The…
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It’s been an amazing contest. Netflix 1 million dollar prize was awarded to the first team of coders. The second team came in, with equally good stuff, just 20 minutes after the deadline. Data rule. Organized and monetized data, that is. The information age is here to stay. Symbol recognition and manipulation. Pretty soon, we…
Thang Nguyen 555 