Driving to work this morning, I heard something about a new law against texting and emailing while driving. Unfortunately I didn't catch the details, I was checking email at the time.

Remember when 'engineer' was a verb?

My "Double Barrel Palin Ail" (puns intended) won best name at Brew-Ha-Ha 15 last weekend.

A friend switched to a Mac and is waxing rhapsodic. Me, I switched a few months ago, and while there are things I like, there are lots that I don't. Is Mac better for a business user? Not sure. But yes, it is pretty.

Sorry to disappoint, but requirements management means more than just capturing, saving and listing requests.

Lots of time in Google didn't help at all in solving my pain with iTunes and my Samba server, but this morning I had a flash of insight and replaced SAMBA with NFS Client for Windows. Life is good.

Maybe I've been giving Apple a bum rap. Recent antitrust investigation of Apple for country restrictions seems misguided at best. I still won't by DRM-protected content, but I'll quit blaming Apple for all iTunes ills.

Yahoo injects marketing messages in footer of emails sent by users of its service. These can trigger spam filters, so recipients don't get them, and should, but probably doesn't, violate anti-spam legislation.

Nash equilibrium is rarely the best possible outcome. What is the effect of Nash strategy on disease and national productivity?

For those with long retirement horizons, or with large mortgages or other itemized deductables, a 401K may not always be a good idea.