I’ve finished a draft of http://philip.greenspun.com/materialism/early-retirement/ (originally sketched for some of my friends who were early employees of Google). Comments/corrections would be appreciated, either in this Weblog or via email. I would especially appreciate suggestions of relevant books and movies (see the end).
Thanks!
In http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/30/gates-proposes-cellphones-as-alternative-to-olpc/ there is a story about Bill Gates proposing that people plug their cell phones (running quality Windows XP Mobile, of course) into a keyboard and TV and, voila, instant home computer. Sounds as though Microsoft may be gradually coming around to http://philip.greenspun.com/business/mobile-phone-as-home-computer
Upon returning from Hawaii, I discover that it was mostly around 60 degrees every day here in Boston during my absence. People were walking around in T-shirts in January in Boston. The newspaper carries stories of violent Islamic groups winning elections over in the Middle East (no surprise to the author of http://philip.greenspun.com/politics/israel/, but apparently a shock to other folks) and stories about our continued failure to keep Iraq under control.
George W. Bush has spent a lot of time talking about Iraq (earlier in this Weblog, I had suggested that he should never have spoken about it, but delegated the entire procedure of removing Saddam to a subordinate) and how Arabs, given the chance to vote, would put aside their hatred of the West. His administration has also gone out on a limb saying that burning so much “dinosaur blood” into CO2 hasn’t warmed up the Earth. A Bostonian who spent January in a T-shirt reading the newspaper is going to have some trouble believing our Great Leader.
So… the question is, what are some safe, yet significant, topics for George W. to be talking about?
