Hubble will peek into space…. even better!!!
See a trailer for the upcoming Hubble mission… launch in about 2 hours!!
Justice to modify its guidance on antitrust matters
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/11/business/11antitrust.html?_r=2&hp http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=27&sid=1673315 The policy move will shift Justice’s view of antitrust to be similar to the EU’s position. This calls into question the report on Sec. 2 of the Sherman Act that Justice just issued last September.
The Right Side of the Charts
Good morning. It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk. Stocks continued their winning ways as the jobs report and post-stress test reports gave investors another boost of confidence that the worst may be behind us. Despite an unemployment rate of 8.9%, the slightly lower than expected number of jobs lost in April triggered more buying.Read… Read more »
Green IT Best Practices
This newsletter focuses on Green IT and the growing awareness that governments, businesses, and nongovernmental organizations need to better manage their use of technology in an environmentally responsible manner. As large purchasers of electronic products and services, they have an opportunity, and a responsibility, to provide leadership through environmentally sound practices and cost-effective, life-cycle managementRead… Read more »
Open Source and it’s natural enemies – bureaucracy, special interests, and plain old politics
The CA “governator” is yet another of the more enlightened politicians to see the advantages of the open source approach. See how the attempt reduce cost and increase access to textbooks by using the open source approach faces an uphill battle.
United States Postal Services – Mailing Services Prices Effective Monday, May 11, 2009
Big reminder for everyone on this site… on May 11, 2009, the cost to mail a letter goes up to 44 cents. Prices for some of the more common shipping services are here and the full price list is here. Who thought that Govloop’s Bueaucrat on Sports was also the economic guru? 🙂
Govloop’s Bureacraut on Sports – Manny and the NBA and NHL playoffs
In the Hokie Guru’s dreams, he’s a rock star: Rockin’ with Dokken Dokken – In My Dreams– Watch more Videos at Vodpod. Ratt Ratt – Dance Dance Dance– Watch more Videos at Vodpod. Point Break, including a young Keanu Reeves Ratt – Nobody Rides For Free– Watch more Videos at Vodpod. Them Damn Yankees, aRead… Read more »
Episode 24: 2 Guys Unleashed – Short Stories Week
Click HERE for Episode 24 After great feedback from Alida, Mack and Morgan do a series of short stories this time due to Macks’s ADD. That doesn’t even help as Morgan has to take his pulse. This week we talk about filming cops in toilets, shocking the kids with Rover’s collar, LAPD getting paid toRead… Read more »
Are the expectations for interacting the same for Linkedin, FaceBook, Twitter, etc.?
Are there different protocols for emailing your contacts on these different collaboration sites i.e contacts on Linkedin, friends on FaceBook, friends on GovLoop, Twitterites….? I recently read a blog Your LinkedIn Opinion: Would you find this offensive? that prompted this question. The author clearly has an expectation on receiving frequent updates through email. Most ofRead… Read more »
Some thoughts as we head into Mother’s Day
Men are what their mothers made them. Ralph Waldo Emerson Any sane person would have left long ago. But I cannot. I have my sons. Princess Diana Mothers don’t let your daughters grow up to be models unless you’re present. Janice Dickinson Patricia and James Pritchert, May 1951