Daily Archives: Wednesday, November 29, 2006

New Hammock Publishing logo

Hammock Publishing needed a new logo. Actually, we’ve never had a logo, merely a type treatment — and an unfortunate swirl phase we went through. I especially liked the one we chose as it includes some fun with type: The … Continue reading

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2,200 year-old ‘computer’ surprises scientists

From the New York Times comes a story that the 2,200 year-old “Antikythera Mechanism,” sometimes called the world’s first computer, “has now been examined with the latest in high-resolution imaging systems and three-dimensional X-ray tomography.” What did the scientists discover … Continue reading

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Frist not running for President: Here is my suggestion for what he should do

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist will not be running for President in 2008. Frist has a blog. He announced it there. No one is asking me, but as an observer, I see a great opportunity here. As a Nashvillian and … Continue reading

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Winding down the 2006 tour

Looking back, I’ve had the great opportunity to speak at several conferences, classes and meetings this year and am looking forward to my two last official “gigs” next week. (Although I have some business travel planned before year’s end.) On … Continue reading

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Question: Why did Google Answers fail?

According to the Official Google Blog, Google is pulling the plug on Google Answers. It will stop accepting questions later this week and stop accepting new answers by year’s end. The archive of questions and answers will remain. Why did … Continue reading

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