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Analyst: Apple to lie down with Intel. This could be an interesting move -- or is it a ploy to get faster chips from IBM and Motorola.

Henry Kissinger. "Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem." [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog]

Blog's the Word. I guess MSNBC is getting on the blogging bandwagon. from C|Net

Barons of Bankruptcy. FT has a great special report on corruption and dealing that has been going on with many of these large banks. Worth a look.

Scientists build polio virus from scratch. Here is an insidious little thought. With about $50K and the right guy you could build some pretty nasty viruses. This could amp up bio-terrorism. Talk about a systemic problem. [Systems and Values]

Differences/Similarities. I was giving the Revolutionary America vs. Modern Palestine issue a lot of thought. I think it is a hot topic. I decided not right on it even though I wrote to different pieces on it. I decided I could not do it justice. I will have to think of something else to right about. [Systems and Values]

Does Ethics Require a Belief in God?. In CommUnity of Minds : Working Together, Ed Brownlee looks at whether Ethics requires a beilef in God. It is quite a thought provoking article. Worth a look. [Systems and Values]

Getting Back into the Swing of Things. I have not been as good about keeping up on things. Going away to Mexico for vacation last week does not help. But it is not the whole issue. I will start to talk more. But I would love to hear from readers. There was an interesting piece in a local paper the other day trying to decide in American Independence and Palestinian issues were on the same playing field. [Systems and Values]

Some comments from FuturePositive. Making Sense of our Current Predicament Scott Meredith writes: I still still still just don't get it. Yesterday for example, I was browsing the latest issue of Wired magazine. They had a full-bore cheerleading article about nano- technology. [Systems and Values]

Motivation Meter. I wonder if people would be interested in knowing what values there Blogs are driven by. I do a lot of work in analyzing documents to see what values and motivations exist. People are always amazed at how their values or those of their group are refelcted in their writing. [Systems and Values]

New Map Details More Than 1,000 California Wineries

Content and Taxonomy. A good place to begin learning some of this stuff. Very applicable to my document analysis work.

Stephen Ambrose. "The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future." [Motivational Quotes of the Day]

Rex Hudler. "Be a fountain, not a drain." [Motivational Quotes of the Day]

BlogChalking

Here is my blogchalk: Google! DayPop! This is my blogchalk: English, United States, Napa, Westside, Martin, Male, 36-40!

Harlan Ellison. "The two most abundant things in the universe are Hydrogren and stupidity." [Quotes of the Day]

Emile Chartier. "There are only two kinds of scholars; those who love ideas and those who hate them." [Quotes of the Day]

Qwest Announces Accounting Flaws. Qwest Communications said Sunday night that it had incorrectly accounted for more than $1.1 billion of transactions from 1999 to 2001. By Simon Romero. [New York Times: Business]

Whoops! It seems like this is happening more and more....imagine if the average Joe did this for a couple of $.

Interesting article on blogging in Information Week. It is a little on the fluff side...but still informative.