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I am Executive Editor at Alice Hill's RealTechNews (http://www.realtechnews.com) and am Head News Moderator at DriverHeaven (http://www.driverheaven.net). I also have my own blog at http://TechnologyExpert.Blogspot.com, which is syndicated through Blogburst. Starting in November '06 I began blogging for the S.F. Chronicle. (Note: they are not advertising this much 'cuz there are bugs, bugs, bugs in their blog system still).

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E.L.E. ... it's coming ...
Hometown:
San Jose, CA
Neighborhood:
Castro Valley
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Buffalo Bills
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Mensa
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I'm on Netscape or DriverHeaven
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NPR
Read This Book:
The Audacity of Hope
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Dogs, the Internet
On My Mind:
The environment, Peak Oil, Overpopulation
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Living Green

Iria's Recent Posts

2008 Presidential Election

Barack Obama sets up internet 'war room' to fight slurs

The only thing is ... this site has existed since Feb. http://www.dailyko s.com/story/2008/2 /7/213314/5677/203 /452372  (Tuesday Jun 10 | post #152)

Science / Technology

T-Mobile sues Starbucks over AT&T Internet deal

Cash, I assume you know what NAT is? Since I post a lot from work - and I have a lot of work friends - it was one of them who posted the replies above. IP address is not a sufficient way to tell anything, as a real computer person could tell you. BTW, my personal blog has earned me invites to IDF and Demofall - I have also been published in the New York Times. I also have been contacted via Intel, AMD, as well as Flip Video and a bunch of other companies. That indicates I am considered a professional, particularly the New York Times story. I have over 10 emails in my inbox for people begging me to write stuff, or inviting me to conferences. You? And BTW, your argument means nothing, because you're not supposed to dupe stories, no matter what you think. Oh, and I know from a Topix contact, they consider blog stories as important as anything else. Oh, and not much coming from someone who used to kill his old stories and post them again so he could move them up. Speaking of a prankster.  (Saturday Jun 7 | post #7)

2008 Presidential Election

AP tally: Obama clinches Democratic nomination

The problem is there are plenty of racists out there. And plenty who simply don't read enough - or absorb enough - to know fact from fiction. For example, how many people believe he's a Muslim? A ridiculous number.  (Tuesday Jun 3 | post #8)

US News

Pet owners, makers of tainted food reach deal

It is true that 24 million is not really much. However, the companies that really need to pay are in China and not really within our reach. It does, of course, bring to mind what I have always said: you get what you pay for. We want cheap, cheap, cheap and to hell with the consequences.  (May 23, 2008 | post #2)

US News

Crude prices soar past $127 a barrel

That's the problem. You DON'T know where he got the info. Too many Americans are clueless about Peak Oil. Do you believe oil is infinite? Last time I looked there were no NEW carboniferous plants being squeezed under billions of tons of pressure. The fact of the matter is, US oil production peaked in 1970, right when it was predicted. Based on that, we are in for serious shortages. http://en.wikipedi a.org/wiki/Peak_oi l  (May 16, 2008 | post #18)

Science / Technology

3G iPhone with Infineon Chip by Mid-Year: UBS

Don't forget Japan.  (Feb 28, 2008 | post #2)

Offbeat

Man freed after 100 hours trapped in a lavatory

If he was a teen he probably would have regretted no cell phone more than anything else.  (Dec 10, 2007 | post #4)

Science / Technology

Apple Patches The iPhone, Turns Some Into iBricks

Yeah, but a later story indicates the bricking is happening to UNHACKED iPhones. http://www.topix.c om/tech/2007/09/re ports-latest-iphon e-update-turns-som e-unhacked-iphones -into-ibricks  (Sep 28, 2007 | post #1)

Science / Technology

Funerals - the Final Frontier: Casket Maker licenses Star Trek ...

Well, that's not necessarily a casket they will use. It's an example of what they might use. It's the photon torpedo / casket used for Spock in Star Trek II, as the article indicates.  (Sep 15, 2007 | post #4)

Offbeat

U.S. Postal Service "celebrates" jury duty with postage stamp

My wife is pretty unlucky - they hit her each and every year.  (Sep 13, 2007 | post #2)

Offbeat

What went wrong with Skype? Windows Update Did

Well, in reality, it was a bug in the Skype code - written by a human - that didn't recover properly.  (Aug 20, 2007 | post #2)

Science / Technology

Japanese gadget can predict tremors before they hit

Talk to me when it's hours or days ... :-)  (Jun 28, 2007 | post #1)

Science / Technology

Bush Plans to Veto Stem Cell Bill

You do know these embryos are going to be tossed in the trash right? He's not saving any lives by doing this. How are they murdered babies? Unless a law is passed against trashing these unused embryos, they are just going to waste.  (Jun 20, 2007 | post #23)

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