Your Rights: Eroding

Want to share negative opinions about a healthcare professional?  Think again.

After the usual patient information form, there was a "mutual privacy agreement" that asked me to transfer ownership of any public commentary I might write in the future to Dr. Cirka

Translation: If you write a bad review about me, I'm going to claim ownership of it and delete it.

Media Manager

Trying out Miro, an open source, multi-platform  alternative to iTunes.

Obvious

In case you didn't know where the power cord goes

A new job for Chuck

Maybe Chuck can get a new job installing fiber in New England.

Actually, now is a good time to promote Chuck's blog: chuckbag.  Lots of good stuff.

And seeing he's the only person reading this blog, I hope his loop detection mechanism is working

Get out of my way, I'm a MOTORIST

So true

Thunderbolt, round II: Apple, not Intel, files for trademark

Engadet reports an interesting development with Thunderbolt: Apple has filed for trademarks for the name, not its key developer Intel.  Ultimately, this is likely to lead to more fragmentation of the peripheral connection space.  Didn't Apple learn from the IEEE1394, iLink, Firewire naming confusion?

USB killed the Thunderbolt star

Extremetech has a good review of why Thunderbolt has already failed and why we shouldn't blindly listen to what Apple says.