I like physical newspapers. I don’t subscribe to any, but I do enjoy my morning read of our little hometown paper, the Palo Alto Daily Post, which is pretty much 80% real estate ads and 20% news stories. On Thursday morning, I was greeted with this:
As much as I bellyache about the government, one of the few pieces of it that I’ve defended my whole lift has been the postal service. I think it’s pretty much the last bargain in town. Here’s a photo of our own beloved depression-era post office here in Palo Alto:
Many years ago, in the early 1990s and the beginning of my company Prophet, my partner said something to me at the time that I’ll never forget. He pointed to our rack of modems and said, “This is dumb.”
I’m not exactly sure what he meant at the time, nor am I sure to this day, but I believe what he meant was that the notion of:
All for the purpose of establishing ONE connection was ridiculous and would be surpassed by something better one day.
(more…)Well, the CPI numbers just came out, and they are ice cold because, ya know, prices aren’t going up.
I’d like to talk about schools, In particular, I wanted to share with you a completely off-the-wall thought experiment I just had.
