Category: Internet & Technology
Ross on for Peter Boyles, Friday Aug 10
Aug 9th
For those of you who want to give me a listen, I'll be guest-hosting for the one-and-only Peter Boyles on Friday, August 10 from 5 AM to 9 AM Mountain Time (7 AM to 11 AM Eastern) on Denver's 630 KHOW.
You can listen online with the link on KHOW's web… more »
Watching AttackWatch Attacks
Sep 16th
You have to hand it to the Obama Administration when it comes to consistency: They are singularly skilled when it comes to refusing to learn from their own failures. No, I’m not talking about their cult-like belief in “green jobs” despite a mountain of… more »
Hans Rosling: The Magic Washing Machine
Aug 19th
H/T Don Boudreaux
The insights from this 9-minute video by Hans Rosling (of his presentation at TED last year) are multiple, important, and interesting, not least because they implicitly explain the immorality of a "green movement" which aims to reduce… more »
The FCC's attempt to get Net Neutrality of any sort, through any method
Dec 10th
Last Tuesday evening, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski released his agenda for the FCC’s upcoming December 21st meeting, with the primary order of business being discussion of – and presumably a vote on – an “Open Internet… more »
"Here You Have" computer virus - not a hoax
Sep 10th
Most computer virus warnings are hoaxes, or often viruses themselves. This is not.
If you get an e-mail with a subject line of "Here you have" or "Just for you", delete it, do not open it, and especially do not try to open any included attachment.
M… more »
Democrats again proposing tax on Internet purchases
Jul 16th
In their never-ending desire to tax everything under the sun, a Democrat congressman and several Democrat co-sponsors are proposing a measure which would end up applying sales taxes to out-of-state purchases made on the Internet.
Please see my article… more »
Court slaps down FCC; decision threatens "Net Neutrality" scheme
Apr 7th
Yesterday, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the FCC in their case against Comcast in which Comcast had challenged the FCC's right to tell them how to operate their broadband network. The ruling represents a hurdle for the Progressive's att… more »
NPR reports on American hypersensitivity -- now found online
Feb 24th
I heard a story on NPR's "All Things Considered" the other day which left me shaking my head, not because the story was about something important but because the story could have been considered newsworthy.
Here's a link to the NPR story:
Concerns O… more »
This isn't funny anymore: CO Democrats' Internet tax
Feb 8th
Colorado State Senator Greg Brophy (R-Wrea) explains the cynical and dangerous Internet sales tax bill which Democrats in the state legislature seem likely to pass into law. What needs to be noted and explained widely about the Internet-related bills wh… more »
CO Democrats' Internet tax takes another step forward -- toward their own electoral destruction
Feb 5th
One of the Democrats' "Dirty Dozen" tax hike bills is a measure which would change the definition of doing business in Colorado so that many sales by Internet companies would be taxable. In particular, if a retailer used a Colorado-based "affiliate" who… more »
