Clinton and Obama, just a couple of guys having fun. In case you were wondering what the truth is regarding the recent Secret Service scandal…
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The missing Party… Rick Falkvinge tells how he came out of nowhere to change the political trend of restricting freedom of speech…
The risk of political corruption in New Mexico has always been a problem. From dogs registering to vote to former Governors trading scrub land for prime state owned property. It’s disheartening. Well StateIntegrity.org has scored our risk for further corruption and it is not looking good… Larry Smith gives an in-your-face conversation with the viewer. It only took 14 minutes to view… but now it will take the rest of my life live. Who else do you know that might profit from his chastisement? If you haven’t yet see Google’s Auto Auto blog post and you are interested in Auto Auto, then by all means check it out and then come back here so that I can tell you why this is such a huge development in transportation. I’ve been aware of DARPA’s funding of Auto Auto since the early ’80s. It wasn’t until its $1 million dollar prize challenge that the public at large became interested. A lot of folks don’t realize that DARPA funded projects were achieving pretty decent speeds and distances even in the early years of testing.
Google’s interest begs the question, “Why Auto Auto?” My take…
Imagine a time in the near future when you dial your car or your car sharing service from your phone with instructions to pick you up in front of your home in 20 minutes. The car arrives with a driverless driver which then takes you to your destination while you dress for work… er read your online magazines… er blog… er etc… My brother and I have had a longstanding bet as to the year in which Auto Auto will be a general accepted mode of transportation. He selected 2017. I selected 2023. With the recent passage of Auto Auto legislation in Nevada and Google’s recent success on the road, he might be closer than I could have anticipated. In what year do you think Auto Auto will be ubiquitous? Photo credits: Carrie Cockburn The Globe and Mail Source: Google Articlespace.com; Wheels, CA I’m predicting that the 1st meaningful data only Mobile Personal Support Device (MPSD) will be available before the end of Q1 2011. The writing is on the wall: Google rolls out an integrated communication platform; FCC opens up the airwaves; rumors of Facebook phone; Facebook and Skype rolling out an integrated communication platform; Mozilla releases dream device concept video.
Now I’m thinking that the device will be here in a mater of months. What do you think? Should I wait or should I build it? Or do you know of something available today?  Orlando (Gabby) Leyba One of my favorite New Mexico artists, Orlando Leyba, is opening a show of his smaller works Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 at the Bright Rain Gallery in Albuquerque’s Old Town (6:00pm – 9:00). We own 2 of his pieces, one for which I traded my Jaguar (story to follow). A week doesn’t go by without me spending a few minutes taking-in those creations. We enjoy them immensely. Leyba works layers of gesso and oils to juxtapose ideas developed while growing up in Northern New Mexico against ideas developed while traveling throughout North Africa, Europe and the Middle East. One of the things that makes New Mexico such a great place to live is that we have access to world class art. If you are able, be sure to visit the show before it closes at the end of October. His smaller works are still affordable to the middle income collector. Blue Rain Gallery (Bright Rain must be related) represents him in Santa Fe. The Jag story: We were visiting Gabby at his studio in Albuquerque when I spotted a Jaguar hood ornament. He shared with me his love of the make. Well I was getting ready to put my Jaguar up for sale and thought, “wouldn’t it be cool if I could score one of his pieces.” One thing led to another and next I knew, a Leyba was hanging on my living room wall. Since then we were able to acquire the 2nd piece which is now in the living room and we have moved the 1st piece to our dinning room.
If you have never seen a video from Cognitive Media then you are in for a treat. This introduction to where good ideas come from is a short version of Steve Johnson’s TED presentation of a similar title. The format is a wonderfully effective way to engage one’s intellect. And it is less than 5 minutes in length. Enjoy… The long version… ‘God is love’, and he who seeks to establish its bounds is like a blind man attempting to count the grains of sand in the deeps of the sea. In quality, love is the likeness of God, as far as this is possible to mortals; in action, it is intoxication of the soul; in its properties, it is the source of faith, the abyss of long-suffering, the sea of humility. Love is real renunciation of every contrary thought, for it ‘thinketh no evil’ (I Cor. 13:5). Love, passionlessness and sonship differ only in name. As light, fire and flame are combined in one single action, so it is with these three. -Monks Callistus and Ignatius, Directions to Hesychasts no. 90, “Writings from the Philokalia on Prayer of the Heart”; Faber and Faber pg. 257 
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With all of this in place, why pay for voice service? I’m holding out on upgrading my Verizon contract waiting for a data only device. I was thinking I was going to mashup one of my own but was reluctant to do so because of the anticipated clumsiness and cost of the parts and the time it would take to integrate software for all of the pieces. We’re talking about slinging around a tablet with a bunch of peripherals.
