Vin CrosbiePersonal ThoughtsI'm Craving the Italian Alpine Lakes- May 23, 2005 I can feel summer approaching along with my wanderlust. I today wished I was in the Italian Alps. Lago Stresa is gorgeous, but I also like Lago Maggiore -- which I photographed after sunset during my first trip there in 1973 (click the photo to enlarge it)....http://www.vincrosbie.com/MT/archives/000553.html Kuwaiti Women Get Rights Other Arab Women Have Long Had- May 23, 2005 A chart in today's The New York Times in a story (note: registration site) about Kuwait giving its women the right to vote made me realize something that, I think, few other Americans realize &151; that women in most other Arab speaking countries not only already have the right...http://www.vincrosbie.com/MT/archives/000552.html Computerized Analyses Reveal The Internal Corporate Buzz- May 23, 2005 When the Enron Corporation went bankrupt and was revealed to have been engaged in massive frauds, the storage files of its internal e-mail correspondence became open to public inspection. A story (note: registration site) today in The New York Times Week in Review section outlines how computer scientists have been...http://www.vincrosbie.com/MT/archives/000550.html Narcopoding- May 12, 2005 It's sometimes easy for new business ideas to blur the line between satire and reality. An example is the following idea we conceived while mulling over new markets for podcasting. Many users of iPods and other portable audio file players seem to use those devices during their every waking hour....http://www.vincrosbie.com/MT/archives/000546.html |