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Farmer Cemetery

May 25, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment
Posted in: Content, Faits Divers, Thinking about Tagged: Douglas County, Farmer Cemetery, Washington State

A few photos of the Alps

May 25, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

While living in Neuchatel Switzerland, we captured some incredible photos of the Alps from the balcony in our apartment. Here are a few:

Posted in: Content, Faits Divers, Thinking about Tagged: Alps, Eiger, Jungfrou, Monch, Mont Blanc, Neuchatel, Switzerland

Twingo Hood Ornament

May 25, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

In 2006, I bought a Renault Twingo. I was able to change the Renault hood ornament for one I made of plaster and paint.

Posted in: Content, Faits Divers, Thinking about Tagged: 2006, Custom Hood Ornament, Neuchatel, Renault, Switzerland, Twingo

The Tangled Story Behind Trump’s False Claims Of Voter Fraud

May 17, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

The Tangled Story Behind Trump’s False Claims Of Voter Fraud A nice bit of background information from the folks (Maggie Koerth-Baker) at FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.com with some statistical education (for me anyway) thrown in. Amazing what you can do with stats.

Posted in: Politics, Thinking about, Trump Tagged: 538, Trump, Voter Fraud

TV Advertising – May 2017

May 15, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

LA Times – Adapting to AD-Skipping Viewers 05/15/02017

Posted in: Thinking about Tagged: Advertising

Mormonism — Where’s it to End?

May 14, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

This account sums up the feelings against the Mormons in Northern California. This will be added to as more articles like this come are found. Sonoma Democrat > 29 October 1857 Mormonism—Where’s it to End? Among the leading topics of the day at the present time, that is exciting the public mind from one end … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Politics, Racism, Thinking about Tagged: Brigham Young, Carson Valley, Immigrant, massacres, Mormon interpreters, Mormonism, Mr. Buchanan, Salt Lake

MaryLou Haddit – 1928 – 2017

May 14, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment
Posted in: Faits Divers, Feminism, Obituaries, Thinking about Tagged: Activist, Feminist, MaryLou Haddit, Obituary, Writer

The Presidency and the Press

May 14, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

In the New Yorker, Oct 1, 1973, Richard Harris wrote an in-depth essay on the “The Presidency and the Press”, coving the Nixon White House and providing a good deal of background on the topic. It can be found here. This country’s reporters observe the odd tradition of providing a new President with a “honeymoon”—that … [Read more…]

Posted in: Politics, Thinking about Tagged: Agnew, New Yorker, Newspaper, Nixon, Presidency, Press

Doc Searls Project VRM

May 13, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

About: http://blogs.harvard.edu/vrm/about/ https://blogs.harvard.edu/doc/2015/09/18/debugging-adtech-assumptions/ Wrong. If people have a real relationship with a company, they want it to be with sales or service. That’s it. For example, I have a great relationship with the service department of East Coast Volkswagen in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. I’m on a first-name basis with the guys there, who know … [Read more…]

Posted in: Politics, Thinking about Tagged: AD BLOCKING, Advertising, Apple Computers, Consumers, Cookies, Doc Searls blog, Facebook, Freedom from annoyance, GOOGLE, Internet ADTECH, Internet Vendors, Malware, Privacy, Spyware, Tracking, VRM

The FCC Speaks to ALEC

May 8, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Read this closely, it is unedited, force yourself, read all the way to the end and see what our new administration is doing and thinking. It makes my skin crawl. Remarks of FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly Before the American Legislative Exchange Council’s Spring Task Force Summit Annual Summit, Charlotte, NC May 5, 2017 Thank you … [Read more…]

Posted in: Politics, Thinking about Tagged: 2015 Net Neutrality Order, ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council, broadband, common carrier, Congressional Review Act, CRA, FCC, FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly, Federal Communications Commission, Internet, Municipal Broadband, Net Neutrality, Privacy, Title II, Universal Service, Voice over Internet Protocol, VoIP
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