Covered this week; Russia’s Olympic team has been barred from the 2018 Winter Games… Major US city Mayors set to thwart Trump on climate… A lucid perspective on climate change… those pesky Russians… the iMac Pro, finally here… Climate-proofing South Beach… Apple vs. Google Maps, data is the new oil…
December 4, 2017
Russia’s Olympic team has been barred from the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The country’s government officials are forbidden to attend, its flag will not be displayed at the opening ceremony and its anthem will not sound.
December 5, 2017
“It does not mean that at some point we’re not going to needs some help from the federal government. I believe we will. But in the meantime, while we’re under this current administration we have to make progress and we have to have to make sure we’re tracking this progress, so that we can meet these significant goals.” So basically what’s being put forth with the Chicago Charter is a plan to span the current administration with the hope that they will be one term and done… I love it.
December 6, 2017
“Martin Luther King Jr. used to regularly end his speeches with the phrase “the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.” The line was a favorite of Obama’s too, and for all three men it meant the same thing: “This may take a while, but we’re going to win.” For most political fights, it is the simultaneously frustrating and inspiring truth. But not for climate change. The arc of the physical universe appears to be short, and it bends toward heat. Win soon or suffer the consequences.” A lucid perspective on climate change from Bill McKibben for Rolling Stone.
December 7, 2017
“In the final days before Donald Trump was sworn in as president, members of his inner circle pleaded with him to acknowledge publicly what U.S. intelligence agencies had already concluded — that Russia’s interference in the 2016 election was real.”
December 8, 2017
Hard to say at this point how long I and legions more have waited for this announcement… but here it is… after long last Apple is addressing its pro market with this first offering of the newly dubbed, iMac Pro. Apple says this will be followed at some point with a redesigned Mac Pro that will bring configurability to those who need it… but for those that are simply in the market for a blazing fast computer to get their work done, the new iMac Pro should get the job done.
December 9, 2017
“By putting the parking garage on the ground level and lifting the Monad Terrace’s lobby 11.5 feet above sea level, its designers elevated the structure’s living spaces above some of the most dramatic storm surges to date (though surges are expected to rise), and by making the glass and metal supports strong enough to withstand a Category 5, they made it close to hurricane-proof, too. Finally, the building has pumps for the garage, so if it does flood, the water won’t stay there for long.”
December 10, 2017
An exhaustive late 2017 comparison of Apple and Google Map applications from Justin O’Beirne…
Taking next week off…
