Stephen Cobb's Personal Blog

I did not know, until someone commented yesterday on an earlier post about genetic hemochromatosis, that the English spell it haemochromatos...

Yesterday, I was stunned to read an Associated Press story that cited "more evidence that  the most worst recession since the 1930s wa...

Read it and weep for the glory that was once America... "US telcos have hit on a clever idea to provide universal broadband to every US...

This is not really a technology post. It is more like a techie-related signpost, pointing first to great coffee and French toast at Stagecoa...

[Stop Press: Updated Price Closer to $7,000 after Federal tax credit! Way to go Brammo ] So, it now looks like you can now buy a real electr...

From time to time people ask me what I'm doing these days in terms of day job. Well first of all, I'm not really a "day job...

This is a quick post to highlight the video I just uploaded to YouTube. Probably not my finest mixed media effort, it's a quick screenca...

For the record: On August 26, Don Wales successfully set a new land speed record for a steam powered car. The British car set the world reco...

Great case study, and one more reason why spending stimulus funds on expanding rural broadband is a net positive for America. Just so we are...

This Boston Globe piece has a nice roundup of benefits that flow from rural broadband: "Providing broadband to the 43 Western Massachus...