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ATV Jules Verne, Europe’s automated ship docks to the ISS

Very neat… Europe’s ATV first automated docking. 3 April 2008 ESA PR 20-2008. ATV Jules Verne, the European Space Agency’s first resupply and reboost vehicle, has successfully performed a fully automated docking with the International Space Station (ISS). This docking marks the beginning…

Estimated Total U.S. Subscriber Growth 1985-2007 According to CTIA

Below is very interesting data according to CTIA as of December 31, 2007. Impressive U.S. subscriber growth! YEAR SUBSCRIBERS 1985 340,213 1990 5,283,055 1995 33,785,661 2000 109,478,031 2005 207,896,198 2007 255,395,599 If we assume 20% of 2007 subs have data plans (which I…

Steven J. Vaughan-Cut-and-Paste is at it again

I’ve laugh every time I read Fake Steve Jobs writings on Steven J. Vaughan (SJV) tendencies to “leverage” other people’s work. And the reason I laugh is because like four years ago, SJV did the same thing to me. In my case I’d…

Phone program helps break communication barriers

When I started eZee, to survive pay the bills, I helped (consulted for) other startups with their products. One of those companies was Edioma. And today I was pleasantly surprised to see in the news the software I wrote for them, Edigo, an…

The second idea is always the important one

From Founders at Work: “Over the years, I’ve learned that the first idea you have is irrelevant. It’s just a catalyst for you to get started. Then you figure out what’s wrong with it and you go through phases of denial, panic, regret.…

Jobs @ eZee inc.

The jobs @ eZee page has been updated… We are creating something very exciting. If you have passion for mobile technologies, you’ll want to work here. At eZee you will literally help define, implement and deliver the future of mobile handsets and mobile…

Marc Andreessen and the Bionic Woman TV show

Marc Andreessen loves the Bionic Woman TV show. LOL. As the show progressed he blogged questions about the show that obviously revealed his dissatisfaction towards it; many of these questions were just too funny: (disclaimer: I watched the show only once) 12 questions…

The Efficient XML Interchange (EXI) Format 1.0

There is a W3C effort (working draft) titled Efficient XML Interchange (EXI) Format. EXI is the result of work by the W3C’s XML Binary Characterization (XBC) and Efficient XML Interchange (EXI) Working Groups, and as you can see is applicable to (and might…

Two cool videos of STS-123 Night Launch

I found two very cool videos (YouTube) of STS-123 night launch. Night launches are the coolest, with literally night becoming day. The two videos are from different point of views and distances of/from the launch pad. The cracking sound from the solid rocket…