Category Archives: corporations

Partial Makeover: Chron.com

The Chron.com (The Houston Chronicle’s web site) re-visualized it’s site some time ago, using their new green logo.  (Everyone loves to be green)

But their micro image, known as a favicon, seems to be vestigial.  I never like the old icon, with a built in pointer on it.  I know the pointer was their whole logo, but the favicon could have done without it.  And they prob’ly want to “green it up” with the rest of their site.

Reclaiming Privacy with a Tether?

Random Opinion:

A friend of mine commented that her iPhone Internet is faster than her work computer’s Internet.

It’s bothered me for some time that the assumption is that companies can spy into your business as much as they want because “they provide” the equipment. Are you going to listen to my phone call to my doctor as well? Unfortunately, too often, the answer (given seriously) is “yes”.

“We have no respect for you. You are meat. Here’s your minimum + $x.” It seems odd on the surface, but obvious once introspected. The more people pay you, the more they don’t intrude on you. This has always been the case for me, and I’ve worked a wide variety of jobs.

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