Alamo & National Won’t Rent Cars to Russians

You get used to some restrictions online when you live in Russia. There are a few novice server admins who block Russian IPs and I’ve lost count of the number of times an online order needed to be confirmed. “Yes I live in Russia. No, this credit card has not been stolen”. I think though Continue reading →

Key Relevance Compendium of Google Patents

If you’re only going to bookmark one post this year, make it this one. Bill Slawski of Key Relevance has put together a comprehensive list of all granted patents granted to Google at the USPTO databases. There are 169 granted patents in all, with 10 in there for Exaflop. A little more than one third Continue reading →

PubCon Poker Tournament and FightClub 2008

Dr. David Klein has just opened registration for the PurposeInc Poker Tournament, to take place at the PubCon conference in Las Vegas next month. Last year’s event was great fun and the most talked about entertainment event at the conference. If you’re attending PubCon, sign up now! Don’t worry if you’re new to poker. The Continue reading →