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'It is about making it to 30, or maybe 50, without wanting to shoot yourself in the head." Did David Foster Wallace write those 18 words?

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2008-09-21 10:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
...commencement speech given by David Foster Wallace [above] to the 2005 graduating class at Kenyon College," that they most certainly were And as such, I quoted them in my 4:01 p.m. post yesterday But then, last evening at 7:58 p.m., reader Laura Camacho emailed me as follows: Joe I loved the article you linked to, but it states that it is...
 
Tags: wallace, david foster wallace, wall street journal, commencement speech, wallace-l, head, orgdfw kenyon commencement, actual, transcription
 
 
 
 
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18 Words Part 2

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2008-09-25 16:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
...Commencement Address appeared last Friday, September 19, 2008 in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ The next day (September 20, 2008) I linked to it in a 4:01 p.m. post , adding "It is the best thing I have read this year That evening Laura Camacho emailed me as follows: Joe I loved the article you linked to, but it states that it is "adapted" from...
 
Tags: comments section, comments, wallace, david foster wallace, wsj article, wsj, wsj acknowledge, article, entire comments section
 
 
 
 
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NetSymphony launches Maestro VoIP Probe

2008-02-21 17:50:30 by Editor in VoIP & Gadgets Blog
 
...commencement of sales of its Maestro System that sets new standards for size, simplicity and value. The Maestro System provides valuable functions in three major areas: system assessment; assurance and service level agreement monitoring; and fault isolation and troubleshooting. Additional information can be found at www.netsymphony.com ...
 
Tags: voip, maestro, netsymphony, quality management services, management, voip deployment, m10p, m10p probe, services
 
 
 
 
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Blockbuster wants to buy Circuit City

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2008-04-14 12:56:44 by Shane McGlaun in SlipperyBrick
...commencement of due diligence and that it has other strategic opportunities Blockbuster
 
Tags: circuit city, blockbuster, circuit city chairman, circuit city shareholders, blockbuster board, offer, offer subject, due diligence, final offer
 
 
 
 
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Japan is running out of engineers!

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2008-05-18 18:49:41 by Nicholas Deleon in CrunchGear
...commencement address last week. The best speech was by the dean of the medical school who said things like, You will heal the sick, you will lessen the pain of the weary, you will make life more comfortable for the restless. Then youve got the dean of the arts school saying, You people can analyze Shakespeare like nobodys business. Wow,...
 
Tags: engineers, japan, import foreign engineers, post-wwii japan, top-notch engineers, japanese population, 18-hour days, pursue easy careers, days
 
 
 
 
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NEC to built Ocean Bottom Seismograph system for Japan Meteorological Agency

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2008-07-03 09:28:53 by HASH0x8c1e0c4 in Fareastgizmos.com
...commencement of construction of an Ocean Bottom Seismograph (earthquake observation) System (OBSS) for the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). Once completed, the system will provide valuable undersea seismic information from the waters off the Tokia and Tonankai shores of Japan. The new 220 km system will be laid west of the existing OBSS,...
 
Tags: japan meteorological agency, japan, ocean bottom seismograph, system, fiber optic submarine-cable, obss, seismic information, total, jma
 
 
 
 
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DoCoMo "Raku Raku Phone V": beyond a simple phone, with features for tracking health

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2008-07-28 18:25:50 by Maximus in Just Another Mobile Phone Blog
...commencement of sales from 1 - August this year, another simple mobile phone "Raku Raku Phone V" (that is translated from the Japanese sounds like a very simple telephone) production company Fujitsu. The focus of this series phones placed on how to simplify the management of telephone and in particular the people of advanced age. For these...
 
Tags: phone, raku raku phone, raku raku, phone functions, simple mobile phone, features, international w-cdma networks, telephone, functions
 
 
 
 
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Fujitsu and Taiwan-based III commence operations at joint venture targeting WiMAX market

2008-08-04 21:23:45 by Maximus in Just Another Mobile Phone Blog
 
...commencement of operations. FMPI will develop reference designs for WiMAX-related products for Taiwan-based ODM vendors, in addition to providing technical support FMPI was established in Taipei, Taiwan on July 2, 2008 by Fujitsu Limited and III, based on a MOU tied by Fujitsu Limited and III Mobile WiMAX commercial services are anticipated...
 
Tags: vendors, vendors plan, numerous odm vendors, wimax, taiwan, odm vendors, provide technical support, fujitsu, provide
 
 
 
 
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EMOBILE D12LC: HSDPA USB modem with microSD card slot for memory

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2008-09-03 17:26:31 by Maximus in Just Another Mobile Phone Blog
...commencement of sales from 13 September this year under its trademark D12LC USB modem to work in the HSDPA and GSM networks. The main advantage of this new items, in addition to the possibility of receiving data in mobile networks at speeds up to 7.2 Mbps. Is still in existence under a memory card slot microSD, thus making the modem EMOBILE...
 
Tags: windows, windows vista 32bit, microsd, support, support standards connection, hsdpa, specifications emobile d12lc, gsm, gsm networks