Happy Birthday, Sputnik

You crazy, shiny, beeping ball, you.  Fifty years young today.
It was supposed to herald the dawn of the new Space Age.  But, it didn’t.  That one is still a few generations down the road, if it’s ever coming at all.  What it heralded was the Communications Age, when information became instantaneously available around the globe.  […]

All Things Must Change

Nevertheless, there is something terribly sad about building a road to the foot of Mount Everest.  I understand what China is trying to do, and it’s nothing that we in the west have not done ourselves.
But one of the things that has always made Everest special was its very remoteness.  Now, tens of millions of […]

Financial Results - Q1, 2007

All figures in US$Period Ending March 31, 2007
Income Statement
Revenue $ 1.56Expenses $ 737.45
Profit/(Loss) ($ 735.89)
Balance Sheet
Assets
Accounts Receivable $ 1.56
Liabilities $ 0.00
Owner’s Equity
Investment $ 737.45Profit/(Loss) ($ 735.89)
Net Equity $ 1.56
Management Discussion & Analysis
Since launch this startup has increased its share of the growing blogger audience from 0% to 0.0001%, with the help of a surge in […]