Lewis' Blog Tales from the trenches of information technology

11Feb/130

Cloud adoption brings unexpected costs, KPMG survey says

I don't know what might ever sway my opinion of the utter uselessness of "moving to the Cloud" (ever see a cloud with a floor under it?)... Indeed, there are uses for everything, and even I have an Evernote account. However, that does not mean that I am not careful about exactly what I store in my cloud-based notebook, including the potential risks to privacy and matters of a critical nature, to which should I lose access for any period of time, it could mean a considerable inconvenience or worse.

11Feb/130

Facebook Threatens to Shut Down Conservative Site | FOX News & Commentary: Todd Starnes

Facebook is a private entity, and can do pretty much what it wants. However, this is yet another reason why I stand by my feelings about the evil nature of social networking. If it's not conservative thinking, it's something else. The point is that unless you own the billboard, you have to accept that someone else can moderate what gets pasted on it.

Facebook Threatens to Shut Down Conservative Site | FOX News & Commentary: Todd Starnes.