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Ross Kodner -RIP

No long post today. No eulogy. A good friend has died. The world today is a lesser place.

Isla de Pasion - Beach Day In Cozumel

Isla de Pasion - Cozumel - Reviews of Isla de Pasion - TripAdvisor  Today we visit Isla de Pasion,an uninhabited island off of Cozumel, which is reputed to be one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. I am anxious to compare it to our beautiful Florida beaches. I am also curious about connecting to the Internet via Verizon Wireless or the promised free island WiFi. You can send the geek to the beach; but, he will still want Internet access. I just thought of a retirement occupation for the FutureLawyer. I will travel the world to exotic places and report back about Internet access. Sort of a Rick Steeves for geeks.

Stingray City | FutureLawyer Is Off The Grid

1. Stingray City | Grand Cayman, Grand Cayman Vacation | Cayman Islands Going to Stingray City for the day today, Going off the grid. No more posts for today. If you are standing and cheering I know who you are, and I will get you when I get back.

Sunday Morning On The Lido Deck

Here I am in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico, on my way to the Cayman Islands, and I am reading the Sunday morning Tampa Bay Times on my Google Nexus 7. Having breakfast, on the Lido deck, and reading the Sunday paper, thanks to Press Reader and a satellite. 

Don't Throw Away Your Google TV Yet

Upcoming Google TV update to include Google Cast API | Android and Me. Just because you can stream TV from the new dongle Chromecast, don't throw away the Google TV box, or the built in version on your TV. Google has big plans for Google TV and it will work great with the dongle. Watch for some great updates soon. Althiugh, it would be great to have a Chromecast out here on the high seas. Although ship satellite is painfully slow, once you have the video buffered, you could watch anything. We have a modern TV with HdMI inputs, so it would be plug and play. I wonder if the sports ba r would let me plug a Chromecast into one of the big screens?

Why The New Nexus 7 Razor Blows Away The iPad Mini

Google Nexus 7 Vs. iPad Mini: 6 Key Factors - Hardware -. The new Nexus 7 tablet, sometimes known as the Second Generation Nexus 7, or the New Nexus 7, or the Nexus 7 Razor, is far advanced over the iPad Mini. Unless you are joined at the hip with Apple, you need to read this review. The new Nexus 7 is thin, light, has a faster processor, more memory, and a better screen than the Mini. And, it costs around 40% less. The 32 Gig version goes for $269. The comparable memory Mini costs $429. No contest.

Failure Is No Longer An Option

Seth's Blog: Your permanent record. You are a perfect human being, aren't you? Execupundit posted this rant by Seth Godin, in which he makes a perfectly valid argument about our recorded, investigated, examined, and publicized existence, in the age of the Internet. If you have ever done anything that you would be embarrassed to see on the front page of the newsreader anyone you know reads, you should be worried. That means we all should be worried. Unless we stop judging others for a single act; or even a string of acts or omissions, we are going to create a world in which no one speaks or writes or acts. Unless the publicized act is about harming another, I resolve not to read, think about, or discuss anything I read on the Internet. So, serial rapists and murderers, you are getting your just deserts. The rest of you, keep on being weird. I promise you won't be judged by me.

Note to SWMBO: please don't write what you know about me. I have enough to be worried about.

The Lawyers Are Always Nervous

Execupundit.com: Disciplinary Conversation: It's Not About You. This conversation between fictional clients of Execupundit centers on two corporate types who are worried about terminating some employee who has screwed up. They discuss what the company lawyers will think, and they ponder that the lawyers are always nervous. I wonder why? Could it be that it is next to impossible these days to predict legal outcomes from fact patterns? Everything I do every day is a judgment call, it seems, and, if my judgment turns out to be wrong, it somehow is blamed on me. I know, that is the lawyer's job; but, we don't create bad fact patterns. Clients do. And you wonder why the lawyers are always nervous? It's a dirty job; but, somebody has to do it. Now, where do I send the bill?

Is Google Close To A Working Universal Translator?

Don't Panic: Google has prototypes for 'real-time' translation device, 'near perfect' in some uses. It was so much fun to watch Star Trek, and it is almost as much fun to watch real technology bring the sci fi versions to life. Now, it appears that Google is close to creating a real life universal translator that would make Kirk and McCoy proud. While it would come in handy during client consultations with persons who speak another language, I want it so that, when the aliens invade, I will be able to understand them when they tell us of their plans to take over our planet. 

Chromecast Setup Is Easy

How to set up Chromecast in 5 easy steps [VIDEO]. While I wait 3 weeks for my Chromecast to be delivered, I am interested in whether it can be used for presentations. At present, it looks like it will only stream YouTube, Netflix, and videos. But, there are a lot of third part developers who are taking a look, so who knows? In the meantime, here is how to set it up. If your TV has a USB port, and most of them do nowadays, it looks as it you can pass on the power plug, and use the USB to power it. That will make it even better.