Europe to force all 'significant market players' to provide information necessary for interoperability?

What Im reading:

Three news items caught my interest this week. all slightly related: Dr. Neelie Kroes has made a significant speech How to get more interoperability in Europe on practical steps on interoperability and standards. She presents this as building on the...
And this:
This is one headline Google doesn't want to see this morning. Less than 24 hours after Apple introduced its latest and greatest creation, the iPhone 4, at its conference for Apple developers, a small, but growing group of Android developers are reporting issues with their updated applications disappearing from the Android Market. What's worse, the developers can't seem to get Google's attention ...
As well as:
These days, a lot of Facebook users wish they had a dislike button -- to express their frustration with the social networking site itself. original. bemoniq7

Vatican Observatory iPhone App to Supply Programming for Sirius/XM Radio and Christian Broadcasting Network TV

Catch of the day:

The Vatican Observatory Foundation’s iPhone App, Daily Sermonettes with Father Mike Manning, today announced expanded reach with new radio and television programming deals. Father Mike’s Minute will be aired on Sirius/XM Radio’s Catholic Channel and Father Mike’s Thoughts will air on the Christian Broadcasting Television Network. The announcement was made today by Robert Thorne, CEO of The ...
And this:
The Khronos Group, an industry consortium focused on developing multimedia standards and application programming interfaces (APIs), has released version 1.1 of the OpenCL specification, a royalty-free standard for parallel programming of processors. original. Blog for grutgruooey

Food Prices Forecast to Rise This Decade on Population, Diets

On the web today:

World food prices will rise this decade, boosted by a growing population and changing diets, the OECD and the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization said in their annual outlook report.
And this:
Launching a food drive in the middle of a recession would normally be abortive. But the Payson Area Food (PAF) Drive was a fruitful event, raising enough funds and cans to keep the local food bank’s stockpiles plump.
As well as:
Food inflation remained at enhanced level of 16.49 per cent despite moderation from 16.87 per cent in the previous month. Among primary (raw) food items, tea turned costlier by 21 per cent, urad by 5 per cent and moong by 3 per cent. original. puzcatwex

Let me tell you - aint life wonderful

In the front room. All by myself. Planning a massive change in my life. You know, Im beginning to think that theres something pretty amazing in my future.

Jupiter Impact

Came upon this today:
Christopher Go of the Philippines observed an impact event on Jupiter. The strike occurred on June 3 2010 and produced a bright flash of light in the planet's cloudtops.Jupiter Impact

If I had a dollar for everytime life was going like this

Sitting on the front room floor with that old shag carpet underneath me and my favorite hanging lamp over my head. Just me, myself and I. Making the most of a few spare hours cause I know that wont last long. Trying to figure out who to bring along when we head out a little later.

If I had a dollar for everytime life was going like this

Sitting on the front room floor with that old shag carpet underneath me and my favorite hanging lamp over my head. Just me, myself and I. Making the most of a few spare hours cause I know that wont last long. Trying to figure out who to bring along when we head out a little later.

Coming Full Circle

Spending the day away from Carol. Me, Rufus, Cari and our lonesomes all together as usual. Making plans for some incredible fun a little later. Cant help but wonder if everything will be the same next month . . .

Ive been wondering about a few things lately

Hanging out at the apartment today. Hanging out with the crew that we met at the club last week. Having a good time and not worrying about much at all. How long can this go on?

Lets Get Out of This Place

Standing on the 2nd floor. Got my favorite mouse Norm here. Building a cool new concept in my mind. I can see it now taking shape and can imagine that were going to have something pretty cool when it all comes together. Thinking about those spiders up in the corner. How did they get there?

Winning lifes war even though sometimes Im losing the battles

At home. Joe and Edmond are over for a short visit. Building a cool new concept in my mind. I can see it now taking shape and can imagine that were going to have something pretty cool when it all comes together. Thinking theres no way Im going to get my whole todo list done by tomorrow.

Wondering About A Few Things

Playing around in my own little head. Got my favorite mouse Norm here. Stealing a little bit of shuteye on the sly I have to admit - but that aint so bad. Thinking theres no way Im going to get my whole todo list done by tomorrow.