Netocalypse – the Great IP Address Mess

As everybody in the consulting business in this town knows, never schedule consecutive meetings with an Israeli and an Arab.  You always need to leave sufficient time between them so that they don’t run into each other outside your building, in the elevator or in your reception area.  And that’s under normal circumstances; this week, it has… Continue reading Netocalypse – the Great IP Address Mess

$499 US Government Web Sites Worth Every Penny

Kotzkopf arrived nearly an hour early for his consultation yesterday, and I knew exactly why, too.  It was so he could hang around my comfortably furnished reception area, splitting his time between playing Angry Birds in HD on an iPad and ogling Gretchen.  I’d bet that those diversions did quite a bit to cheer him… Continue reading $499 US Government Web Sites Worth Every Penny

Snakes on the Ecliptic Plane!

As I’ve said before several times in this Web log, if the United States does, in fact, sincerely want to solve the illegal alien problem, all that we need to do is treat the Americans who hire them the way we treat drug dealers.  Certainly, diddling with tax policies isn’t going to accomplish much, except… Continue reading Snakes on the Ecliptic Plane!

More Fun than a Barrel of Jihadis

I was about to leave work for the day when my private secretary stopped me just before I made it to the door. “Do you know somebody named Steinstien?” Gretchen inquired, her hand over the receiver mouthpiece. “A couple of people, actually,” I confessed.  “Did this one by any chance mention Joe Biden?” “Yeah,” she… Continue reading More Fun than a Barrel of Jihadis