I enjoyed reading this article today by Fidel Castro where he challenges claims made by American Presidential nominee John McCain that he was tortured by Cubans in Vietnam. One of the things I admire about Fidel is his ability to communicate history and to explain political matters. We can all only hope to be this [...]

I was having coffee with TPN host Nick Bruse this morning before he and his partner leave tomorrow to travel around South America for six months (anyone want to take over the Cleantech Show on TPN? Ping me). We were talking about the application of nanotechnology to building a cleaner world and I asked Nick [...]

I’m looking for a new office chair, something that will accommodate properly the number of hours I sit at my desk. I spotted these “Zero Gravity” chairs but you have to be skeptical when the advertising states “weightless relaxation just like the NASA astronauts during launch”. Does this mean when I sit in this [...]

We’re getting ready for a major garage sale this weekend and among the things I’m letting go of are 1250 music cds and this very handsome Cassiopeia E-100 PDA which I think is circa 1999. It’s hard to let stuff like this go. I keep thinking these old pda’s will be worth something omeday, [...]

It’s been a while since we’ve launched a new show on TPN so I’m excited to announce The Biography Show starts today! David Markham and I have enjoyed some great feedback from the audience of our Napoleon 101 podcast, so we’re doing another series together. The idea behind The Biography Show is to examine the [...]

After the International Napoleonic Society conference that’s being held in Corsica in July, I intend on spending a few days in Paris (July 12 - 15). If anyone out there has recommendations on affordable accommodation, please let me know.

I just caught up today with this show Tony Goodson did back in early December on TPN’s Productivity Show and it’s a corker, one of those shows I wish I had listened to with a pen and pad handy so I could take notes. If you struggle to get through your email like I [...]

I just stumbled across this FIrefox extension which allows you to drag and drop attachments into Gmail instead of having to search for them. Brilliant. I thought the recent update to Gmail allowed you to drag emails into folders? Can’t seem to get this working though. Any suggestions?

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Should the USA swap their current foreign policy training film, “Apocalypse Now”, for an earlier Coppola film, “The Godfather Part II”?