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Memoirs of a live unlived.
Look at that kid. He's young, 25, tall, 6'2, strong, fit, and blind in his mind.
Look at this man, he's not so young, 34, tall, 6'2, not at strong as he used to be, not as fit as he used to be. Still bound in his mind.
We are all blind. Worse is the one who can see, but has conformed to the comforts of inaction.
That kid built a studio, created music and artwork for fun, worked for money to fund a dream.
That man gave up on dreams, the dream was to make money. And once he got that, the dream died.
Resurrection is a thing, being born again is a thing.
We must be born again, renewed, the rebel never dies.
Long live the black rider.
Hair is thinner, waist is fatter, feet are infested, neck is herniated, patched with titanium.
Walk strong, stand stronger, immortal, eternal, warrior.
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Look at that kid. He's young, 25, tall, 6'2, strong, fit, and blind in his mind.
Look at this man, he's not so young, 34, tall, 6'2, not at strong as he used to be, not as fit as he used to be. Still bound in his mind.
We are all blind. Worse is the one who can see, but has conformed to the comforts of inaction.
That kid built a studio, created music and artwork for fun, worked for money to fund a dream.
That man gave up on dreams, the dream was to make money. And once he got that, the dream died.
Resurrection is a thing, being born again is a thing.
We must be born again, renewed, the rebel never dies.
Long live the black rider.
Hair is thinner, waist is fatter, feet are infested, neck is herniated, patched with titanium.
Walk strong, stand stronger, immortal, eternal, warrior.
click here for more news and cool stuff The Black Rider
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Reuter site - Apps capture life's special memories with digital journals
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Apps capture life's special memories with digital journals
Mon, Dec 09 16:00 PM EST
By Natasha Baker
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - New apps are keeping track of people's special moments and memories by producing digital scrapbooks and journals that help users log where they have been and what they have done.
While some apps like Snapchat catch a fleeting moment and make it disappear, memory apps can record the details of each day, whether it is a visit to a restaurant or event or a precious moment with family and friends.
HeyDay, a free iPhone app, creates a daily timeline based on photos found on the device that are added to a timeline. It also logs venues using the phone's GPS system. Personal notes can be added to the timeline manually.
"It's this idea of being able to know exactly what you did on every single day of your life. We want to be the ultimate artifact that puts the entirety of your life in your hands," said Siqi Chen, chief executive of San Francisco-based HeyDay.
The appeal is emotional and nostalgic, he added.
"Everyone likes the idea of having a journal or scrapbook but most people don't want to put all that work in. We give that experience in an effortless way," he said.
The app will also give notifications when people return to a city they have already visited and prompt them to look at photos from their past trips to revive memories. Users can tag people in their lives to remember who they were with.
The app runs in the background and uses up the battery faster than usual. But Chen said the company is trying to reduce the battery drain.
LifeCrumbs, a free app for the iPhone and Android, lets people record their memories on a calendar and to include a note and photos. Memories can be kept private or shared on social networks.
Another journaling app called Day One, for iOS devices, records events and logs the temperature and weather in the area. The app, which costs $4.99, also tracks a person's motion activity such as walking, running and biking, and can log what music was playing on the device during the entry.
(Editing by Patricia Reaney and Richard Chang)
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
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Reuter site - Mexico to identify possible telecom antitrust targets 'very soon'
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Mexico to identify possible telecom antitrust targets 'very soon'
Mon, Nov 11 17:06 PM EST
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's new telecommunications watchdog said on Monday it may identify this month which companies dominate the local market, likely paving the way for tougher regulation against telecom company America Movil and broadcaster Televisa.
Gabriel Contreras, president of the Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT), said the watchdog would in the near future inform the companies it had determined to be dominant, adding that it could be as soon as this month.
"We'll be notifying the players very soon that according to our information ... could be predominant economic agents," Contreras told reporters in Mexico City.
Billionaire Carlos Slim's telecommunications company, America Movil, controls 70 percent of the mobile phone market, and about 80 percent of the fixed-line business, while Televisa has more than 60 percent of the TV market.
Nurturing competition in the telecom industry is one of the main priorities of President Enrique Pena Nieto, who earlier this year pushed a reform through Congress that gives the regulator sweeping powers to shake up the market.
The reform stipulates that players with a market share of more than 50 percent will be declared "predominant."
Those companies can be subject to a range of measures aimed at leveling the playing field in Mexico, where much corporate power is concentrated in very few hands.
Lawmakers in Congress say they expect both America Movil and Televisa to be declared dominant in Mexico by IFT.
Contreras did not say who would be declared dominant, but when asked whether fair conditions in Mexico existed before the IFT took shape in September, he said: "The answer is no."
The IFT has until March 9 to decide which measures to apply to dominant players, during which time the companies in question can argue their case against tougher regulation.
America Movil, which in Mexico provides mobile services with the Telcel brand and fixed lines under the name Telmex, has already said it expects to be declared dominant.
Those companies may be subject to asymmetric regulation, forced to share infrastructure with competitors - and may even be broken up by the IFT, according to the new laws.
The idea was to order breakups as a last resort, Contreras said, adding that secondary legislation to implement Pena Nieto's reform would set out conditions for using that option.
Contreras noted that companies did not have to be declared dominant for the IFT to order them to divest assets, nor does the regulator have to wait until March 9 to apply anti-trust measures.
The secondary laws are due to be passed by early December.
Slim and Televisa have spent years battling efforts to impose tougher rules on how they operate, using legal injunctions and appeals to thwart regulators. Much of that legal cover has been swept away by the new reform.
(Reporting by Dave Graham; editing by Matthew Lewis)
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