by andflywrite | Nov 29, 2021 | BEST LINKS EVER
A well-funded and intensely motivated chunk of tech’s hive mind is finding common cause in a vast new project: rebuilding the web on a foundation of cryptocurrency and blockchain tech. They call it “Web3.” Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios By Scott...
by andflywrite | Nov 25, 2021 | BEST LINKS EVER
There are two, seemingly uncorrelated, trends occurring across the United States: The death of the suburban mall: called “zombie malls” by the New York Times, these malls were the retail workhorses of the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s that have been losing...
by andflywrite | Nov 23, 2021 | BEST LINKS EVER
A large percentage of the funding in the enormous bill will inevitably be spent on the same types of projects we’ve been building for the last several decades—not the transformative projects we need. Kudos to Gary for link. Modernizing American infrastructure requires...
by andflywrite | Nov 23, 2021 | BEST LINKS EVER
Not the Same Everywhere. These grants will be awarded through the states. The NTIA will set the overall guidelines, but it’s inevitable that states will have a huge say in who wins the grants. My Thoughts on the BEAD Grants – POTs and...
by andflywrite | Nov 20, 2021 | BEST LINKS EVER
Many rural areas of New Mexico are too far from internet infrastructure like fiber cables and cell towers but do get TV reception. In October, local broadcasting affiliates of New Mexico PBS finished testing the technology to make sure they could set aside bandwidth...
by andflywrite | Nov 20, 2021 | BEST LINKS EVER
We tend to see learning/ education as school buildings with teachers and students doing the same old same old ongoing for the last 100 years or so. (or longer). But like many conventional and deeply embedded practices in the US economy and government and...
