Google’s growing pains

Fortune asks Can Google Grow Up? Is it a company that is running by the new rules forged in the dotcom boom or is it just out of control?

US Patent Office

Search 500,000 Documents, Review 160,000 Pages In 20 Hours, And Then Do It All Over Again is a breathy puff about the US Patent Office. Given the number of ludicrous patents that are issued, the process can’t be as good as described, surely?

OSS in US government

Windley points to several ways in which the US is looking at using open source in state and local government.

Government as a web app?

I agree with David Fletcher – government can’t be replaced by a web app (was http://radio.weblogs.com/0110120/2003/11/25.html#a1034 marked bad). Many parts of it could be, though. Like most of the city halls and council offices.

Not Bacon any more

Who is the Center of the Hollywood Universe? Not Kevin Bacon, that’s for sure (check on the list later down the page). Thanks to Rick.

Pictures from the Treo 600

I’m getting more sold now I’ve seen some Treo 600 Pix. But then I just bought a dresser and a ton of crockery last weekend. So gadget spend is deprecated.