Synovus to merge Americus and Albany banks - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

Synovus to merge Americus and Albany banks - Atlanta Business Chronicle:: Something doesn't seem right here. Consider these two quotes.

"Once completed, the combined banks will have $649 million in total assets in seven locations, Columbus-based Synovus said."

"On Dec. 19, Synovus received $967.8 million in funding from the federal government’s Treasury Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)."

They have received more in TARP funding than they have in assets!

Quantum cryptography unbreakable?

Laser cracks 'unbreakable' quantum communications

I have maintained for years that there is no security scheme that is uncrackable it is just a matter of are you smart enough and perhaps have enough money.

If a vendor tries to pitch a product to me and claims it is completely secure indirectly also tells me they don't really understand security and that their people are not smart enough to even consider how to attack it and succeed.

Quantum crypto was hailed as being uncrackable. I didn't believe it even though I knew relatively little about quantum anything.

Finally remember the Maginot Line.

An opportunity to pick up either space or customers, or both!

Bank Mergers Spell Change for Branches in Manhattan

Nervous customers may wish to jump to a competitor - perhaps seeking to diversify their deposits to fit within the FDIC coverage, and empty brnach locations provide plenty of opportunities - if we can talk ourselves into the spaces.

'Discomgoogolation' - this is why I have a blackberry!

Feel stressed if you can't get online? You could have 'discomgoogolation'

I do hate to admit it, but while in Alaska and Yukon in July there were days on end when I had no internet connection. It was somewhat stressful. I guess I should do that more often.

Thinking into the future

Be Like the Internet - 8 steps to success in a post 2.0 world

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This is v1.0 of a presentation that Lane Becker and Thor Muller are workshopping. It was delivered for the first time at WebVisions in Portland, ... less Oregon.


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Software Architect Guy ...

A whiteboard in the shower. Brilliant.

Video: ODC2008 Architect Guy

If you like that, you may also enjoy "Greg the Architect".

I now have a New Jersey Phone Number

Maybe not a big deal, but i find it interesting. I signed up for Grand Central - a google provided free phone service. I could tell you what the phone number is, but I don't want to publish it here, if you want to give me a call, you still can. click the button.

You will be asked for a number to call and my phone will ring.