Current events

Always looking for an idea that will generate a much needed income stream , combined with my unabated fascination by technology, and my insatiable curiosity about various problem domains, I decided to look at linguistics as a tool to help generate content.

So I downloaded and installed the nltk package from nltk.org . I did install it on Google AppEngine account together with DJango. I had a few minor technical difficulties to overcome, but it all ended working well.

I decided to test the nltk package with an analysis of the State of the Union addresses over the years. I wanted to explore what were the dominant words used by the various presidents during their various addresses. The objective was to do a word frequency count and to compare the top words use in each address.

Well,Google Wave is happening... The Internet is abuzz with Google Wave. Tweets about it are flowing. I think it may be the next big thing on the net.

Yet, I am still looking for an invite. As soon as I have one, I will register, play with it and report on it.

Meanwhile, if you can, please do send me an invite.

Why does most, if not all, of the media mentions Obama's "war" on Fox. Surely, it is Fox News, this comedy channel, taking itself so seriously, without humor I might add, by calling itself a "news" channel, that started any "war". Surely, it is the totally biased and somewhat moronic coverage of the current US administration by Fox News that started it all. I mean, Obama didn't point at Fox for its fair coverage. So. lets start by calling it then, in the interest of truth: Fox News war on Obama!

Jessica Watson is in the news. Just do a Google search. She is a sixteen year old about to embark on a solo, unaided, non-stop circumnavigation of the world (22,000 nautical miles over an estimated 240 days) in a 10 meter yacht.

Her website can be found here: http://www.jessicawatson.com.au/ .

Let me wish Jessica Watson a lot of luck. She will need it, even was she not so manifestly lacking the required skills. There is ample evidence that very highly skilled and highly experienced solo sailing seafarers can get into deep trouble and even get killed, as well as jeopardizing other lives, those of their rescuers, in much smaller events than what Jessica is attempting.

Let me say outright that my objections to Jessica attempt has nothing to do with the fact that the sport is dangerous, that lives are likely to be at risk or that she is female. I simply object to children's exploitation. Jessica is sixteen. She is, at

I like Google. I use many of Google services often and have been very satisfied with them.

ZuNOB has, till now, been using the AdSense service provided by Google. I think that, with this service, as from the 8th of April, 2009, Google is overstepping the boundaries characterised by their usual good, or even excellent, business and Internet behaviour.

Google bought DoubleClick and is now going to be using the facilities afforded by this acquisition. The net result of this is that users or visitors to a site displaying adverts by Google will be subject to some tracking by Google. This is a real threat to a user's right to his or her privacy.

Here is a Google e-mail addressed to this webmaster as AdSense space provider:

How to choose the right financial advisor in turbulent times? Here is, hopefully, a useful answer to this vexing question.

Choosing a financial advisor in these times of financial meltdown is something that more and more people feel inclined to do given the seeming complexities of the financial and economic events currently experienced. This is not an easy task and I will try to help those that are faced with this ominous choice and relieve the frustration that is often experienced.