Archive for July, 2012
Shrinking Government Budgets and Sailing with a Friend
1 Comment Published by Dr. Beyster July 31st, 2012 in Government, SAIC, San Diego.I have been reading in the newspapers that some of the largest defense contractors in the Washington area are starting to feel the effects of shrinking government budgets, particularly in the area of information technology. According to one article I read, the information-systems business was the only unit of four within General Dynamics to post […]
Confusion over Who Invented the Internet
2 Comments Published by Dr. Beyster July 24th, 2012 in Network Solutions.I recently read an intriguing article in the Wall Street Journal titled “Who Really Invented the Internet?” As you may be aware, I have been working for some time with Mike Daniels on a book about the role that Network Solutions played in commercializing the Internet. We were fortunate in our research to have interviewed […]
Higgs Boson, Science Jobs, and Fourth of July
Closed Published by Dr. Beyster July 11th, 2012 in San Diego, Technology.I don’t think it would have been possible to miss the recent media announcement of the apparent discovery of the subatomic particle known as the Higgs boson by researchers using CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, which straddles the borders of Switzerland and France. Some of you may recall that CERN is also where the World Wide […]
Devastating Storm, Salvation Army Door of Hope, and Happy Fourth of July
8 Comments Published by Dr. Beyster July 2nd, 2012 in Energy, San Diego.I wish everyone well in the Washington DC area after the devastating storm that passed through this past Friday evening. It is my understanding that at least 17 people were killed and more than 1.3 million homes and businesses in the Washington area were left without power as a result of the storm, which blew […]