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It’s a good thing we didn’t rename the Tacoma Dome the Comcast Dome … Xfinity Dome? Lame.

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Chief Executive Brian Roberts said Wednesday the company will rebrand its cable products under the banner “Xfinity” in an effort to reinvent its relationship with customers as the company’s cable systems shift to new technology platforms. via online.wsj.com Also, note to troubled companies with bad reputations. Changing your name to start with an X doesn’t mean we’ll start liking you. I’m looking at you Xe.

U.S. To Be Hit By Massive Cyber Attack On Feb. 16. (But it’s all pretend.)

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At least three times this year, the US government has held private versions of cyber wargames. This will be open to the press. CNN has agreed to record the event for broadcast later in the week. via politics.theatlantic.com That broadcast sounds better than a movie about the same topic. I’m there. Let’s just hope the producers can find a way for a computer plays Tic-Tac-Toe with itself as a climactic finish.

Street View hits the slopes at Whistler

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via google-latlong.blogspot.com So cool. [googlemaps https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=Whislter+BC&sll=50.136975,-123.113995&sspn=0.070527,0.181789&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Whistler+Creekside,+Whistler,+Squamish-Lillooet+Regional+District,+British+Columbia,+Canada&t=h&layer=c&cbll=50.091941,-122.885529&panoid=VpfX2_7wGCOfmeqIVXbZfQ&cbp=12,318.53,,0,16.44&ll=50.066616,-122.947054&spn=0.011756,0.033646&z=15&output=svembed&w=425&h=350]

Quick wrap-up

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I'm happy to say that my first meeting was a great success! I've been appointed to two committees, both rather close to my passion. The first committee is the Zoo Liaison Committee. My first job was at the Zoo, and I have had many good times there, from Zoolights to sleepovers in the aquarium (as a kid) to a wonderful homecoming dinner my senior year in high school by the shark tank. The second committee is the Capital Improvement Committee, which deals with the improvements from the 2005 capital bond. This will be very interesting, because 2005 was the year Read more…

Best Picture at the Oscars goes RCV

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But in the Best Picture category — which used to be listed in the middle of the Oscar ballot, but will now be in a separate, detachable section — voters will be asked to rank the nominees in order of preference, one through 10. Those ballots will then be tallied using the preferential system (for a full-blown explanation, click here) in which the film with the fewest Number One votes will be eliminated, and its votes redistributed based on the film listed second on those ballots.  Eventually, one film will wind up with more than 50 percent of the vote, Read more…