Friday, July 27, 2007

no more attachments

When I Become King ... politicians will no longer be allowed to attach one bill to another. Unrelated items should remain unrelated. Often something distasteful is added to a controversial bill, to ensure its defeat.

Example: a campaign ethics law gets an attachment to allow dog fighting. Result: no dog fighting, and no ethics reform.

Sunday, July 1, 2007

custom-designed consumer products

When I Become King ... it will be easier to custom-design consumer products.

Last weekend, I spent an hour (or more) surfing for a new clock radio. Not just any clock radio: I wanted one that contains
  • an iPod dock and
  • syncs to NIST-F1 (commonly called an "atomic clock")
Sadly, there is no such device .. yet. Since this would seem to be easy to design, why can't I buy a Component Clock that allows me to merge those functions?