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Come hear the Yahoo! VP for Advanced Development give a talk at U of Michigan


Bradley Horowitz, VP for Advanced Development at Yahoo! will be a Guest Speaker on campus next week Tuesday, November 27 from 4-5pm in the 1670 Computer Science Building on North Campus. He is being co-sponsored by SI and CSE and the topic is of clear SI interest “Innovation and Evolution – How Search, Social Media, and New Ideas can Shape the Next Web”.

status

13hrs of billable work to do before tomorrow
only 703 steps on my pedometer so far today (it’s 11:55am)

40 emails in inbox (dating to Aug 7th 2007)
89 written to do items (very mixed granularity)
1/2 ft of paper in paper inbox
28 people in my “to write to” email folder
707 entries in my “to read” email folder
132 entries in my “to listen to or watch” email folder.

2 cups of coffee and slice of spicy pumpkin pie as present fuel.

go.

computer actions rippling the sea, upon every word

Interesting article on “quants” in trading.

“Linked with high-frequency trading is the developing science of event processing, in which the computer reads, interprets, and acts upon the news. A trade in response to an FDA announcement, for example, could be made in milliseconds. Capitalizing on this trend, Reuters recently introduced a service called Reuters NewsScope Archive, which tags Reuters-issued articles with digital IDs so that an article can be downloaded, analyzed for useful information, and acted upon almost instantly.”

I’m struck by the imagery of (if not already, then sometime very soon) the words in a speech being semantically indexed from a live broadcast, and each word effecting the markets. Stunning.

Also, how the different analysts are using computers to comb through all this data, looking for any discrepancies and capitalizing on that, but then I imagine the size of those discrepancies must be reduced by all the scrutinizing activity, and that the pattern hunters must now be analyzing and acting on a sea of behaviors from all the other pattern hunters.

Roughly Party

Had a fun gathering today, inspired by Instructables and MAKEzine.

Made a solar oven. We need to find a better cooking container than the one we had. Also need to start earlier in the day.

From PBS Kids > Zoom we made glue and during dinner, were entertained by dancing raisins.

I keep thinking of making tethered sky/fire lanterns (mini hot air balloons) for a backyard party.

George Cooney Jr.

My dad passed away Saturday, June 30th 2007.

The Freep had a little write up on him. (text follows)

George Cooney Jr.: Ferndale lawyer was a watchdog for the elderly

July 3, 2007

BY JOE ROSSITER

FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER

Safeguarding the rights of the aged, while ensuring that their golden years were rewarding ones, was a role attorney George Cooney Jr. steadfastly played throughout his career.

Mr. Cooney, a private practice lawyer concentrating on elder law, estate planning and probate administration, died Saturday at his home in Ferndale after an extended battle with prostate cancer.

He was 64.

“As a watchdog for the elderly and infirm, he was concerned about people being treated properly,” said his youngest son, Cameron Cooney. “In his mind, old age shouldn’t be something to be feared, but rather revered.”

Mr. Cooney started his law career with his father, George, at Cooney & Cooney in the Dime Building in Detroit. They practiced there for nearly two decades. He established his own law office in 1986, practicing for 20 years. He became a member of the law firm Mall Malisow & Cooney in Farmington Hills in 2006 until health concerns resulted in his retirement in April 2007.

“He relished the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of people and use his unique insights and knowledge of law to advocate for people who were in need,” said Sanford (Sandy) Mall, founder and senior partner of the Farmington Hills law firm.

A Detroit native, Mr. Cooney graduated from U-D Jesuit High School in 1959 and attended the University of Notre Dame where he graduated as an English major in 1963. Three years later, he earned his law degree from the University of Michigan.

Mr. Cooney was a member of the law faculty at Wayne State University for eight years He was a recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the State Bar of Michigan in the spring.

A lover of music and nature, Mr. Cooney played classical guitar and sang in the chorus with Michigan Opera Theater for several years.

In addition to his son, survivors include his second wife of 23 years, Mary; sons Christopher, Daniel and Jonathan; four grandchildren; two brothers, and many nieces and nephews.

A memorial service is at 11 a.m. Friday at St. John Episcopal Church, 26998 Woodward Ave., Royal Oak. Visitation will precede services at 10 a.m. Burial will be in Pleasant Prairie Cemetery in Spokane, Wash.