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The other night I was impressed. We went online to look at the menu to order food from Anita's Kitchen in Ferndale. There was a link to order online. Hmmm... So we did. After driving there, I think the wait was a little longer than had I phoned in, but it still came up. I give them credit for trying.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation is one of those few groups who have been around since the beginning of the Internet. These are folks "in the know" and are trying to keep things as open and true to the principles in which the internet started- free and open communication. As time marches on the big boys step in be they large corporations like Sony, BMG, or government institutions. The EFF is a conglomerate of lawyers and activists who want to protect your freedom, identity, and give you the power.

They also have useful information on a range of subjects. I was particularly fascinated with this article about protecting your identity while online.

Resistance.

I'm fascinated with Detroit all over again. Recent events have had me pretty jaded...he doesn't even deserve name recognition here.

And it gets kind of tiresome driving around all the bombed out buildings, especially when you travel to another city and see and feel what vibrancy is about. The disconcerting thing about Detroit is that it once was the center of the world in an economic and even cultural sense. You would think there were vast remnants of that era. A onetime visitor might see and feel the skeleton which conjures up archetypal ruins a la the fabulous ruins of detroit. What can seem strange though, the more you spend time is the ghosts have gone. The result is emptiness.

So now I'm commuting twice a day up and down 8 mile and ending up in Warren. A new side of town for me. I realize something about Detroit, not to be flippant or negative. It's the model of our country's economy. The system is falling, some call it a recession, whatever. The big boys and the big boxes are in trouble much like the auto industry began falling in the 70s and 80s. When the system fell, people left, and people who stayed became hungry. Detroit demonstrates this.

There is a new economy emerging, one I am hopeful and eager to see grow. It's in Detroit, you gotta know and you gotta look, and that's what is fascinating. As the economy rises the ghosts will come back.

Today was the first day. I am driving a Scion on the whole 8 mile cross spectrum of Detroit. No longer commuting on the numbered freeways in and out of suburbia. The drives are usually where inspiration begins. I fathom I will be posting a lot of pics from the drive.

I am using the strategy of getting ahead by sacrifice and rising above the conditions. Stay tuned.

This article by Michael S. Malone calls for action by the US government to spawn development and entrepreneurship of Americans in the about to boom mobile market of small, poor, developing countries.

This is an interesting notion that the impoverished of the world will be connected by cell phones rather than the personal computer. Makes sense.

Yeah, the global economy is slowing, recessing, and completing its cycles. Though this is where the growth is. The playing field has changed. Involves everyone. Kudos to Malone point out we all need to be able to bring the footballs to the field.