Tag Archives: Georgia

Why Bezos started Amazon

Jeff Bezos sent his biographer to find the graphs; that’s when I learned about this.

The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon,
Paperback, August 12, 2014, by Brad Stone
(PDF,
google book)

Intrigued by Shaw’s conviction about the inevitable importance of
the Internet, Bezos started researching its growth. A Texas-based
author and publisher named John Quarterman had recently started the
Matrix News, a monthly newsletter extolling the Internet and
discussing its commercial possibilities. One set of numbers in
particular in the February 1994 edition of the newsletter was
startling. For the first time, Quarterman broke down the growth of
the year-old World Wide Web and pointed out that its simple,
friendly interface appealed to a far broader audience than other
Internet technologies. In one chart, he showed that the number of
bytes—a set of binary digits —transmitted over the Web
had increased by a factor of 2,057 between January 1993 and January
1994.


Internet Resource Discovery Services by Bytes


Internet Resource Discovery Services by Bytes,
John S. Quarterman, Matrix News 4.2, MIDS, February 1994.

Another graphic showed Continue reading →

A Naive Projection of the Growth of the Internet

Just as

four years ago I projected solar growth ten years ahead,
a quarter century ago I projected Internet growth ten years into the future:


A Naive Projection of the Growth of the Internet

Graph:

A Naive Projection of the Growth of the Internet,
John S. Quarterman, Matrix News 2.2, MIDS, February 1992.

From 7.7 million Internet users in 1992, I projected the exponential
growth of the previous few years ahead a decade, to about
3.8 billion people in 2002.

How close was that estimate? Continue reading →

Videos: Litigation Executive Session, Lighting Ordinance, Drainage, Well, Trash, Software, Trucks @ LCC 2018-03-26



An

Executive Session for pending or potential litigation:
are they going to sue Deep South Sanitation again?
Some of them sure seem to want to find any excuse
not to re-approve

DSS’s franchise, which was the longest item at three minutes.

Second longest was two minutes for the

Bid for Mini Excavator for the Utilities Department.
Slow morning at the County Commission.

Below are links to each LAKE video with a very few notes,
followed by a LAKE video playlist.
See also
agenda.
They vote this evening at 5:30 PM. Continue reading →

Rocky Ford Road again @ GLPC 2018-03-26

This

CR Ventures rezoning on
the agenda for tonight
is two doors down on Rocky Ford Road from
the recent

Camp Rock rezoning, again for a Watkins,
and again represented by Jack Langdale.
Coincidence, or related?


Parcel 0062 025, 20.94 acres, 4394 ROCKY FORD ROAD, VALDOSTA GA 31601, Map

Greater Lowndes Planning Commission


Lowndes County


City of Valdosta


City of Dasher


City of Hahira


City of Lake Park



REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING

AGENDA



Monday, March 26, 2018 * 5:30 P.M. * Public Hearing


Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office

325 West Savannah Avenue

Continue reading →

Lighting Ordinance, Drainage, Well, Trash, Software, Trucks @ LCC 2018-02-26

The
Street Lighting Ordinance
on
the agenda for this morning and tomorrow evening
is not among those on the

County Ordinances web page.
How are we to
“Know the Laws”, as the link from the county’s front page says,
when unknown ordinances keep popping up?
Ah, it’s currently
a resolution and they want to make it an ordinance.


Lighting-ordinance-agenda-sheet-0001,

The

agenda sheet says
“For
reference, copies of maps Continue reading →

Et tu, FERC? No tax writeoffs for MLPs; pipeline stocks plummet 2018-03-15

On the Ides of March,
FERC, apparently forgetting its the companies it supposedly regulates that pay its salaries,
knocked pipeline company stocks down by disallowing a tax writeoff.
This was one month after

FERC inadvertently cleared a path for renewable sun and wind power through batteries.
Look who got whacked the most,
and not even

FERC’s Sabal Trail rubberstamp permit reinstatement could save it:


Pipeline MLP vs. Electric Utility, Stock Charts

Stock price comparison, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 14, 15, 16 March 2018.
The colorful candle canyon is for Spectra Energy Partners LP (SEP), which was by far the worst affected of those shown.

You may wonder as I do: what is FERC doing Continue reading →

Valdosta Strategic Initiatives Summit 2018-03-16-17

Once again the Valdosta Mayor and Council hold their retreat
outside Valdosta and outside Lowndes County at Lenox River Ranch, Lenox, Cook County, Georgia, today and tomorrow.
Excuse me: Strategic Initiatives Summit (SIS).
I compliment them on publishing
on their website before the event
the agenda,
the
topics submitted by each council member,
and the
Mayor and Council Goals for Fiscal Year 2018
(I got this four days ago).
Hm, what’s this about:

5. Find additional resources for the executive director of Valdosta-Lowndes Keep Lowndes-Valdosta Beautiful (KLVB) to include the Mayor’s Adopt-A-Street program.

However, I don’t see who else they are meeting
with for it to be called a Summit.
Oh wait: the Chamber.
Probably George Boston Rhynes will be there to video like last year.

Valdosta SIS Agenda


Friday and Saturday, Agenda

I don’t know why the Continue reading →

Videos: Branham subdivision, Trash, RR crossing @ LCC 2018-03-13



Most of the meeting (13 and a half minutes) was about

Bill Branham’s subdivision,
which passed,
with the Chairman breaking the tie because one Commissioner recused himself.
Opponents took up almost another minute

leaving the room.

On a split vote the Commission

declined to modify the solid waste ordinance to give the County Manager more power.

Second longest at more than 6 minutes was

Michael J. Killeen’s R-A to M-1 rezoning.
Virdie Mae Lyons got her

well and septic rezoning in a minute and a half.

Two water items:

not clear how much Continue reading →

Videos: Conference Center, Branham subdivision, Trash, RR crossing @ LCC 2018-03-12



Lengthiest at more than three and a half minutes was

the Bill Branham subdivision rezoning,
plus a tie for second at 2 minutes 13 seconds between

the new Conference Center CEO
and

the
Virdie Mae Lyons Old Clyattvile Road well and septic rezoning,
at yesterday morning’s Work Session.
Gretchen is off with the LAKE video camera to the voting Regular Session
tonight.

The County Manager wants more power through

an ordinance
that would further favor Advanced Disposal Services (ADS)
over Deep South Sanitation (DSS).

Two water items: Continue reading →

Conference Center, Branham subdivision, Trash, RR crossing @ LCC 2018-03-12

On

the agenda
for Monday’s Work Session,

the agenda
a word from the

new-as-of-January CEO (not Executive Director) of the

Valdosta-Lowndes County Conference Center and Tourism Authority.
On the agenda for both Monday and Tuesday evening’s Regular Session,
Bill Branham’s Copeland Road subdivision,
back for at least the third time in four calendar years,
plus

an ordinance
that would further favor Advanced Disposal Services (ADS)
over Deep South Sanitation (DSS).
Better news:

bids for a
Portable 65 KW Generator to keep lift stations from leaking.


Chris Hamilton

Photo: Chris Hamilton via

Valdosta Daily Times.

See also
the LAKE videos
of the most recent Planning Commission meeting for all three rezoning cases,
and that post also has
links to videos of most
of the previous appearances of the Branham Project.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2018, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2018, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

  1. Call to Order

  2. Invocation

  3. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag

  4. Chris Hamilton- CEO, Valdosta- Lowndes County Conference Center and Tourism Authority (Work Session)

  5. Minutes for Approval

    1. Work Session- February 26, 2018

    2. Regular Session- February 27, 2018
  6. Public Hearing

    1. REZ-2018-04 Lyons, 1350 Old Clyattville Rd, R-A to C-H, Well and Septic, 8.05 acres

      GLPC Recommendation: Approval
      TRC Recommendation: Various

      Documents:Rezoning Case REZ-2018-04.pdf

    2. REZ-2018-05 Killeen, 1228 S Main St, R-A to M-1, 27.5 acres

      GLPC Recommendation: Approval with 1 Condition (Paving)
      TRC Recommendation: Various

      Documents:Rezoning Case REZ-2018-05.pdf

    3. REZ-2018-07 Branham Project, 2480 Copeland Rd, R-1 to R-10 Water/Sewer, 18.04 acres

      GLPC Recommendation: Approval with 4 Conditions
      TRC Recommendation: Various   

      Documents:Rezoning Case REZ-2018-07.pdf

  7. For Consideration

    1. Transportation Safety Improvements Agreement

      Execute Agreement

      Documents:Transportation Safety Improvements Agreement.pdf

    2. Ordinance Amending 2015 Solid Waste Disposal Ordinance

      Approval of ordinance

      Documents:Ordinance Amending 2015 Solid Waste Disposal Ordinance.pdf

    3. Water Meter and Register Replacement

      Approval of water meter and register replacement

      Documents:Water Meter and Register Replacement.pdf

    4. Beer License- Marilyn Lewis of Palak Corporation DBA Bigfoot #908 – 1255 Lakes Blvd., Lake Park, GA

      Approval of Beer License

      Documents:Beer License- Marilyn Lewis of Palak Corporation DBA Bigfoot 908 Lakes Blvd, Lake Park, GA.pdf

  8. Bid

    1. Portable 65 KW Generator

      Bids solicited for a 65 KW portable generator to service smaller lift stations that do not have backup generators. Staff recommends awarding bid to Cowart Electric for $49,750.00

      Documents:Portable 65 KW Generator.pdf

  9. Reports – County Manager

  10. Citizens Wishing to be Heard-Please State Your Name and Address

  11. Adjournment

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