November 2009
20 posts
New Rule:
Do not read articles on web whose headlines ask seemingly rhetorical yes-or-no questions: “Is Apple Missing the E-Reader Boat?” , “Is Tesco Facing iPhone Pricing Dilemma?”, “Apple Tablet Delayed?”, “TomTom iPhone Car Kit: Worth its Jobsian price tag?” Generally, the article will confirm the answer is “no”; it’s just eyeball bait,...
Music Ally | Blog Archive » Is Apple not... →
“It’s not just Palin, really, it’s the whole freakshow parade of daily...”
– Every Man an Anchor on the Goodship Palin
Roll Yer Own iTunes LP →
Apple has posted everything you need “to create a rich, interactive experience around your music and movies. All right in iTunes.” It’s a complete development guide including templates, best…
The Anatomy of a (Fourth-Down) Decision - The... →
“After a dismal debut and meager sales, the Palm Pre, sold exclusively by Sprint,...”
– iPhone Killer, eh? Black Friday’s 10 Top Tech Deals | TheStreet.com
Netbooks, e-book readers, and other Black Friday... →
This Xmas is not the time to buy an e-reader. Wait.
McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Has Bell Invented a... →
Another telegraph killer?! Good luck with that.
Scroll Clock →
Live-updating “scroll” clock done with JavaScript.
“Wal-Mart posted a short message on the Web site of its movie download service...”
– Wal-Mart Pulls Plug on Movies via the Web - New York Times
“Now, some music executives are privately backing the idea of dropping the...”
– Amazon to Sell Warner Music Minus Copy Protection - New York Times
Jim Donaldson: Belichick made the right call, it... →
“The game is on the line,” said Faulk, “so you have to be able to go and get it done. It doesn’t matter what decision Bill’s making. We’ve got to execute the play. I thought I had it. The officials made the call.”
Brady thought Belichick made the right call by going for it on fourth down.
“We had an opportunity to win the game,” he said. “All you can really ask for as an offense is to take a...
The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs : Re: our patent... →
Why You Can't Use Personal Technology at the... →
At the office, you’ve got a sluggish computer running aging software, and the email system routinely badgers you to delete messages after you blow through the storage limits set by your IT department. Searching your company’s internal Web site feels like being teleported back to the pre-Google era of irrelevant search results.
At home, though, you zip into the 21st century....
Boxee Blog » a Boxee Box is coming! →
Cannot wait for this. Boxee on AppleTV is just not cutting it.
“Apple made $1.6 billion in operating profit off of the iPhone in Q3. Nokia,...”
– While Rivals Jockey For Market Share, Apple Bathes In Profits
Iraq Swears by Bomb Detector U.S. Sees as Useless... →
ATSC’s promotional material claims that its device can find guns, ammunition, drugs, truffles, human bodies and even contraband ivory at distances up to a kilometer, underground, through walls, underwater or even from airplanes three miles high. The device works on “electrostatic magnetic ion attraction,” ATSC says.
To detect materials, the operator puts an array of plastic-coated cardboard...
