October 2009
Washington station airs bare breast self-exams →
The fact that this constitutes “news” is just absurdly stupid. The fact that there’s a controversy over it beggars belief.
“No, the world does not seem to have been created by a benevolent dude. Nor,...”
– Total Drek: Left Behind: Chapter 7, Part 2
If you’re not following Drek’s critique of the Left Behind series, you should be. If you feel inclined to read along, let me know—I’ll point you in the direction of a PDF copy.
Sigmund Freud: Homosexuality is nothing to be... →
Pretty enlightened, all things considered.
la•bor un•ion
noun an organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests.
(via the New Oxford American Dictionary)
“As the holiday season brings additional shoppers to Apple’s retail stores,...”
– Apple to bring changes to retail stores
I’m sure this has nothing to do with Microsoft biting their style. Nothing at all.
“We excuse our intellects by declaring ourselves under-read and yet forget how...”
– Alain de Botton (via tmblg)
Ouch. Well said, sir.
“‘The way we’re developing the toolkit, you could sit in the comfort...”
– Ford Opens Up Sync to In-Car Apps | Fast Company
Uh, really? If I asked it really nicely, would it be willing to not do that last part?
“Ultimately somebody should design a filesystem explicitly for use as an...”
– /dev/why!?!: The loss of ZFS
FOSS, this is your wheelhouse. Please get on this. I want my ExchangeFS.
“There’s a new fashion movement in Tokyo, and it involves men in skirts....”
– Boys in skirts are a new fashion trend in Shibuya, Harajuku - TOKYOMANGO
Fuck yeah, Harajuku fashion.
“Windows 7 resolves the major problem with version fragmentation by making more...”
– Hasta la Vista, baby: Ars Technica reviews Windows 7
If you don’t have a near-monopoly, this is not a viable business model.
Kindle for PC →
Goodness, but Amazon’s been slow with the Kindle. Did it seriously take them until B&N announced their similar platform and there are rumours of Apple joining the fray for them to realise they should have PC (and Mac, yes, it’s on the way)-based software?
Yes. The answer to that question is yes. Amazon really doesn’t deserve to win this war.
Ye flaming flamingos, too much video!
Not sure what’s happened with all the video I’ve been sharing recently. I’ll try and tone it down.
WatchLeave it to Mozilla to use a browser window as presentation software.
Rob Enderle is a madman
This is likely to point with Apple this month as they sit stunned that Windows 7 is doing so well and they are left looking foolish with products priced out of the segment. Their big news this week was a couple of PCs, a new keyboard and a multi-touch mouse. This last will likely go down in history as one of the lamest devices yet as they should know, given the iPhone, that touch is connected...
Hate crimes bill goes to Obama for signature →
Hey Obama: do not fuck this up.
“With 2GB of memory, nook stores up to 1,500 books, newspapers and magazines....”
– Nook Features, eBook Reader, eBook Device - Barnes & Noble
That’s great, but I have a 32GB iPhone. Let me do some quick math… that’s at least 24,000 books. Assuming I were to buy or otherwise possess that many. Plus it fits in my pocket, is an iPod, and—lest we forget—makes phone...
Watchmerlin:
I only had the budget for a pilot, but I’m pretty excited about where we’re going with it.
Worth watching. If you get bored, and you absolutely must, you can skip to about thirty seconds from the end.
Slashdot Comments | Problems with ebooks →
Followed shortly by the problems with actual books.
My business card →
Today I had a dispute with card.ly, who had been charging me but not giving me an actual premium account. It ended precipitously when they generously gave me a lifetime free membership as a gesture of apology.
Go check ‘em out. They’re good people.
“But I like the inconveniences.”
“We don’t,” said the Controller. “We prefer to...”
– Aldous Huxley, Brave New World. (via horrorwine)
Damn straight, I claim them all.
Sony announces Reader Daily Edition, free library... →
taylorcarrigan:
chartier:
Awesome concept from Sony: same $300 price as a Kindle, and you get free 3G service for downloading books. The kicker: Sony is partnering with big libraries to provide a book rental system, not a purchase system. You can “check out” books for free for 29 days. The first partner is the New York Public Library.
This is where the electronic book revolution really...
“John Gruber, the proprietor of the wildly popular Daring Fireball, is funny,...”
– An Entirely Other Day - Damned Fireball
Well ain’t that the damn truth.
Google Wave...
delgrosso:
…is like that one Star Wars toy you wanted for a whole year and then when you finally got it for your birthday, you were all like, “Meh. It looked funner on the commercials.”
Yep, that’s about right.
