Posted in Technology on April 30th, 2013 No Comments »
The 2014 iBeetle Is Like an iPhone on Wheels - NYTimes.com The fact that the 2014 Beetle is going to be one of the first cars to do much with our iPhones is simply appalling. Cars are owned for four, six, eight, ten years. So when they're already two, four, or six years behind adopting […]
Posted in Apple on April 29th, 2013 No Comments »
Apple - Press Info - Apple Reports Second Quarter Results The Company sold 37.4 million iPhones in the quarter, compared to 35.1 million in the year-ago quarter. Apple also sold 19.5 million iPads during the quarter, compared to 11.8 million in the year-ago quarter. The Company sold just under 4 million Macs, compared to 4 […]
Posted in Miscellaneous on April 28th, 2013 No Comments »
The Paris Time Capsule Apartment | Messy Nessy Chic Messy Nessy Chic The owner of this apartment, Mrs. De Florian left Paris just before the rumblings of World War II broke out in Europe. She closed up her shutters and left for the South of France, never to return to the city again. Seven decades […]
Posted in Miscellaneous on April 27th, 2013 No Comments »
Does 'Sarah Hanson' exist? The story of this 19-year-old entrepreneur may be a hoax. MAY BE a hoax? Regardless, the idea is somewhat brilliant. Too bad it's soiled now. I think it would have been a great way for someone to get a jump start on life.
Posted in Technology on April 26th, 2013 No Comments »
I have one. It's black. I expect that I'll have another in a month (or longer, more likely). All serious offers will be entertained.
Posted in Miscellaneous on April 25th, 2013 No Comments »
Flip Flop Fly Ball - MLB uniforms, 2013 BTW, why do so many teams have so many jerseys these days? What's wrong with having a single "home" and "away" jersey? Less sales revenue, that's why!
Posted in Technology on April 24th, 2013 No Comments »
That's the question being asked of this Rob Enderle article: The impossible task of fixing Apple. I'm voting for a combination of both: idiot savant troll. You simply can't be that stupid that often.
Posted in Technology on April 23rd, 2013 No Comments »
This article "Verizon iPhone sales tumble 33%" and the subsequent tweets asymco: This is a false headline: Verizon ... and comments are funny and sad at the same time.
Posted in Apple on April 22nd, 2013 No Comments »
Taking Apple private: Makes sense but nobody has the money. Also worth reading: Braeburn Capital. I don't know about the legal or business reasons for or against a company buying itself back from publicly traded stock, but if Apple was able to do so, I think it would be a benefit to the company. But […]
Posted in Human Condition on April 21st, 2013 No Comments »
a show :: thoughts on the creative career This applies to more than the creative career, though as Ze points out, it probably doesn't apply to being a surgeon. A golf instructor, though, would qualify. As Nike used to say: just do it.
Posted in Miscellaneous on April 20th, 2013 No Comments »
Bet you didn't know that. Lex Friedman tells us how: Ain't No Thing: The Grammar of African American Vernacular English.
Posted in Miscellaneous on April 19th, 2013 No Comments »
If you ask me, he never really got a fair shake. He's out.
Posted in Apple on April 19th, 2013 No Comments »
Apple: Unfortunately, no longer the underdog Remember when Mac users were the fringe? The holdouts, the misfits, the ADB plugs in the USB holes? Don’t look now, but everyone’s found our party. That’s awesome—but I’m still not totally comfortable with it. On the bright side, they're no longer "beleaguered" either.
Posted in Technology on April 18th, 2013 No Comments »
Wow. Who knew? So much for German Engineering. I guess that only applies when the product is actually finished? German media have tracked down a list of tens of thousands of technical problems. Among them: Officials can't even figure out how to turn the lights off. Thousands of light bulbs illuminate the gigantic main terminal […]
Posted in Technology on April 17th, 2013 No Comments »
How the Banner Ad Was Born | Digiday Back in the fall of 1994, Bill Clinton was nearly midway through his first term, Ace of Base was at the top of the charts, and the Web was in its infancy. Businesses were just waking up to the power of the Internet as a commercial platform. […]