June 29th, 2007
Yes, it's iPhone Day. Lines have been formed outside Apple and AT&T stores across America. Alas, no iPhone for me today: I just can't imagine standing in line for 24 or more hours to get a phone, even one I want. I'll get mine in a month or so, after Apple has shipped a few to customers and people aren't clamoring for them as much.—Continue reading....
June 27th, 2007
I've had the worst luck with building contractors. They show up late (if they show up at all), and when they do arrive, they're less than helpful and, of course, expensive. With the housing downturn, more people are staying where they are and remodeling, so I suppose the contractors have no lack of work, and, therefore, no concern for losing a job.—Continue reading....
June 25th, 2007
Not sure how I should react. The unprofessionalism of that name shocks me, and I keep looking to see if I'm misreading it.—Continue reading....
June 24th, 2007
Every now and then technology fazes me, especially when something had been working perfectly, and then, for no apparent reason, stops. Getting Y's TiVo online wirelessly via her AirPort Express
June 21st, 2007
Apple just released a new iPhone commercial showing YouTube integration. Great. What surprises me is that no one seems to have mentioned that there are now twelve icons on the iPhone home screen. No more wacky asymmetry.—Continue reading....
June 8th, 2007
Apple released iTunes Plus a few days ago. The "Plus" is higher-quality songs (twice the quality of "regular" songs—256 kbps vs. 128 kbps), and without any "DRM" or Digital Rights Management, which, among other things, means you're no longer limited playing your music on five computers.—Continue reading....
June 5th, 2007
Six Apart released a beta of Movable Type 4 today. As I've installed just about every blogging/CMS tool out there (and Movable Type was one of the first ones I ever used), I figured I'd give it a shot. Unfortunately, a mere 90 seconds after attempting the install, I've decided MT will never again be the top dog in the blogging tool world, for one simple reason:—Continue reading....
June 5th, 2007
Irony alert: Movable Type today released a beta of the fourth version of their "publishing platform". Unfortunately, the warning they give users that they—Continue reading....
June 5th, 2007
Apple's stock has been on a major run-up the last few months (heck, the last few years). They been hitting new highs just about every day it seems, and I check about as often. Last night I plugged AAPL into Google, and nearly rolled out my bed laughing.—Continue reading....
June 4th, 2007
I found a grill which is more reasonably priced than the last one I drooled over. It's a 42,000 BTU Weber grill with over 500 square inches of grill space. Available in sleek black
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June 2nd, 2007
I love reading John Gruber's Daring Fireball. Witty, insightful, technical, it's one of the better Mac-oriented websites around. John comes across as a rather brilliant guy, but even the brilliant get it wrong on occasion.—Continue reading....
