July 2009
Must read article by Malcolm Gladwell on "free" →
June 2009
Two years with the iPhone →
TUAW looks at the evolution of the hardware and software since Apple introduced the iPhone. The game changer that no one talks about is: before the iPhone you bought a phone and that was it… software updates? Not likely or at least beyond bug fixes.
“It turns out that letting me vote on stuff is a bad idea, for much the same...”
– Joel Stein in Time Magazine in a great piece on California Voters
“We miss Michael endlessly, our pain cannot be described in words. But Michael...”
– Part of the Jackson family statement released today. Michael was right, his death will be much like Elvis’s - packaged, marketed, sold, profited from…
We live in wacky times
I just watched video that TMZ.com got ahold of from a tourist on a Starline tour that happened to be in front of Michael Jackson’s house as the ambulance pulled away. It’s an interesting video just from the timing, but also shows that there were already vulture paparazzi there trying to shoot inside the ambulance as it backed towards them. As the bus drives away the tour guide tries to...
“Just another politician with a conservative mind and a liberal penis”
– Jon Stewart on The Daily Show talking about Gov. Mark Sanford
Nice video showing iPhone remote of AppleTV →
New update turns iPhone/iPod Touch into fancy touchscreen remote
It’s the End of the World as We Know It… →
Alex Lindsay post on the coming wave of pocket video cameras
Wonder why SAG has trouble getting sympathy?
Ars Technica has an article: Ringing up cash: ASCAP suing AT&T for ringtone “performance” - here is a quote:
“In the latest sign of just how confusing the music licensing system is, ASCAP is suing AT&T over the carrier’s sale of musical ringtones, looking for a cut of the revenue—even though the carrier is already paying for the download rights to these tunes. In a...
Expert estimates?
Going into the weekend “experts” estimated Apple would sell 500,000 iPhone 3GS units.
Apple today announced that it has sold over one million iPhone 3GS models through Sunday, June 21, the third day after its launch.
Can you be off by that much and still be a “expert”?
We ran into a friend Friday night who mentioned that she bought an iPhone Thursday (she took advantage...
WatchWas near a train with the new iPhone camera and thought, gotta shoot that!
There's not an app for that
When we lived in Chicago grocery stores started doing online ordering/delivery. I thought how cool would it be if as you used items you passed them by a bar code reader near the garbage and it added to your shopping list.
With the new iPhone camera I would love to see an app that uses the camera to read bar codes to enhance the shopping list experience (my current fave, sans bar code reading, is...
WatchTriumph the Insult Comic Dog does Bonnaroo Pt2.
WatchTriumph the Insult Comic Dog does Bonnaroo Pt1.
WatchThe latest Twitter Tracker from Conan!
Evernote Tip Blog →
A great blog with tips for ways to use Evernote. Things like: take a picture of your license plates so next time you are checking into a hotel and they ask your plate # or taking a picture of your suitcase contents and prescriptions before a big trip in case anything gets lost.
WatchSamantha Bee talks to the intelligent revolutionaries who want to make Long Island the 51st state.
Local news = YouTube?
KTLA ran a story yesterday featuring a water skiing squirrel, even the anchors had to make mention of the classic stupid nature of the story. Today they ran a story from the UK of a puppy in a toilet, then a police dashboard camera story and one of raccoons trapped in a vending machine. Later in the same show kids singing in a classroom direct from YouTube.
I wonder if they are programming for...
Flickr Slideshow of latest photos →
Mariachi Battle at San Juan Capistrano
WatchWe don’t watch One Tree Hill so we are late to this but Jenn found Grace Potter appearing on an episode
Humor: Barack Obama's Facebook Feed →
WLWT Cincinnati final message to analog →
A very nice send off from a station I used to work for, and Bill Myers doing the voice over.
“The traditional TV industry—cable companies, networks, and...”
– Henry Blodget in this article “Sorry, There’s No Way To Save The TV Business” at The Business Insider
Chaz, smarter than you thought?
People yesterday were snickering about Chastity Bono having a sex change and becoming Chaz. Perez Hilton is reporting today:
Chaz has approached a judge to legally change his gender on all legal documentation. With this in place, Chaz can then legally marry his partner, with whom he has been together for many years but could not marry because of the same-sex marriage laws.
New study shows iPhone users to be in a class by... →