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In the News… Fuckin’ Clowns.
- It looks like we will have more to look forward to in this election season in California than just an ad or two. Believe it or not, the 2008 democratic nomination may be decided in the bay area (not Nashua, New Hampshire, or Columbia, South Carolina). “The crazy Bay Area is going to pick [...]
In the News
I’m drunk as hell… on Christmas cheer. – I dig Apple and all, but my guess is that their offering of movie downloads, a natural market extension for the iTunes service, will not “kill” Netflix. (Wal-Mart has dropped its rival service.) Why are tech writers so hung up on finding “killers” in the marketplace? – [...]
In the News
It has been too long. – Tom Tancredo, the most racist of the GOP contenders (and that is saying something), has decided to drop-out of the race. I guess polling at 0.05% is a bit discouraging. – The EPA administrator, which — in the Bush White House — has become something of an impish position, [...]
Blogging Live from the Apple Store
Every few months, or in my case, once a year, it is time to do some shopping. And starting a new job always requires a new shirt or two. I am here with the wife in Emeryville, home of Pixar, and the greatest outdoor shopping experience in the East Bay. I’ll admit that I’m an [...]
In the News
- An independent report to Congress concludes that the Iraqi Security Force “is ‘operationally ineffective’ and should be disbanded and reorganized.” Wait until September… oh shit. – Bush has no love in Congress as has “prevailed on only 14 percent of the 76 roll call votes on which he took a clear position,” the lowest [...]
In the News
- Republicans are looking to rid themselves of Senator Larry Craig. (Is it because he was arrested, or because he may be a closeted gay man?) – Bush is a polarizing president, even more than Ronald Reagan, mainly because “Bush has from the beginning governed as if he had a broad conservative mandate.” While Bush [...]
In the News
- John Edwards is using the Rove-Clinton sparring to his advantage, or he is at least trying to. (I’m warming up to Edwards.) – Fred Thompson — who is not even in the goddamn race yet — is taking shots at Rudy Giuliani by “criticizing New York gun laws,” which is a weird angle, since [...]
E-Diddy
My sister-in-law made the news… “[Tour for the Cure's Tim Riley's] girlfriend, Edyta Szczepankowska, 24, who works in the investment office at the University of Pennsylvania, visited him at the game in Trenton. She hopes to get an MBA and, with regard to the 50-50, favors unrestricted competition. ‘You don’t see Apple crying about IBM,’ [...]
In the News
- The Federal government trampled on states’ rights as the DEA raided Los Angeles medical marijuana clinics. “The bust netted five arrests, large quantities of marijuana and cash, and even pot brownies and cookies.“ – The nation’s top cop lied again to Congress, and “senators [now] consider whether a perjury investigation should be opened.“ – [...]
In the News… Part Deux.
Such a busy news day, I’ve got to do it twice. I’ve gotta. – Bush has cited executive privilege in refusing two high-level aides to testify before Congress in the probe of the U.S. attorney firings. However, wouldn’t it be simpler for Bush to allow his aides to plead guilty, and then for Bush to [...]
In the News
- Law & Order’s conservative district attorney Fred Thompson was a mole for Richard Nixon during the Watergate hearings. I guess he’s counting on the voter’s short memory. – The biggest complaint with the first version of the iPhone is the battery. The phone must be sent in for service, it costs “$79, plus $6.95 [...]
In the News… Skeeter.
- From a European’s perspective, the U.S. “is the no-vacation nation.” And they are right: compared to a standard ten days (unless you work for a school), and not counting sick time (*cough* *cough*, I don’t think I can make it in to work today, the beach at Tahoe is too pleasant), most Europeans get [...]
An iPhone Failure
Riding on the train this morning (in the bay area), and although it was a light commuting day because of the short/holiday week, I did not see one iPhone. I reckon Apple must consider it’s newest product’s release a complete failure.
iPhone
I just wanted to confirm the craziness that is the consumerist nation of the United States. While walking around the city (of Berkeley) looking for lunch, I noticed people on beach chairs against a storefront. My initial thought was, “Man, someone gave those bums a bath… and a beach chair.” But then I looked up [...]
In the News
- Scooter Libby is sentenced for thirty months, and Bush feels terrible. Much like how the president felt for Hurricane Katrina victims, and for the families of American soldiers killed in the Iraq war. – Apple is celebrating it’s 30th anniversary today. – And I was in attendance last night for the A’s storied victory [...]
Steve Jobs, Bill Gates
If you are at all interested in the history of computers, Apple, Macintosh, the theft that was Windows (see Pirates of Silicon Valley), Microsoft, etc., you will enjoy this lengthy conversation between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. (And I should mention I’ve long thought of Jobs as a god.) [Note: I think this is in [...]
In the News
- “‘President Hillary Rodham Clinton’ is increasingly seen by veteran Republican politicians and strategists as a virtual inevitability.” But what will DailyKos do to stop it? – Environmentalists and Bush agree on at least one thing: a feasibility study to examine the removal of Hetch-Hetchy Dam, which provides water and electricity to the city of [...]
In the News… The Beatles, the Taxman, and the Nowhere Man.
- The two Apples have reconciled their differences, increasing the likelihood that the Beatles will finally be available on iTunes. But what about the Traveling Wilburys? – “The [Bush] administration is seeking $481.4 billion to run the Defense Department, an 11.3 percent increase.” And that does not include the cost of the wars. – And [...]
In the News
- President Bush’s call for an escalation in the Iraq war is “the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since Vietnam.” And that comes from a republican. Ouch. Are republicans learning that it is not in their political interest to endlessly support Bush’s failed war policies? – Maybe the change in tact from [...]
In the News
All my questions from yesterday have* been answered… – Today, Apple “unveiled a new mobile phone that downloads and plays music as well as a set-top box that allows people to stream video from their computers to their televisions.“ – The U.S. is still bogged down in Iraq, but the democrats will apparently take on [...]
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