75% of Apple Products Bought By This Guy Were Defective
Tuesday 20 June 2006
This guy had a defective iPod that could not hold a music library for more than a few days; a bum 17″ iMac G5 that intermittently shut off due to fan failure; and a bad 12″ Apple iBook. The only item that did not fail was a 20″ iMac G5. Why did he keep buying Apple?
Closing the Mac price gap
Tuesday 20 June 2006
MacBooks started at only US$1,100 and iMacs at US$1,300 (and even less for academic customers) Apple has certainly closed the Macintosh price gap. In fact, now that the Intel Macs can run Windows natively, a case can be made that these dual and tri-boot machines are even cheaper than many Windows PCs.
Nintendo to change Wii name (?)
Tuesday 20 June 2006
A mysterious “Mike” at the Nintendo marketing department claims that N has “received over 200,000 e-mails with complaints about the Wii, and the console name has been commonly associated with urine. We have been the target of many jokes, and we strongly believe that it’s a bad thing for the company’s reputation/”
V. v. V. Verizon sues Vonage
Tuesday 20 June 2006
Verizon has sued Vonage, claiming that certain aspects of Vonage’s Internet telephony business violate at least seven of Verizon’s closely-guarded patents. If you can’t beat ‘em, sue ‘em.
A Welcome Back And A Welcome To Hipster Union
Monday 19 June 2006
Sorry about no posting this weekend. Had a bunch of stuff to do. I saw “Faith Healer” with Ralph Fiennes, Cherry Jones, and Ian McDiarmid. I plan on doing a full review of the play, but let me say two things:
1) Ian McDiarmid is an amazing actor, who, like Alec Guiness, will likely be best remembered for Star Wars. A shame.
2) Legitimate theatre is not dead on Broadway, in spite of Elton John’s and Andrew Lloyd Weber’s attempts to kill it.
I will have a more substantial post later. In the meantime, I want to welcome a new subscriber. Welcome. And sorry about being bitchy on Digg. I get grumpy from work. So, everyone welcome the new guy who will remain anonymous unless s/he wishes otherwise. At which point, a nickname will have to be conjured.
Still At Work
Thursday 15 June 2006
10:20 pm: Still at work. Helping out (how did I mixed up with this?) with a high profile project. We had to put together a large packet of papers, multiple sets, each attachment coded with a letter-tabbed sheet. 40 in all. Then, we had to rearrange all of them.
This is what “we” is defined as: three attorneys. Rearranging paper. And trying not to f*ck up the order. Almost half of a million dollars of legal education, plus another quarter of a million dollars in college education in one room. Dedicated to rearraging documents. And trying not to f*ck up the order. We ultimately settled on a “caller” system, where one of us would call out the document, say where it was and then where to put it. Lather, rinse, repeat. Forty times. $750,000 well spent.
They certainly don’t show this on Law & Order (or at least, it’s sexier on Law & Order)
Addendum: At 10:30, I was released on my own personal recognizance. I was allowed to leave without posting bail, but have to be in court tomorrow.
Fun With Google Analytics
Thursday 15 June 2006
A couple of weeks ago, just for a larf, I signed up for a Google Analytics account. I got one and am now using it track this site. Obviously, I know where the usual suspects are logging in from, but, what’s more interesting is the fact that I am getting hits from Paris, Sydney, quite a few places in England, and along the California coast. I am getting about 80 uniques a day. Not bad if I say so myself.
On an unrelated note, I’d rather be drinking cheap liquor right now but I’m sitting standby on a project.
Backward Compatibility Update
Wednesday 14 June 2006
The updates keep coming. Now, you can play Doom3 on your 360. Still no POP2 or Warriors, though.
New Physiological Response
Wednesday 14 June 2006
Because of something in my professional life, my stress levels reached fairly high levels. At this point, I discovered a new physiological response by my body to heretofore untested levels of stress:
Profuse, uncontrollable sweating.
Sexy, huh?
That’s right, kids, when I am defending my honor and my client under a strict deadline, I shvitz like a hog. I’m dealing with a dehydration headache right now. Thank you, Mavis Beacon, for your wonderful typing primers. Thank you, McNeill, PPC, for Tylenol Extra-Strength. [edited because of rule violation]
Of course, I don’t know how much was the stress and how much was the running. Building security thinks I’m insane (I am). Building security also knows that for short bursts, I am f*cking fast as a muthaf*cka. Seriously fast. I need to start running. It was actually fun (?).
This whole thing wouldn’t be so bad if we could settle this dispute with a duel. Seriously, I was defamed. I demand satisfaction.
Hey, anyone up for hunting/fishing anytime soon? Seriously, I need to kill things. Things with closed circulatory systems and spinal columns.
Joke Of The Day
Wednesday 14 June 2006
A hunter is in the woods down in New Jersey when he comes across what looks to be a dead body. Panicked, he calls 911 on his cell phone (he has real good coverage). The 911 operator answers and asks what the problem is.
The hunter tells the operator, “I was out hunting and I came across a body. What do I do?”
The operator responds, “Sir, just calm down. The first thing you need to do is check to find out if the person is dead. Let’s verify that the person is dead.”
The hunter says “OK.” There is silence and then, after a few moments, a loud gunshot.
The hunter gets back on the phone and says, “OK, he’s definitely dead now. What do I do next?”
