Thursday, December 29, 2011
When you think about it, it’s almost comical, because we’re not even aware we won. “But wait,” I hear you cry, “how can you say we won when Christmas is everywhere.. starting from Halloween until .. well, Christmas Day!” That’s exactly the point. Christmas has become a one-day holiday for the vast majority of Americans. [...]
Steve Jobs is stepping down from Apple as CEO. He will be continuing on as Chairman. The news media has gone crazy over “OMG, what will happen now?” Very little, in reality. And it shows just how stupid a lot of people are about how all companies, even Apple, are run. Yes, unlike most CEOs, [...]
Last month, I made a post about the Hunter within me. How it manifests in thoughts and actions. And how even in an environment of relative plenty I feel impoverished and hungry. I made that comment almost as an aside without realizing what was there. I’m beginning to understand why. The food we’re given is [...]
There was a story on Slashdot about selling off a chunk of radio spectrum that amateur radio uses as “secondary users”. The usual arguments back and forth were had, including somebody trotting out the old standby of ham radio will save us when all else fails!~!. Aside from the fact that even I, somebody who’s [...]
I really don’t have much of a developed opinion over the verbal free-for-all presently going on in the pagan comminity over PantheaCon. But, I do have this observation. Any group that excludes based upon factors that do not take into account the holistic individual are doomed to exactly this sort of failure. If, as Z. [...]
Monday, February 28, 2011
I’m noticing an odd trend on Android applications. Increasingly, applications are asking for more and more “privileges”. Today, CBS’ TV.COM application is asking for “audio record” capabilities on the latest upgrade. Um… okay. What? You want me to allow your app to record audio from my phone? How about a no. It isn’t the first [...]
Thursday, February 17, 2011
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
I admire Summertime, my cat. Yesterday, she managed to catch and kill a mouse that I knew had been scurrying about in my apartment. And, as I was cleaning up the mess of blood and bone on my kitchen floor, I came to a conclusion about my beloved pet. My sweet, adorable little ball of [...]
Thursday, January 13, 2011
I had this wonderful rant all queued up about how a major drug store chain has crossed the line into “creepy” with their updated rewards card program. And then I realized that I already predicted this would happen over 20 years ago, and how many privacy advocates are closing the barn door after the cows [...]
Saturday, January 1, 2011
The old teeth gnashing about the prevalence of “good enough” technology is making the rounds again, for some reason. This is an issue that comes up from time to time in the tech world, and it’s always an interesting discussion. It’s no secret that I’m on the side of “Worse is (often) Better”. I’ve ranted [...]
