Leaked: Telcos’ secret plans to use fake “citizens groups” to kill Net Neutrality http://www.boingboing.net/2010/05/11/leaked-telcos-secret.html Look at it this way, what comcast and at&t are wanting to do basically comes out like a mob shake down. “If you want to see morbidmemo.com, you have to pay 10K a month for it to show up on our [...]
the “Become a Fan” verbiage will disappear, being replaced by the simple “Like” button and thumbs up icon http://adage.com/digitalnext/post?article_id=143045 This is a step in the right direction, companies trying to “reach out to consumers” is a way to sell more product. Advertising is a terrible idea, and to have it invade an area where I [...]
We basically have access to all human knowledge through sources like google. Now the next hurdle is to narrow down everything to stuff you actually need. Regardless of how much information we want to take in, there has to be a point where you either become overloaded and leave totally or you decide what you [...]
About 1 in 7 American teens with cellphones say they have received nude or nearly nude photos by text message, according to a new survey on the phenomenon known as “sexting.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/15/AR2009121502321.html?hpid=topnews What perv did this study? A woman wrote this piece, and I really think that’s the only way it could have gotten written. [...]
I got the Blackberry Bold 9700 a few weeks ago from T-Mobile. This phone has a track pad and not a track ball, and so far it’s held up well. The trackpad does get a little buggy, but I’ve found that hitting the lock button and then unlocking it gets the functionality back when it [...]
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/11/30/commentary.klau.blogging/index.html Bottom line, if you wouldn’t say it outloud in mixed company think twice about typing it up on a blog.
http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/health/2009/11/17/2009-11-17_british_man_has_bionic_bottom_thanks_to_experimental_operation.html I guess, he will crap out siliocon now. That’s all I have, I just liked the post title.
I’ve been using it for a month, and so far its ok. I’ve been running it strictly on apple hardware and it’s been rather stable. I have had an issue with waking from sleep and it not remembering the apps I had open. I’ve never really worked with sleep before, I ususally either power down [...]
Cloud computing is the latest buzz word in the IT world. So when a part of the cloud disconnects everyone’s hair catches on fire and the reasons we use the cloud come into question. Welcome to my world, the world of IT work. The second something goes down, I have people calling and looking over [...]
I did an inplace upgrade of my mac pro from Leopard to Snow Leopard. No issues at all, works without any major issues. I have noticed the speed increase with ripping cd’s into iTunes, and just general things go faster. I’ve run all the apps I’ve run in Leopard and everything seems to work except [...]
