January 2010
RT @AinsleyofAttack: Went to a wedding tonight where the average tanning-bed results for the women in attendance ranged from honey-glaze …
The roads are horrible,
Well, @sfeuer left Alexandria at 10:00 am this morning, about 30 minutes after the snow started, went to Fairfax, and just got back.
Future Shock →
“Future Shock” by Fraser Speirs. This article is simply amazing. Read it. Some choice quotes:
For years we’ve all held to the belief that computing had to be made simpler for the ‘average…
SNOW. WOOOOOOT
Ok. So let me get this traight. 100-150 miles south of here, they’re due for 14” of snow. But here, we’re due for 2”. I want my money back.
Obama was awesome today. I want to see Palin on stage being grilled by 200 democrats. Screw 200, just put her in a room wil Al Franken.
RT @siracusa: This is the most impressive thing I’ve seen from Obama so far. Pragmatic, smart, not shrill. http://bit.ly/9XNYeZ
RT @wilshipley: For the first time ever, a US president takes questions from the opposing party on live TV. Fox cuts out early. (via @ma …
MY President.
I find it hilarious, and sad, that Adobe is whining about continued lack of Flash support for the iPhone OS, now on the iPad.
RT @danielpunkass: Negativity about the iPad seems directly corollated with never having held one.
RT @BreakingNews: Doctor behind autism vaccine panic found in breach of ethical, professional guidelines http://bit.ly/d59Nvy
Women Laugh At The iPad - http://www.joelhousman.com/blog/2010/1/28/women-laugh-at-the-ipad.html
Women Laugh at the iPad http://bit.ly/bftIdW
Women Laugh at the iPad →
As I watched the Apple event while at work today in which the iPad was announced, I began to notice a lot of people on twitter joking about the iPad’s name. They snickered. They giggled. They were…
As @gruber said, not only did Jobs remove them from his Christmas card list, but from the annoucement presentation too: http://bit.ly/cmbLAw
iPad http://bit.ly/96LXW7
Microsoft Security: http://i.imgur.com/utaj2.gif
iPad →
Yet, years later, they all grudgingly bought iPhones and iPods themselves and loved them.
I love all of the Microsoft apologists who brush off the iPad with scorn. These are the same ones who did the same with the iPhone and iPod.
RT @samerfarha: RT @metro_man: Suggestion for the board to resign or retire sparked a round of applause. #wmata
For the record, ladies, no guys thought of the hilarious of the iPad name until you all pointed it out to us.
RT @hotdogsladies: Will Apple announce their widely-rumored iAmtheWalrus tablet? Find out in 10m, when I blindly prognosticate on http: …
9.7” IPS display. 1/2 inch thick. weighs ~ 1 lbs.
10 hours of battery life.
16GB - 64GB of storage.
1Ghz Processor.
iPad.
RT @Lena_: all existing apps will work on the iPad. Smart move, Apple.
Encoding videos, uploading new images to the CMS, and on one monitor while watching the Apple coverate on live.twit.tv on the other.
Could it be? Twitter is down?
For all of you non-techies/non-geeks out there, this is one of the 3 or 4 Christmas Days a year for Apple/Tech geeks today.
RT @drkiki: Co-hosting with @AlexLindsay on live.twit.tv while @LeoLaporte reports live from Apple about “the announcement”.
Steve Jobs is on stage. Here we go. #appleevent live.twit.tv
RT @siracusa: So, which non-McGraw-Hill textbook company will have an executive in the presentation today?
Ooooooooh, encoding videos I will go, encoding videos I will go, hi-ho the dairy oh, encoding videos I will go. #toomanyswedishfish
Apple Predictions http://bit.ly/cti7Yv
Goonswarm all hands on deck. Oh crap.
Apple Predictions →
Come See Our Latest Creation
For months the Apple rumor mill has been stirring, as usual, whenever there is a build-up to an official Apple event. Each year, there are a half dozen or…
RT @google: Google Voice HTML5 web app now available for iPhone and Palm WebOS devices http://bit.ly/4QQ32h
Predictions - http://www.joelhousman.com/blog/2010/1/26/predictions.html
Predictions http://bit.ly/5AWghU
New blog post: Predictions - http://bit.ly/7idmBK
Predictions →
Come See Our Latest Creation For months the Apple rumor mill has been stirring, as usual, whenever there is a build-up to an official Apple event. Each year, there are a half dozen or…
I now have the sudden urge for some Pepsi Throwback. ::looks at clock:: 10:11 pm on a Monday isn’t too late to go out for a soda run is it?
. @jkottke Thanks! @oceankidbilly found some at CVS here in VA and @andybeach said Target for his. CVS x street from my office in DC.
Searching for the best wrist-supporting mouse pad. I may have found it. http://bit.ly/7solYs Thanks to Amazon Prime, I’ll find out tomorrow.