The iPhone is a status symbol. There is no particular need for it. It’s cool, it’s fun, it looks good, it is apparently an all-around awesome toy. And it impresses people when you show it off. But you don’t need… Continue Reading
On today, the day of the opening ceremonies of the Olympics, the People’s Republic China will do its very best to give the rest of the world a look at China and see something admirable. If only the leaders of… Continue Reading
The ol’ laptop is running on its last legs. The monitor contacts are flickering. The battery lasts about ten minutes without being plugged in. The boot-up cycle is about five minutes long, and shutting down takes almost as much time… Continue Reading
Another good idea from our friends up in Canada. If this law passes, there would be no more organ donor lists in Ontario. Instead there would be a “not a donor” list. You would have to opt out of rendering… Continue Reading
We have come to depend on the internet. With no net at the office over the past week, I was much less productive than I could have been with it. We finally got the Intertubes back today and it was… Continue Reading
Political Animal raises an interesting question for political poll watchers: are poll results skewed because pollsters do not call very many cell phones? This may not be a big issue because cell phones, while pervasive, are still seen by most… Continue Reading
If you don’t read xkcd by now, where have you been?
The office has been “paperless” for some time. That does not mean there is no paper there. Or that we do not keep paper records. But our primary document storage system is electronic, and I rarely consult physical documents there.… Continue Reading
Normally, a discovery order in a lawsuit, even one between two big companies, would not be particularly newsworthy. But when a federal judge orders Google to turn over to Viacom every record of every video ever played on YouTube, including… Continue Reading
How does Google provide advertisements for its subscribers? In theory, it works the way that Brin and Page designed Google — it’s supposed to figure out what everyone looks for with certain queries and guide you to the most popular… Continue Reading