Classless inaction
Now, after class action lawsuits regarding the iPhone’s tie to AT&T, I totally wish I’d sued PalmOne and Sprint about tying the Treo 650 to the Sprint CDMA network.I wanted it on Verizon Wireless,...
View ArticleAt least someone from Washington can cut a deficit
The Washington Capitals started the scoring tonight, but they didn’t finish it. Spacek evened up the score, and Afinogenov put the Buffalo Sabres in front.The Sabres then jumped ahead to a 4-1 lead before...
View ArticleInteresting week of Apple news
Let’s summarize the week in Apple news so far:Declared October 26, 2007, as the ship date for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, and updated all sorts of marketing material about it — including a list of its 300+...
View ArticleBottling the weather
I wish I could bottle today’s warm autumn weather and have it every day. It was just wonderful. I especially enjoyed the walk to my car at the end of the day.
View ArticleCamping in Victor
It looks like I’ll finally be making a camping trip to Victor today. I’ve never camped in line outside an Apple Store for anything, but I thought it would be fun to try it once. I missed doing it for...
View ArticleSneaking in, an overtime goal against Tampa Bay
As happy as I am that the Buffalo Sabres pulled off an overtime victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning yesterday, I’m a bit befuddled. It looked to me as if Paetsch was offsides on the final breakaway. I...
View ArticleThoughts about the Leopard line
I got together with some folks to stand in line for the Leopard release on Friday evening; we went camping in Victor outside the Apple Store Eastview. I wanted to jot down a few observations of the...
View ArticleLazy can of corn and a new penalty for next year
The Sabres won 2-1 in overtime against the Boston Bruins last night. Perhaps just as remarkable as the win — after a really poor showing over the past few games — was the commentary.I always love the...
View ArticleRands In Repose: The Nerd Handbook
Rands In Repose: The Nerd Handbook. The only response I have is: so true, so true.Now, what were you just saying?[Via Daring Fireball.]
View ArticlePiercing the veil
This morning while I was walking Baxter, I looked up ahead and saw a plane rising from the airport. Almost as soon as I spotted it, I saw its lights push through the low-hanging cloud deck, like a...
View ArticleWhat if Mac OS X were sold for any PC?
Reading the Macalope’s ACME+Pundit+Saws post — wherein he skewers David Berlind about his ZDnet post, Is+Apple+getting+dragged+(kicking,+screaming,+or+suing?)+into+licensing+OS+X?— I haven’t written...
View ArticleBarefeats on the MacBook with Intel GMA X3100
Barefeats weighs in with its performance review of the Intel GMA X3100 integrated video controller in the revised MacBooks:“Not only is the new MacBook with the GMA X3100 a bummer for high rez gamers,...
View ArticleIf you cannot boo, what do you do
Heather B, talking about whether there should be any sort of tribute when Briere or Drury return to HSBC Arena on opposing teams, compares them to other recent Sabres:“Dominik Hasek was the team for...
View ArticleHalf a Bernoulli disk
I realized today that Adium 1.1.4 takes up 39 MB, which is about the size of:my old Mac LC’s internal hard disk, sold long agohalf of a Bernoulli removable disk that’s stored in my garage right now.How...
View ArticleWinter Classic ends in a Sabres shootout loss
Well, the AMP Energy NHL Winter Classic game between the Buffalo Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins is over. The Penguins won their second straight against the Sabres with a 2-1 shootout victory.Rewinding a...
View ArticleThe skid hits six
The Buffalo Sabres are in a serious situation now; they have fallen to eleventh place in the Eastern Conference as of this afternoon’s 5-2 loss against the Atlanta Thrashers. This means the blue and...
View ArticleOur long electronic domain nightmare has ended
Yes, I forgot to renew my domain. Yes, that became a real pain very quickly when I realized what the repercussions were.For future generations, I suggest not having to deal with this when:you want to...
View ArticleRick Falkvinge on mixing DRM and law
Rick Falkvinge responds to the European Commission about the inadvisability of mixing DRM and law (in English, despite the preamble in Swedish, even though he is the “founder and leader of the Pirate...
View ArticleThe Toronto Star: Sabres display draft savvy
The Toronto Star, at TheStar.com, shows how the Sabres display draft savvy— or at least used to, before everyone that brought players into the organization left.Sigh.Still, I guess I can’t say this is...
View ArticleWhen I ruled the world?
Does anyone else think that Apple has some ulterior motive for promoting Viva la Vida, the track on the new iTunes ad featuring Coldplay? That maybe its lyrics are indicative of something going on at...
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