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Belated Goodbye to Print Newspapers
Picked up the Sunday paper (San Jose Mercury News) this morning for the first time in eons — wanting to check out the coupon inserts for my latest gig at Coupons.com — and it’s amusing to see how the content is both obsolete by the time it hits the newsstand and inferiorly static compared to [...]
Apple Fanboy, Hear Me Roar
In honor and memory of Steve Jobs: 2004: I’d never owned any Apple product. 2005: I bought my first Apple product, an iPod Classic. 2007: I bought my first Apple computer, an iMac, through a friend of a friend’s Apple employee discount. As of today, I’ve already owned and retired: That original iMac 2 iPod [...]
iPad 2 First Impressions
(Me and the Woz just after I bought the first iPad 2 at the Apple Store in Los Gatos) Having carelessly left my iPad in a Southwest Airlines seat-back pocket in December, I’ve been waiting impatiently for this day to come for months! I used TaskRabbit to arrange for a runner to wait in line [...]
Why I’m not switching to the Verizon iPhone
The promise of greater network reliability? Alluring! But I’m not switching quite yet. Here’s why: No simultaneous voice and data — This is a non-starter. I frequently access the Internet while on a call. AT&T allows it, Verizon doesn’t, because of the nature of CDMA. Limited international reach — GSM is the global standard, and [...]
Go Lakers — Three-peat!
The new season started yesterday, and I’m psyched about this team. I know I take the Lakers‘ winning ways for granted a bit, but I do realize I’m pretty darned lucky to be a fan of a team that’s had so much success over the years. I count myself a fan since 1984, despite the [...]
Addicted to Apps: My Name Is JSK, and I’m an App-aholic
Curious as I performed my religiously weekly review of Gizmodo’s “This Week’s Best Apps,” I just used WetFish Software’s App Store Expense Monitor (free download) to determine that over the past few years I’ve downloaded 269 apps for the iPhone and/or iPad, spending a grand total of $596.09 on paid ones. I daresay I’m a [...]
Myspace Reacting to Facebook’s Privacy Challenges?
I have a myspace profile that I’ve barely touched since creation; I vaguely recall that I set one up to get access to music from a couple independent groups I was following. So I was surprised to get a policy update email from myspace earlier this week. In contrast to all the privacy policy problems [...]
How to Change Your Facebook Places Privacy Settings
Facebook rolled out Facebook “Places” today. Like FourSquare and Gowalla, the feature allows you to check in to locations and share that information with your social network. As a default, if you opt to check in to a Place, Facebook will share that information with “Friends Only.” Unlike FourSquare and Gowalla, the feature allows your [...]
Soft Drinks Are Crap
Excellent visual explanation of why soda is crap. I’ve been trying to quit for years — and reduced my soda consumption substantially — but haven’t been able to avoid completely the siren call of the syrupy drink, particularly when eating greasy foods. The battle to resist starts afresh tomorrow! Via: Term Life Insurance
