With the imminent release of the iPad on April 5, it and its older cousins the iPhone and iPod Touch are getting increasing attention by the tech pundits. I have an iPhone, and I generally like it, but it seems to stand for everything I despise about where technology is headed. I love and hate Apple, Inc. Here’s why.
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Cox Blocked
I’m about to give up. I know that’s what they want me to do. Between MSC turning off POP and IMAP, their trying to ram WebCT/Vista down my throat, and now trouble with my Cox, my technological endeavors have been stymied as of late. Over the weekend, I brought my dead sever home from campus. [...]
WCWJU
I’m thinking about starting a religion. Seriously. It seems that only narratives about belief and faith get anywhere in this country these days. Facts are irrelevant — too pedestrian. Loud opinion is king, and my don’t we have plenty of it to go around? Not only do we like opinions, but we seem to relish [...]
Apple Fights Gay Marriage Ban
Hats off to Apple, and not for the usual reasons. From Apple Insider: Apple has joined Google in publicly opposing California’s Proposition 8, a measure intended to ban the rights of gay Californians to legally marry, and has contributed $100,000 to defeat the measure. Way to go, Apple (and Google)! From Apple’s own web site [...]
Dude, Where’s My iPhone?
Well, I will not be getting one. Not because I don’t think it’s the most innovative and appealing product to come along since the original Mac itself; not that it hasn’t received strong reviews; not because I don’t think that this product marks the beginning of a new trend in digital devices that will change [...]