Rip Ragged

Here’s an interesting concept. Apple approved an app called, “The Hottest Girls.” After getting approved for an app that would not specifically seek out naked tits, “The Hottest Girls” started to specifically seek out naked tits.

Jim Dalrymple (who’s probably not the only one, just the only one I read) thinks this is an example of an Apple “flip-flop.” It isn’t. This is a developer flip-flop. More correctly, this is a developer trying to seed the App Store with a Trojan Horse. Apple has correctly ejected the sneaky fuctard.

Here’s the post. A decent five minute read on a boring Saturday night, assuming you’ve already dusted the coffee mugs and alphabetized your cookbooks.

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The iTunes App Store is the first and most successful of its kind. In keeping with forty-seven billion, three-hundred million, sixty-five thousand, six-hundred twenty-two years, five months, sixteen days, nine hours, eighteen minutes and fifty-eight seconds (approximately) of Earth tradition –  the iTunes App Store gets to make the rules. You’re free to not like the rules. Make whatever decisions you will. It’s a fair bet Apple won’t give much of a damn.

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Here’s a new one: AppleInsider is reporting that more affordable iMacs are on the way. That’s like reporting, “Sun Expected to Appear in the East Tomorrow.” Guh-Hod! Day-Yum! (dang) How come he has a boatload of advertisers? What am I doing wrong?

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More good news: Bill Gates is on the cover of Fortune. My copy came today. His picture was next to the statement, “The best advice I ever….” something. I didn’t read the whole thing. We’re in the process of selling our old house and buying a newer, smaller house. Because of that I have to be outside a lot. I happened to be right next to the dumpster when the mailman brought the mail. Consequently, the photograph of Lord Nerdious went into the pile before I could finish reading the cover.

The only part of Fortune worth reading is the back page where Stanley Bing writes. And then only because about half the time he’s funny.

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Bob quit.

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According to iSuppli, you can build your own iPhone 3G S for $179. The parts are cheap. Home hobbyists will be buying parts and “rolling their own.” It’s only a matter of time.

So long, Apple. Your days of dominance are over. I’ll be buying all my own components. I’ll build an iPhone with an FM radio and partition the memory so I can run WinMobile and Android simultaneously with OS X. I’ll have access to all 847 apps available from the other App stores.

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The Silicone Alley Insider has written the following headline: Palm Pre Full-Page Ad Takes A Bite Out Of Apple

I swear they capitalized every dogdamn word.

I’m not linking it. It’s too damned stupid. They show a picture of a frigging ad.

The demographic that gets a Pre based on this ad is a small subset of Kansas City Star subscribers. For those of you keeping score, the Kansas City Star is the house organ of Sprint.

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Every love song ever written…..

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And now a word from someone with sponsors: