Rip Ragged

The other tech companies have figured out how to attack Apple. They’re going to form consortia to attack individual products and services. I’ll confess I didn’t see this permutation coming.
Dell, Amazon, and Google are going after iTunes. Apparently the iTunes clone already exists somewhere on the innertubes. I’d go find it, but those calories are [...]

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I’m an optimist with my moon in cynic.
Everywhere you look these days, the pessimists seem to be taking over the discussion. I don’t dislike pessimists, I just dislike pessimism.
Politically, I believe that Barack Obama has allowed the Democrats and Republicans in government to finally show their true colors. They’re all more interested in personal gratification [...]

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If you get that right, everything else should be fine.
Let’s just leave it at that for tonight.

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I have a friend who just switched from an iPhone to a Droid. He likes it.
Dang.
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Rumors are circulating about iPhone 4.0. The new features I’m hearing about are a little worrisome:
Multitouch-á-trois ultra will accept commands from as many as six independent fingers.
Leather cases will also have to include lace trim.
It will run a native version [...]

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The March ‘04 Rolling Stone is out.
I know. Fuck Rolling Stone. I usually agree with that assessment.
This one is a collector’s edition, though. There’s an interview with Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck. The two of them. Together.
It’s written well enough that most of the meaning of the interview is between the lines.
As far as I’m [...]

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