Open memo to Steve Jobs
Dear Steve Jobs, I appreciate your noticing that the iPhone is prohibitively expensive for most some people. Cutting the price to $199 for the basic model is a good step. But: When the phone/data plan...
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Why I won't be getting an iPhone just now
My interest in the new iPhone has never reached critical mass, but after finding out that I can get 15% off AT&T cell phone plans through my work, I started thinking again. The basic family plan,...
View ArticleHelp me buy an iPod, or not.
Apple today announced the newest iteration of the iPod nano and some changes to the iPod touch, among other things. This has been an eagerly-awaited day for me, since I took the honorarium from my...
View ArticleiPod update: A new hope
So at the end of the comment thread on my iPod lust decision process about whether or not to buy a new iPod touch, I concluded somewhat glumly that I had probably better wait until the gap between what...
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About that iPod Touch…
…I got one. The story left off with me giving up trying to justify spending $399 for the 32 GB model, even though I’d saved up for it. Cheapness is in my DNA, and I’ve never been able to spend money on...
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Why I am not a Linux user any more
For the last couple of days I’ve been trying to install some new software on the Ubuntu Linux machine that my kids use in their playroom. Being able to get a real computer for the kids for about $75...
View ArticleIs the iPad really what students need?
Dave Caolo believes that students are one of the four groups of people who will make the iPad huge, because: Students are on a fixed budget, and e-books are typically cheaper than their paper-based...
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One month with the iPhone 4
Image by griffintech via Flickr Longtime readers will remember that I’ve owned an iPod Touch for a couple of years now, and it’s a marvelous device. The only things that kept it from being the perfect...
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Rebuilding the Antikythera Mechanism out of Lego
Andrew Carol, an engineer at Apple, has rebuilt a model of the ancient Antikythera Mechanism entirely out of Lego blocks. Watch this amazing 3-minute video: A fuller story behind all this is here. I...
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RIP, Steve Jobs
I’ve been taking a blogging break this week to get caught up at work, but I wanted to say a few words on the passing of Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Those of us who are lifeless Apple fanboys follow Apple...
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