So good to have Apple watch out for us
17 Feb 2012 12:50am GMT The only malware that we know of on the Mac is software that Apple blessed through its review process. The stuff that grabs whatever it can and uploads it to their private servers. Do you think Apple has "dipped" into our private data for its own purposes? Why wouldn't they -- everyone else was doing it. And btw, they still are doing it. They promised to change the way the system works, but they haven't changed it yet. And what about all the data that was uploaded who-knows-where. Can't put the...
Most cool Jeremy Lin moment
16 Feb 2012 4:31pm GMT I finally got to watch a Knicks game last night with Jeremy Lin. My favorite Lin moment was when he dribbled the ball all around every opposition player and they were all just standing there with no idea what to do. It was like Bugs Bunny making fun of Elmer Fudd. Wonderful basketball. Or just plain wonderful. Another amazing thing is that there's no doubt he's the captain on the court. How did that happen so quickly? They communicate so well. But how long have they been playing as a...
Benchmark
16 Feb 2012 4:23pm GMT It took me less than 2 minutes to create this site. http://crazyones.blorkmark.com/ And 30 seconds of it was waiting for DNS to propagate.
We're going to Disneyland!
16 Feb 2012 3:54pm GMT It was totally predictable that Apple would move in the direction they're moving. And of course it was predicted here, to which Apple zealots said but you have a choice. They still say that. Over time the Apple-approved choices will get smaller. This is what I refer to as the disneyfication of computing. It's inexorable. I prefer if Microsoft would zig to Apple's zag, to match every Apple move to close off their ecosystem to ever-more-docile programmers, with an equivalent move to invite in...
iPhones and unprotected sex
15 Feb 2012 5:34pm GMT You might get an STD if you have unprotected sex, but even the smartest people from time to time throw caution to the wind. In the heat of the moment. Look, no one likes it when you shout Fire in a movie theater when everyone is really loving the movie. But if there's a fire you should probably ignore people's prefs and shout anyway. Like the people who said it was a bubble when housing prices kept going up, when we're fighting two wars but feeling no pain at home. Something was wrong with...