Category Archives: Technology

Cringely on homeland security

By thecodepounder | Published January 11, 2010

Contrast these three situations: 1) you are sitting in a hotel bar in Mongolia and want to use your Visa card to buy a round of drinks for your friends, and; 2) your Mom is at the check-out counter at a Sears store when the clerk asks her if she wants to apply for a [...]

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Andy Ihnatko on what an Apple tablet should be – or not

By thecodepounder | Published January 11, 2010

I probably can’t justify $600 for a netbook. Which is why the RAT [Rumored Apple Tablet] will be as unlike a netbook as you can possibly imagine. A netbook is a device that you haul out to do a little writing, or check some email, or goof around on some blogs.
The perception of the RAT [...]

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John Gruber on ‘The Tablet’

By thecodepounder | Published December 31, 2009

Like all Apple products, The Tablet will do less than we expect but the things it does do, it will do insanely well. It will offer a fraction of the functionality of a MacBook — but that fraction will be way more fun. The same Asperger-y critics who dismissed the iPhone will focus on all [...]

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Firefox on Snow Leopard now running smoothly

By thecodepounder | Published December 5, 2009

I’m a Mac guy, but there are certain things I prefer to do on Firefox; among them is anything having to do with this blog where Intense Debate is concerned. I honestly don’t know why, but Intense Debate still doesn’t seem to play nice, or at least as nice as it should, with Safari.
Like many [...]

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Darwin goes digital: Rare drafts go online

By thecodepounder | Published November 23, 2009

The Darwin Manuscripts Project has digitized not only drafts of the seminal “On the Origin of Species”, but also notebooks and scientific writings from the time Darwin spent on the HMS Beagle, among other writings.

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Will secret copyright treaty restrict your digital rights?

By thecodepounder | Published November 22, 2009

Most Americans expect that their laws are only passed after some period of public debate between Republicans and Democrats or their news-channel proxies. However, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) may be an exception to this rule, and if it is signed, many United States laws concerning the Internet and ownership of data may become substantively [...]

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I’ve given the old girl a facelift…

By thecodepounder | Published November 22, 2009

Welcome to my new WordPress theme. Why a new theme? Well, as the old adage goes, if you want something done right, do it yourself.
You know, when I started playing around with this blog, I made a quick pass through the WordPress Free Themes Directory and selected the closest thing to what I had in [...]

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Better to rely on prudence

By thecodepounder | Published August 27, 2009

Chalkboard Manifesto for 8/17/2009.
Well said.

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Guitar legend Les Paul dies at 94

By thecodepounder | Published August 13, 2009

The great Les Paul has died.  Rolling Stone’s Rock and Roll Daily:
One thing is for certain: Les Paul is responsible for changing the way rock & roll sounds and he will be greatly missed.

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Macs are better, Windows PCs are cheaper

By thecodepounder | Published July 31, 2009

Insightful piece from John Gruber (what else would you expect?), writing at his Daring Fireball blog, Microsoft’s Long, Slow Decline:
Microsoft is no longer ignoring Apple’s market share gains and successful “Get a Mac” ad campaign. But the crux of these ads from Apple is that Macs are better; Microsoft’s response is a message that everyone [...]

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Even today, Congress just has too much time on its hands

By thecodepounder | Published July 24, 2009

David Pogue, technology columnist for the New York Times, The Irksome Cellphone  Industry:
In recent weeks, the Senate Commerce Committee has been holding hearings about handset exclusivity. That’s when a phone maker (like Apple) offers a particular model (like the iPhone) to a carrier (like AT&T) exclusively for a period of time (like five years).
Come to [...]

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iDay +2 years: Happy Birthday, iPhone!

By thecodepounder | Published June 29, 2009

Yep, two years old today.  I almost forgot.
My original iPhone has now become an “enhanced” iPod Touch for my son, but it’s not only still kicking it’s still going strong.  Love my iPhones!

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