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Archive for September, 2008

A Shure Update

My Shure SE420 headphone replacements just arrived.

McCain Campaign

David Letterman wants to know what is going on with the McCain camp:
“Well, somebody’s putting something in his Metamucil. [...] Don’t suspend your campaign, you let your campaign go on, shouldered by your vice-presidential nominee! [...] What happened there? What’s the problem? Where is she?!”
She’s off sounding like an imbecile interviewing with Katie [...]

The App Store: Getting Out of Hand

More problems with Apple’s iPhone SDK, App Store rejections, and new competition from Google’s Android.

Well, That Didn’t Take Long…

The LHC is now offline for the next six months, possibly longer.

Raleigh Races

Flew in RDU last evening, Southwest made a two-hour late flight into a picnic.

J.Crew Needs Better Editors (or Why You Should Always Double-Check Your Plain-Text Copy)

Viewing emails in plain-text reveals some pretty embarrassing typos.

As Though They Have Nothing Better To Do…

Don’t cry over spilt soda, just go directly to federal prison.

iTunes 8 Frustrations

iTunes 8 has been with us for 9 days now, and I’m finding some of the changes in it to be a tad frustrating.
First and foremost, why did Apple remove the “Browse” button from the application entirely? In case you don’t recall the browse button, here are some previous incarnations:
caption id=”attachment_136″ align=”alignnone” width=”48″ caption=”Browse Button [...]

Microsoft: We Have No Clue What We’re Doing.

Seinfeld Out, Desperate Housewife In — Microsoft’s ad campaigns simply aren’t working.

Sorry John

Apple’s new MacBooks are coming out in less than a month, and the introductory line is looking decidedly professional. So what’s going to happen to the Pro moniker?