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Re: The "10 foot interface" - 1 year ago
Steve's dislike for the phone companies was legendary. They spent a lot of time spitballing what it would take to replace carriers with some other WiFi-ish solution. I suspect that there is some kind of plan to use some of the cash horde to move the iCloud down to the iConnection level -- would Apple buy up all the assets of Sprint then fillet out anything not needed to re-roll the company as theby stan adams - Spork Central
The "10 foot interface" - 1 year ago
What are the odds that Apple really and truly will sell something that is targeted at the "minds off" crowd?? With the legions of "Apple Haters" growing (as evidenced by the hordes of Android phones, because so far as I can tell they certainly are not any more functional than iPhones...) and the growing danger of "falling prices" is is wise to enter into the space where some of your "frenemies"by stan adams - Spork Central
Re: Presidential Politics - 1 year ago
I sorta wonder if he doesn't feel the same way. He had that whole drawn out "deliberation" last time, when he started by saying "this is not the right time for me", and his Hawiian "retreat" to decide what to do. He won't have that sort of "grand entrance" this time around. His efforts to head to various "battleground states" and even "core constituencies" have come off as either "preachy" or "opby stan adams - Spork Central
Re: goodbye old archnemesis - 1 year ago
I suspect that the "new media training" of many journalism students to doubt Wikipedia has lead to many ignoring the factual representation of history there and repeating hearsay from "more reliable" sources that get the story more wrong... Ain't life grand.by stan adams - Spork Central
Re: goodbye old archnemesis - 1 year ago
Remember when SJ wore bow ties? I do. I got so damn choked up reading this from an interview published in Playboy : http://gizmodo.com/5821429/that-time-in-1987-when-playboy-interviewed-steve-jobs?tag=steve-jobs Even Mossy Wallberg got me teared up -- http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203476804576613732041665792.html?mod=WSJ_hp_mostpop_read I suspect those of you with kids sortaby stan adams - Spork Central
Re: maxi pad - 2 years ago
QuoteJohn Willoughby One way or another, I WILL be getting more storage on my iPad. Or, at least, near my iPad. How's that thing really work?? "Just connect your WiFi enabled device to your AirStash and instantly surf & stream your media files through your web browser. No software or app installation is required." Through my web browser? Sounds sucky. I want this sort of functionality: htby stan adams - Spork Central
Re: maxi pad - 2 years ago
I want a product Red cover and a white iPad. Damn straight I am Polish. http://www.polartcenter.com/Car_Window_Flag_With_Eagle_p/9220019.htmby stan adams - Spork Central
Re: Milkshakes for... - 2 years ago
Thank goodness. And I am back on my meds...by stan adams - Spork Central
Re: Boss Bitch - 2 years ago
Wow things are slow. I am leaving the world of financial services for another foray back into the hybrid world of "clicks and bricks" with a top 50 e-commerce retailer that will give me a commute of under 2.2 miles. I hope to hell I can figure out how to sneak in more iPad time and pretend it is useful to the "business"...by stan adams - Spork Central
Re: maxi pad - 2 years ago
JW: Having worked in a retail environment I think that Apple has wisely decided that the kind of target market for tablets (and some smart phones...) has better served by NOT cornfusing them about RAM. "How many songs / files / apps can I store" is a numerical value that such buyers can grok. No reason to take em down a path to ask "how many tabs / apps loaded simultaneously / complex graphics oby stan adams - Spork Central
Re: maxi pad - 2 years ago
Anybody tried non-Apple keyboards with their iPads? I am tempted to get the one from Cygnett, some reviews are critical of it, but I can't seem to find too many other options. defiantly do nt want anyting that folds, or do i want anythng that s too ridiculously toy like...by stan adams - Spork Central
Re: Local Unmentionables: Notes on YOUR corner of the world - 2 years ago
Sounds like a cool idea. In fact I would try and get a software patent for it or variations on it, but I think patents are kinda pointless if you don't have the connections / resources to profit from 'em (which is what I thought the original point was -- to help little guys, but I digress..). I have often thought something along the lines of captcha would be useful -- an engine in the server genby stan adams - Spork Central
Re: Boss Bitch - 2 years ago
Hey folks sorry to hear the bad news. I have kinda sorta deliberately staying away on the thought that maybe my semi-cyclic bad attitude was being fostered by sporkers, but since it does not seem to really have much impact I AM BACK... While my employer is not slashing in the same way there is some deck chair rearranging going on and I thought I'd ask for some feedback. The "good news" is thatby stan adams - Spork Central
Re: maxi pad - 2 years ago
Nope. I have gotten so tired of typing up a nice short post and then having it disappear that I figure I might as well post some actual spam.by stan adams - Spork Central
Re: maxi pad - 2 years ago
I can hardly wait to have that "lock orientation" button that is coming. I also want a prefence to make the keyboard recognize the fact my thumbs are too dumb / lazy to trust them to type -- I cannot tell you how many times I have mentally reached for the space bar and seen n or m show up instead. Related, when trying to use "backspace" I see string of ppppppp's before I realize thumb is reluctaby stan adams - Spork Central
Re: Sporkers Helping Sporkers - 2 years ago
I know how I am going to fix this, but it is sorta goddamned amazing how stupid some people some people can be. Here is the deal. My MIL is probably the last person alive that was paying for AOL dial up. I finally convinced her to get DSL. Of course there was something about the local wiring that required a tech to make a site visit before the DSL would stay reliably synced. The tech got it toby stan adams - Spork Central
Re: Boss Bitch - 2 years ago
I have not been visiting much because the morons that run my company have decided to out source a signficant part of the code that runs our business. They announced a retention bonus to keep folks from jumping ship, and it has been not been working well so moral is low, workload is increased on the those of us that really do want to stick around and colllect the bonus, and to put a cherry on topby stan adams - Spork Central
Re: Boss Bitch - 2 years ago
In a similar vein , I have been off to a much requested and needed training class this week. In addition to peeking at the voluminous email that pours into my inbox I have also attempted to phone into several of the poorly scheduled tele conferences that I am sorta expected to be participate in. Today the honcho sends a note to me and the rest of the team asking that we suggest fiscal '11 projectby stan adams - Spork Central
Re: Reciprocating Mass - 2 years ago
It strikes that much of what the Fiat guys have done in the design phase of this mill probably is on the radar of all the other engineers of internals combustion motors, but the institutional processes of the various firms have not embrace -- computer simulation to optimize friction, airflow, displacement, etc is too often not taken as seriously as utilizing existing mounts, production tooling, eby stan adams - Spork Central
Re: Sporkers Helping Sporkers - 2 years ago
It is a triangle of speed vs complexity vs effective maintenance. Hand coding is kinda slow, but if the complexity is low it generally is much cheaper and easier to maintain. As the complexity grows the speed decreases and at a certain point it becomes a huge chore to go back and look at older handwritten HTML. With BBEdit things at least stay more consistent and readable...by stan adams - Spork Central
Re: Local Unmentionables: Notes on YOUR corner of the world - 2 years ago
In some ways i agree with Bill -- woot is a odd niche that seems unlikely to be worth acquiring so much as just "ripping off" as I doubt that there is any patent on selling one thing a day until it sells out. Seems like darned near every other online seller of anything has copied that concept... However if Amazon went that route (ripping off woot) they would be the scourge of all savvy net usersby stan adams - Spork Central
Re: Sporkers Helping Sporkers - 2 years ago
Alan: You said "drives that spin 24x7" and there is no way I would consider a mini. Heat dissipation is the enemy of moving parts, tower beats the mini hands down... If you can't track down a used Intel based tower at a price that makes sense I think JW makes a good case for a hackintosh so long as the roll your own support works for your purposes... Sanppiness is little like "road feel" on aby stan adams - Spork Central
Re: Local Unmentionables: Notes on YOUR corner of the world - 2 years ago
I think we all have aging parents if we have 'em, it is just that when you can see that the difference between "aging" and the the word that substitutes d for a and y for g is wholly inadequate... My sister has experience helping folks setting up home based hospice care and she believes no one really prepares for it so much lurching into a crisis a little less panicked ...by stan adams - Spork Central
Re: iPhone - 2 years ago
QuoteJohn WilloughbyNo, no walled garden here. Sometimes the walls are less substantial, but encompass a larger garden. Books have been written about what is really at work in cases like this. In the world of electronics it is Sony/Betamax vs the world. In motorsports it is Chevy vs Ford. In sports it is Yankee fans vs Yankee haters. Some day (I predict soon...) the scales will fall off the eyby stan adams - Spork Central
Re: Apple's relationship with the press, customers, and dealers - 2 years ago
QuoteCloudscoutOne of the local meteorologists (I've posted about him here before) just had a comment on Facebook about how unhappy he is with Apple right now. He just got back from vacation and the hard drive in his Mac is failing. The Apple Store, however, won't look at it until next week because they are only handling iPhone stuff right now. I told him to take it to First Tech. :) while theby stan adams - Spork Central
Re: iPhone - 2 years ago
QuotetomiernaPosting from mine now. Sooooo thin. Got the black bumper. So jealous! Might finally be the right time to ditch the not-so-smart phones we have and bite the bullet. Rate plans are still a sticking point. Curious to see how the iPad data is going to hit our budget...by stan adams - Spork Central
Re: Apple's relationship with the press, customers, and dealers - 2 years ago
I am very curious about the pricing of many kinds of content-- Time Magazine wants $5 a copy, kindle books are very costly, I would prefer to borrow the physical book from a library or maybe go looking at one of the many pretty well run used bookstores. Yet a still download a song for about a buck and play that song over and over. How much longer will that last?by stan adams - Spork Central
Re: How much does AT&T suck? - 2 years ago
Wasn't just a few years back that all the networking equipment makers got busted with made up numbers for "sold and delivered" units??? All these jokers are in cohouts when it comes to creating a fiction that they know what they are doing-- they know there are enormous barriers to entry and just like in the old Ma Bell days they will play as long as no one crashes he party...by stan adams - Spork Central