Just As I Thought

My oven is happily cleaning it…

April 27, 2009

My oven is happily cleaning itself. Why can’t the rest of my kitchen be as cooperative and helpful?

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Oh, hello there!

Far back, in the mists of ancient time, there existed a technology for sharing one’s thoughts, musings, memes, and other nonsense. You may have heard of it, if you’re over 40. The web log, or blog. The  [more...]

April 12, 2023

I know people like to accuse Microsoft of copying Apple — but the irony is that they are much, much dumber than that.  ‘Cos whenever they copy something, they never seem to figure it out and copy the thing that makes Apple successful. Apple has stores? Copy the look of them, but don’t actually have anything there to buy. Apple’s OS has one menubar? Copy it, but put dozens of them on the screen. Phone? ”Well, if Apple has been so successful selling just ONE phone, we can be NINE TIMES more successful by selling nine different phones!” Even in 1908, Henry Ford had learned that too much choice caused paralysis in consumers. Today, Apple understands that — after all, the iPhone 4 is available in any color, as long as its black.  See also: Mac OS X (one version), Windows (six versions).

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October 11, 2010
Right = Wrong

How Christian of them

Ah, hypocrisy — it is so very useful when it spotlights the true nature of some people. When hundreds of religious activists try to get arrested today to protest cutting programs for the poor, prominent  [more...]

December 14, 2005

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