Just As I Thought

Hey, California – 45° in April. This is not what I pay those high property taxes for.

April 2, 2012

Hey, California – 45° in April. This is not what I pay those high property taxes for.

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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
Right = Wrong

For deleterious service

I was pretty miffed the other day when I saw Dubya giving the Medal of Freedom to George Tenet, the ousted head of the CIA. Awarding failure seems to be a natural for Mr. Bush, but that’s probably because  [more...]

December 16, 2004

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).

Microsoft unveils plans for first nine Windows Phone 7 handsets

October 11, 2010

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