This article just reinforces what I’ve thought all along: “Rumored” means “We didn’t bother to pick up a phone and do any fact checking at all.” This article says “Best Buy is rumored to offer free antenna covers,” and this is simply repeated from another site which cites anonymous sources. I have to wonder: does no one have the phone number of Best Buy? I mean, it’s not some unknown, unreachable entity — it’s a major retailer. Seriously. July 29, 2010
My favorite bit of demographic data from this says that the anti-iPad crowd tends to be “self-directed young people who look down on conformity and are interested in videogames, computers, electronics, science and the internet.” Look down on conformity? Yeah, ‘cos NO ONE uses videogames, computers, electronics or this obscure “internet” thing. July 29, 2010
I’ve had this mug for nearly 20 years. All it took was one frustrating morning at work to fina July 28, 2010
This page for the Chevy Volt contains the usual – a few pictures, a lot of text. But visiting it makes my hard disk thrash and my fans ramp up. Why? ‘Cos it is not just a few pics and some text. It’s a HUGE FREAKIN’ FLASH FILE. And when I say huge, I mean, it is a Flash file that is 1,039 pixels wide by a ridiculous 4,269 pixels high. And what gets me most steamed is that the entire thing could have been done quickly, easily, and simply in regular HTML. There’s nothing interactive, animated, or otherwise that requires Flash. NOT ONE DAMNED THING. INSANE. But don’t take my word for it. Go look. Assuming you’re on a big honkin’ computer that can take it. July 27, 2010
