by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 5, 2010 | Asides
On why Time Magazine chose The Wire as its best TV show of the decade. What first seemed a simple HBO cop show was anything but simple. Ex-newspaperman David Simon built this series into a to-scale replica of the city of Baltimore, from the streets to City Hall to the...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 4, 2010 | Asides
Honestly, I thought this was a joke at first, but it is in fact a real app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Farting Boobs released for the iPhone | via MacJournal’s Twitter feed Hard to figure out why legit apps get rejected when useless crap like this can push...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 2, 2010 | Asides
Nero, my friends, is fiddling while Rome burns. Clown school is now open… Congress Considers Hitting Mute On Loud TV Ads | via NPR
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 1, 2010 | Asides
The hanging of Uncle Johnny’s very special gift.
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 1, 2010 | Asides, Featured
I’m in the top 2, of the least popular stories that is. Actually, I guess it’s not me, but the NeatReceipts scanner and OCR unit received a big raspberry from the readers of Macworld. The most popular (and least popular) stories of 2009 | via...
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 31, 2009 | Asides
John Gruber on the aforementioned tablet. Daring Fireball: The Tablet