by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 26, 2009 | Asides, Commentary
What the frack? Well, the family planning services reduce cost. They reduce cost. The states are in terrible fiscal budget crises now and part of what we do for children’s health, education and some of those elements are to help the states meet their financial...
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 16, 2008 | Asides, Commentary
Yesterday, on Wired.com, Clive Thomas made an interesting argument for more, better torture in video games. His argument is that most torture, as often presented in the public marketplace, has no real-world consequences for the characters involved. Neither the...
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 4, 2008 | Commentary
I originally found the link to the article at the bottom of this post on John Gruber’s most-excellent Daring Fireball site, a worthy RSS feed if you’re so inclined. To put a finer point on the already fine point made in this article, about two weeks ago I...
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 3, 2008 | Commentary, Featured
Monday, Wired.com posted a very interesting article about a guy named Dan Kaminsky who, in the midst of a “Percocet-tinged haze” found a hole the size of the ocean in the the underpinnings of the Internet. The story is interesting in itself as it...
by Jeffery Battersby | Nov 21, 2008 | Commentary
I haven’t spent more than 5 minutes with the new BlackBerry Storm, so this is by no means a critical review, but my initial impression of the touch screen was similar to that made in this quote from Macworld’s BlackBerry Storm Review. Once you get used to...
by Jeffery Battersby | Nov 12, 2008 | Commentary, Featured, Macworld, Writing
QuickBooks 2009 is exciting and disappointing all at the same time, like a blind date who looks really hot but who also needs some serious dental work, QuickBooks 2009 raises your expectations then leaves you cold. While the program has some great potential,...
