by Jeffery Battersby | Aug 6, 2009 | Asides
John Gruber received a response from Apple’s Phil Schiller Regarding Ninjawords and the App Store. Key sentence for me in Gruber’s piece is this: It is certainly arguable whether Wiktionary’s English dictionary content should be rated 17+. I personally...
by Jeffery Battersby | Aug 5, 2009 | Asides
As an addendum to the last post, I have two dictionary apps on my iPhone, WeDict (which name raises possible censorship questions) and WordBook which I recently purchased. Take note of the attached screenshots. WeDict has “shit” and several derivatives....
by Jeffery Battersby | Aug 5, 2009 | Asides
WARNING!! Article contains words censored by Apple: Ninjawords: iPhone Dictionary, Censored by Apple | via Daring Fireball.
by Jeffery Battersby | Aug 4, 2009 | Asides
…to my last post about mortgages, the banks, and my unrequited desire to refinance. At this point in time, due to the decline in housing prices, I am ever-so-slightly above water equity-wise. And because I’m neither FMae or FMac, standard equity rules...
by Jeffery Battersby | Aug 4, 2009 | Commentary, Politics
NPR’s Planet Money Blog has an article today about mortgage modifications and bank’s reticence to make mods to bad loans. Frankly, this doesn’t surprise me at all, even though they’ve been given tons of cash for these modifications. I’m...
by Jeffery Battersby | Aug 3, 2009 | Asides
After being on vaca for so long I’ve finally had the opportunity to try out Beacon Bagel on Main Street’s east end. Made fresh on site and indescribably delicious, although I still think that Zuzu’s has a leg up in the coffee category.
by Jeffery Battersby | Jul 31, 2009 | X-Country
PA Route 22, Gallitzin, PA 301 miles from home! Says Joanna: After the observatory in Tennessee, we drove to West Virginia. We got to see our Uncle Joe and our Aunt Jane. After visiting them, we went to go see our great grandma Bunny. Now we are on our way home from...
