by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 19, 2010 | Commentary, Featured
The case for the 3G-capable iPad | via Macworld I agree, wholeheartedly. In fact, I agree so much that buying the WiFi-only iPad wasn’t a consideration for me, even though it means that I’ll have to wait a couple more weeks before I can get an iPad in my...
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 19, 2010 | Asides
Apple Races to Strike Content Deals Ahead of iPad Release | via WSJ.com and @craigmod Some publishers and TV executives are concerned the iPad doesn’t support Adobe Systems Inc.’s Flash video technology, which many publishers use to showcase their...
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 18, 2010 | Asides
Hacker Disables More Than 100 Cars Remotely | via Wired.com Bit of a bizarre hacking story, but what’s more disconcerting to me (OK, if not MORE disconcerting than the hacker, how about equally disconcerting?) is that a car dealer in Austin, TX has remote access...
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 18, 2010 | Asides
It’s hard to explain just how crazy Act One: Midlife Cowboy, on this episode of This American Life is. In it James Spring gives detail to the story of how he came to rescue Viana and Faith Carelli, two girls, daughters of a murderer and his wife, after...
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 18, 2010 | Asides
Interesting… Not really as interested in reading books on my computer as much as I am on my iPhone or, soon to own, iPad. But interesting nonetheless. Amazon releases Kindle application for Mac OS X | via The Loop Links
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 17, 2010 | Asides, On miPod
Bent Studios Image Lab video for a song off of MM’s new EP. Last 40 seconds may not be for everybody, otherwise it’s flipping brilliant.
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 17, 2010 | Commentary
The HBO Auteur – David Simon | via NYTimes.com Lots of American places used to make things. Detroit used to make cars. Baltimore used to make steel and ships. New Orleans still makes something. It makes moments. I don’t mean that to sound flippant, and I...