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Monthly Archives: January 2010
Up the creek without an iPaddle
In response to Dave‘s Reading tea leaves in advance of Apple’s announcements, I added this comment: Steve loves to uncork constipated categories with the world’s slickest laxative. So I’m guessing this new box will expand Apple’s retail shelf space to … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Gear, News, Quote, Technology
Tagged "Dave Winer", Amazon, Apple, Engadget, Garmin, Gizmodo, google, iPad, iphone, Joel Johnson, MG Sigler, Oreo cookie, silo, SKUs, Sony, Steve Jobs, TechCrunch, Trinitron
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Hospitality story
We tested Santa Barbara before moving there, by taking a small apartment near the beach. The apartment was at the uphill (northwest) end of Burton Circle, on Natoma (a paved tangent of Burton’s circle), on the second floor of the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Life, Photography, Places, Travel
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Passive Assistance
Four more of my aerial photos now illustrate their subjects in Wikipedia: Nebraska National Forest and the nearby town of Thedford, both in the Sand Hills region; and Morgan Hill and Dunaliella Salina (a micro algae that colors salt ponds, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Geology, Photography, Places, Technology, Travel
Tagged Duniel, PDTillman, Tillman
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Los Angeles vs. Nature
John McPhee is the best nonfiction writer alive. My opinion, of course. But I happen to be right. Nobody describes anything better. No writer does a better job of digging into subjects most would find dull (rocks, pine barrens, river … Continue reading
Wintry mixing
I grew up on our town’s best hill for sledding. After a good snowfall, the town would sometimes block the steet so kids from all over could ride down the hill. The top was steep, but there was a long … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Photography, Sports, Travel
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What’s wrong with this picture?
Why is Steve Jobs taller than Eric Schmidt in this picture? I’ve met both guys, and I’m sure Eric is taller than Steve. But maybe I’m wrong. I’m having trouble (must be my night for that) finding believable height information … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, Journalism, News
Tagged Apple, Eric Schmidt, google, Journalism, Steve Jobs
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Can we have some first sources, please?
One of the things that drives me nuts about stories on the Web is absent links to first sources. Two examples: this piece by Nate anderson in Ars Technica and this one by Greg Sandoval in BX.BusinessWeek Cnet.* Both report … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Journalism, News, problems
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How the Internet becomes the Content-o-net
The Cinternet is Donnie Hao Dong’s name for the Chinese Internet. Donnie studies and teaches law in China and is also a fellow here at Harvard’s Berkman Center. As Donnie sees (and draws) it, the Cinternet is an increasingly restricted … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, Future, infrastructure, Journalism, music, News, Places, Politics, problems, Technology
Tagged "Net Neutrality", Ars Technica, Big Content, China, Cinternet, Content-o-net, Donnie Hao Dong, encirclement, fcc, france, google, Hollywood, intermediary liability, internet, ISP, MPAA, Net, Rebecca MacKinnon, RIAA, self-discipline, U.S.
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On the Continuing End of Business as Usual
How’s this for coincidence: I’m sitting here reading Cory Doctorow‘s book Content: Selected Essays on Technology, Creativity, copyright and the Future of the Future when I pause to check Twitter for a message I’m expecting, and see a tweet pointing … Continue reading
Posted in Cluetrain, Ideas, Journalism, Technology
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