So the History Channel of all places has been running shows on how Aliens have been visiting earth for a long time, and have contributed to our societies since we were apes, and yadda yadda. The History Channel’s long slide into meaningless drivel aside, I wanted to just throw out some hard numbers about …
So the ballot measure is done, and it passed by a huge margin.
I was really conflicted on this. There are a lot of factors that go into making a decision about a tax that will take a billion dollars a year out of our state economy. Especially in a time that our economy …
I bought an iPad on opening day. As I said in my initial observations, I really needed to hold one, see it and feel it, before I could have a sense of whether I wanted one.
So I wandered down that Saturday afternoon to give one a shot. I wanted to see 3 things: …
In the past few days, Hillary Clinton and other senior administration members flew down to Mexico to work on “cartels vs. the military part II”. A visit punctuated by 5 days of murders related to cartel violence.
A few years ago the US dedicated 1.3 Billion dollars to fighting the drug war in Mexico and …
It’s been 2 years now since wall street smashed our economy into a brick wall and like a lot of drunk drivers, amazingly the Banks walked away almost completely unscathed, while the rest of the passengers (us) have ended up in a 2 year coma from which we are just now emerging.
There’s been a lot …
Have you bought a pair of bluetooth stereo headphones and paired them up to your Mac?
Have you noticed that they sound crappy and tinny?
There’s a reason!
Turns out that the default minimum quality in OS X is pretty low. I guess the OS and the bluetooth device negotiate this, and if the device doesn’t provide …
About a week before Christmas, I broke down and bought a kindle. I had been using the iPhone kindle app for a couple of months, and had been teetering on the edge for a while. Then the prices came down and it pushed me over. I’ve now got a good 5 books …
We all know about the newest apple device by now, here are my impressions:
Big iPhone:
This was a really good decision on Apple’s part. It would have been a major mistake to put the full version of Mac OS X on this machine. It needs an OS that is rooted in the touch interface …
The Uniqueness of Humans: Find 40 minutes to watch this. It’s great.
In case you didn’t know, Arizona’s leadership is completely fucked. Since the whitehouse drafted our previous governor, Jan Brewer has stepped in to try and navigate the mess that is Arizona politics. And it hasn’t gone all that well. Since taking office, she’s been consistently in opposition to both parties in the …