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Steve Jobs
Twitter is going crazy with unconfirmed reports that Steve Jobs is dead. What’s Trending posted it and then deleted the tweet. It’s not ranking in some basic Google searches or on Google News. I’d be...
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Steve Jobs is Really Dead This Time
And then Steve Jobs was dead. And there was an outpouring of grief from a sad and sentimental world, stoked by the forces of sappy weepiness, sure, but also surprisingly genuine. The expected backlash...
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So You Decided to Buy a Mac?
Congratulations on buying your first Mac. I’m going to give you some tips about how to make your Mac experience awesome. Best IM program for Mac: Adium. Best web browser for Mac: no clear winner....
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Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens died tonight (CBS News) from the cancer that he knew would kill him. He was one of the greatest active writers in the English language, and certainly his writing has been...
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Boo Hoo for TV Sales
New York Times: “We are making less money because the company is forcing us to slash prices,” Mr. Lall said, standing amid rows of flickering television sets. Mr. Lall says the days of making big money...
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Prediction: There Will Be No iPhone 5
Here’s my tech prediction for 2012: Apple will not release a product called “iPhone 5.” Why not? Look at the names of the previous iPhones: iPhone (2007) iPhone 3G (2008) iPhone 3GS (2009) iPhone 4...
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New Rule for Bands
I can tolerate when a rock band wants to switch out one member for someone else, or when they replace a drummer who dies in a freak accident involving alcohol. But a band must retire when they’ve got...
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Armagideon Time
Whenever I hear Armagideon Time, it makes me want to watch Ghost Dog. Armagideon Time is a post from Lines Writing Lines - Natan Gesher's Blog.
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When Silent Isn’t Silent
Remember Apple’s “1984″ Mac commercial? What else do we remember from 1984? War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. How about this one? Silence is noise. Daring Fireball (writing about...
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Attention to Detail
Gmail’s logo (Google): Dennis Hwang spent the day before the launch coming up with ideas for a logo and trying to make it work in conjunction with the clown-colored Google brand. … The logo was...
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