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Things like this make me wonder how long Apple is going to keep making and selling computers and an operating system. It’s quite clear that they’re moving their focus elsewhere, particularly if you look at how much money they make from iPods and the iTunes store. It won’t surprise me one bit when they decide [...]

This is one of the stupidest things I’ve seen in awhile. I spotted it in a catalog that arrived today, but (of course) the catalog has a website.
Suppose for a second that you actually thought these were cool things to wear. Aren’t there all sorts of practical difficulties? For instance, what if you wear them [...]

There’s an interesting article here about why purchasing food from local sources may be more important than purchasing organic food (important in terms of sustainable agricultural and economic systems, fighting the Wal-Mart syndrome, etc.). I’ve been meaning to mention here that the farmer’s market near us opened recently. This will be the third season we’ve [...]

Okay, yes, I’m beating this one into the ground, but to me it epitomizes how Apple chooses flashy looks and bullet-item-ready quasi-features over good design and usability. Chris discovered recently that the store from which he buys his Apple stuff (not an official Apple Store, but one of the endangered Apple dealers) gives all of [...]

There’s a music video here by Sarah McLachlan that rather poignantly illustrates how a relatively small amount of money can make a huge difference in the lives of many people. If you’ve ever wondered whether donations to charitable causes actually make any difference, well, here’s your answer.

12708Robert Rich played a concert in Lafayette, which is just outside of Boulder, on May 12. Sadly the show was badly under-promoted so only a small number of people attended. (Hint to would-be concert promoters: if you want radio stations to help with promoting your show, you need to contact them about a month in [...]

This is sad: Silicon Graphics has filed for bankruptcy. It’s not really surprising since they’ve been in trouble for awhile, but it’s still sad to see a once-cutting-edge company go down in flames. I wonder how many movies I’ve seen that have CGI rendered on SGI machines.

In my posting of initial impressions about the Intel iMac, I went on at some length about how awful the Apple Mighty Mouse is. I promptly replaced mine with a vastly superior Microsoft mouse, but Chris kept using his. Today he told me that the scrolling ball on his has died altogether, after acting unreliably [...]

The former owner of my house didn’t keep up with the exterior maintenance as well as she should have. As a result, much of the siding is deteriorating. Last year we had the worst parts on the front of the house and the garage replaced. Partly because we’ve kind of given up on finding people [...]

There’s a review here of komposi003, the compilation CD on which my latest musical work appears (which you can read about elsewhere on this site, if you haven’t already). He’s right; it’s a good CD.