Category Archives: Rant
Cheap tactics: Apple store down
My first skim of the morning tech news turned up a bunch of chatter about Apple's "store" being down. This happens a couple of times every year. Apple "takes the store down" and people start getting all excited that something new is on the way. It's hard to believe Apple doesn't get reamed for [...]
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the inbox… here comes Facebook
Most people have learned, by now, that it’s bad Netiquette to forward every little joke, picture, or whatnot to every person they know. It’s OK to forward those cute bunny pictures to the friends who will appreciate them, but just because your dentist is in your address book it doesn’t mean he or she needs [...]
May 2010 be your best year ever!
I thought about posting a big rant about how crappy 2009 was, but decided that wasn't terribly productive or worthwhile. It's nearly done, and I think most of us will agree 2009 was not the best year ever. Oh well, time to try again.
I'm cautiously optimistic about 2010, both personally and for the world in [...]
A pink Hummer?
On the way home from the gym today, I was two cars behind a bubblegum pink Hummer. Let that sink in. A bubblegum pink Hummer.
Due to the angle, I couldn't get a look at the driver, so I'm forced to ponder what type of person decides they want to drive a masculinity substitute like the [...]
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A few choice bits from around the Web about journalism, marketing, technology, and other fun stuff.
State of Mozilla and 2008 Financial Statements -- Mozilla still healthy, despite the crappy economy. Wonder if there's any way for other FOSS non-profit projects to achieve this level (or even close) of fiscal health? "Our revenue and expenses are [...]
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Then vs. than
Most people, especially writers, have language pet peeves. I probably have more than most. The top of my list, though, is when people misuse "then" as a substitute for "than."
Examples:
"I like GNOME more then KDE."
"when a file is zipped for more then X times"
Both are incorrect. They should be using "than," not "then". For some [...]
Apple banning racy content? Why now?