I am not sure why this is suddenly news (this was announced months ago), but it has been making the rounds today that Tim Cook, CEO at some company… o I can’t remember… anyway… Tim Cook will be foregoing dividends
Ketchup anyone?
I am not sure whether or not I should be grossed out by the ketchup sliding out of the bottle like that or really excited that I no longer have to pound the heck out of that thing to get
Funnies, from xkcd.com
Samsung falls
Samsung got some bad news today (maybe? assuming Digitimes is correct). Samsung’s stock fell just over 6% losing approximately $10 billion in market capitalization on the rumor that Apple may be switching some of its DRAM purchases to another company.
Microsoft’s endless stream of great ideas
Microsoft lets OEMs add bloatware and trash to your PC before you buy it (Google lets wireless carriers do this with Android too). Consumers generally hate this stuff. It slows your computer down and takes up space. Now you get
Fragmentation
OpenSignalMaps’ developers have posted this crazy graph (tip of the hat to Arstechnica) showing their app has been accessed by 3997 different devices. No wonder developers are frustrated with the fragmentation of the Android platform. Thousands of different devices, with
What? You mean you wanted to watch that DVD?
Apple and Microsoft have both decided to do unorthodox things with DVDs. Apple sells the incredibly popular MacBook Air. This laptop abandoned its DVD/CD drive in favor of a thinner and lighter form factor. At the time Apple did this
My middle name is Kurt, not fart.
My first exposure to The Office came during the keynote address when Apple introduced the original iPhone. Steve Jobs demoed the new tv shows that would be available on the device and used the cold open from season 3 episode
Hi, I’m the Sun. And I am closer than you think.
Occasionally, the universe tells the earth to wake up. There was a week like that in the 1800’s when great solar storm reached the earth. For one week the world was captivated by a brilliant display of the aurora borealis