Yankee Stadium bans iPad to ‘protect’ fans… | 9 to 5 Mac I fully understand the need to be aware of where the ball is at all times (see MissDiz’s accident at a Zephyrs game; however, I think it’s a little over the top to completely ban the iPad at Yankee Stadium.  I think people [...]

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Penney Design Awesome!  There are other modern movie/retro game box cover mock-ups at the site.  Take a look.

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The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs : AT&T: Chokehold is “irresponsible and pointless” Even though I don’t think “Operation Chokehold” will really accomplish anything or affect AT&T’s service (at least not any worse than it already is), I’m still planning on participating on Friday at 2 p.m. CST. What will make a difference is when [...]

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Microsoft Ad Campaign Crashing Nation’s Televisions | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source

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The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs: Oct. 22, 2009: A day of global mourning Well, it releases today.  I just hope all those people upgrading from Windows XP realize that to upgrade they’ll have to do a clean install and then reinstall all of their applications.  Hope they have all of their original software discs [...]

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Disney finds “a whole new world” in WiFi-powered rides – Network World No wonder my iPhone kept trying to connect to different WiFi points while I was waiting in line for the ride.  I even took a picture of my phone because I thought it was cool that it was trying to connect to the [...]

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iPhone 3.0 feature roundup Crap.  Looks like I’m going to have to think about upgrading to the 3G iPhone.  Don’t get me wrong…I really like the new features in 3.0.  That’s the problem.  One of the ones that I would really use–MMS–won’t be available for the original iPhone.  I have a little while to think [...]

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Obama Staff Arrives to White House Stuck in Dark Ages of Technology

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Hard Lessons in the Importance of Backups: JournalSpace Wiped Out I’m just reading about this now.  I didn’t use JournalSpace, but I feel very bad for them and for their members who used their service.  Especially since it seems to be due to a disgruntled ex-employee.  But, the fact remains that they should have had [...]

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“Internal Debate” by Streeter Seidell on CollegeHumor This is the exact conversation my computer has with my printer anytime I need to print something.  I hate printers.

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Intel rethinks Netbooks: ‘Fine for an hour’ but… | Nanotech – The Circuits Blog – CNET News Maybe Apple is on to something by not releasing a netbook.  Maybe they once again are the leaders in design and everyone is going to play catch-up to the Air.  It would be cool to have a low-cost [...]

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Eco – “Writings: IBM vs. Mac” This Umberto Eco piece was mentioned in this week’s TWIT, and I thought it was pretty funny (and true?).  It’s from 1994, but I think it’s still relevant today.  Here’s a part of the article: I am firmly of the opinion that the Macintosh is Catholic and that DOS is [...]

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Haunted Mansion Counterstrike level – Boing Boing This is one of the neatest things I have ever seen.  The level of detail is amazing.

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Name The Rover Awww…this is only for students?  What a bummer.

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Walgreens: The Insane Hardware Driving the World’s Biggest LED Billboard This is pretty fine.

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Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Teams Up with Verizon to Bring Mobile Magic to U.S. Parks Crap.  I had Verizon for 11 years, and I switched to AT&T this year for the iPhone.  Figures. Planned services include an exclusive mobile application that will give guests with Verizon Wireless service the ability to easily locate shows, [...]

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Sorry…I had to post just one more picture of Obama with his Mac. Not only does he use a Mac, he has personalized his with a Pac Man sticker. I know it shouldn’t seem like a big deal, but it does show that he’s part of a younger generation with different ideas. That’s what we [...]

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5 Signs President-Elect Obama Is a Geek | Geekdad from Wired.com

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But, it’s only a joke: Chuck: “Morgan, hey, uh, buddy do we carry any ‘Rush’ CDs in the store?” Morgan: “No need I got’em all on my Zune” Chuck: “You have a Zune?” Morgan: “Are you kidding me, no, no, I’ll grab my iPod” Clip: http://www.hulu.com/watch/41148/chuck-chuck-versus-tom-sawyer?c=1996:2035 What a great show.  The one thing missing from [...]

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