January 2011
18 posts
Anti-halo
So we know that the Windows Phone Series 7 Mobile CE is not selling terribly well. Is it possible that it’s suffering from an “anti-halo” effect?
The Mac halo effect is real. iPhone owners love their iPhones, so it’s only natural that they’d give the Macintosh a good long look. “If that thing works as good as my iPhone… maybe those blithering fanboys are actually on to...
“In a drawer of my writing table, among draft pages and old letters, the dagger...”
– Modcult: Perhaps the knife doesn’t belong in the pocket
holy wild Borges citation
whoretalk:
The rule of thumb in recycled trends is that if you are old enough to have worn it the first time, you shouldn’t wear it when it comes back around. Well, these boots let me have my Doc Martens cake and eat it twice.
Whore Talk is my new favorite fashion blogger. She has a knack for making out-there crazy clothes that most wouldn’t dare try and make them seem downright pragmatic.
“When I came across Suck in ’95, I immediately recognized that they were doing...”
– After years of TV criticking for Salon, Heather Havrilesky has a new book and a gig at Rupert Murdoch’s new iPad newspaper thing. Have you ever had a favorite novelist or musician just drop off the face of the planet for seven years and then reappear with something awesome? Like that.
“• He sees the Bears
• Been among the Philistines
• In his Prosperity...”
– Ben Franklin’s 200+ euphemisms for being drunk
lul
an uninformed guess on the 2011 Mac Pro
According to our sources, the discontinuation of the Xserve by Apple would be only the beginning of an overhaul, which would lead to the disappearance of some professional-orented activities. Xsan and Final Cut server could be among the programs being discontinued… Mac OS X Server could be discontinued.
Like Mr. Dovey, I’m betting in the opposite direction. I think I even know how...
traffic without left turns
UPS minimizes left turns for its delivery trucks to save on fuel. (And it works, as the Mythbusters demonstrated last year.) In the 1960s, the state of Michigan designed an intersection known as the “Michigan left” that prevents people driving on side streets from making left turns onto a multi-laned divided road; if they wish to go left, they’ll first have to go right and then make a U-turn....
wealthy vs really wealthy
Let’s say that you’re in your 30s, married, two children, and you make $100,000 per year. I offer you a fair coin flip with the following possible outcomes:
Heads: You will be stripped of most of your assets and will earn $30,000 per year for the rest of your life. That’s all you get, and neither friends nor family can top it up for you.
Tails: You will earn $1 million per...
