Over the weekend, Engadget ran a great article about “invisible devices.” When Apple introduced the new iPod Nano, (a 1.5 inch square touchscreen device that has several functions including a watch) the internet immediately began clamoring for the Nano as a wristwatch. Manufacturers are rushing Nano watch-bands to market. Even though the Nano wasn’t intended […]
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Best Buy CEO Says iPad Sales Have Cut Laptop Sales by Half
According to Engadget: The dude in charge of the yellow label empire has told the Wall Street Journal that his company’s internal estimates indicate the iPad has eaten up as much as half of laptop PC market demand. In response to this perceived trend toward more portable gadgets, Brian’s outfit is rearranging its inventory to […]
Posted inMedia
Maybe Apple Will Get Newspaper Subscriptions Right, This Time
According to the Mercury News, Apple is on the verge of announcing a new subscription model system for newspapers on the iPad: Apple is expected to announce soon a new subscription plan for newspapers, which hope tablets like the iPad will eventually provide a new source of profits as media companies struggle with declining print […]
Posted inBooks
Amazon Keeps Making Smart Choices with E-Readers
Staples just announced that they’re going to start selling Kindles and Kindle accessories in their stores. Staples is probably a better fit than Target, which was previously the only brick-and-mortar store selling Kindles. Business travelers are still probably the target audience for e-readers, and now that Amazon has lowered the price below $200, it approaches […]
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American Hate: Then and Now
In a post titled “Our Classy History,” Armagideon Time published a real letter that a real human being sent to Life Magazine on the topic of interracial marriage: So what I’m wondering is: Is it progress that our most ignorant, small-minded citizens are no longer threatening murder-suicide in national publications, and that they choose to […]
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There Goes the Internet
Gizmodo says that a new law in California would punish people who assume another person’s identity online: It’s been put to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, with the new bill landing such identity thieves with a $1,000 fine or up to a year in jail, along with the opportunity to sue for compensation. The limits of parody […]
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Better Book Titles
Better Book Titles is a blog that gives books the titles that they really deserve. I was especially fond of this one:
Posted inGirls Only!
The Greatest Day for American Women Since August 18, 1920
Attention, women of America: Mark October 3, 2010 on your calendars. That will be a national day of celebration for feminists (and, really, for all human beings) everywhere, with dancing in the streets, parades, and fireworks. That is the day that the final Cathy comic strip will be published: “She’s decided to end the comic […]
Posted inEthics
A Hero to Customer Service Specialists Everywhere
This is a thing of beauty: A jetBlue flight attendant upset because a passenger refused to apologize after accidentally striking him with luggage, allegedly spewed obscenities over the PA system, then activated and slid down a plane’s emergency chute before disappearing into a terminal at John F. Kennedy airport Monday, an airport official said. I’m […]
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Currently Hanged
No, Spider-Man, nooooooooo! From Giuseppe Veneziano’s show “Declino Del Supereroe.” (Via Comics Alliance, which hilariously censored this painting by pixelating it this way… …making the censored version hint at a painting that is much, much dirtier than the real thing.)
Posted inReligion
I Know That Laughing at Bad Tattoos Is a Sign That I Am a Bad Person…
…but I’m physically unable to restrain myself from sharing this photo, from Christian Nightmares:
Posted inPolitics
Make Way for Thirteenthers
I had never heard of this before today, but the thirteenthers are an amazing new addition to anti-Obama crazies, following in the footsteps of the birthers. Iowa Republicans are trying to ratify the original 13th Amendment: The current 13th amendment bans slavery, and Iowa Republicans are not in favor of its repeal. They are, however, […]