I can’t believe it… One of the most promising product releases in years and they blew it. …it lacks a camera, …doesn’t have a widescreen aspect ratio, …have you seen that ugly thick bezel? …doesn’t have a proper USB interface. I hate proprietary connectors. Stupid Kindle.
Archive for January, 2010
My two cents on the iPad
January 28th, 2010
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Some people will buy this device, some people won’t. I won’t comment on the market viability of the product – time will be the judge of that. I’m quite looking forward to being able to buy one. In reading some of the comments from various people, I’m very struck by the number of people that [...]
The difference ten years makes
January 18th, 2010
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I took Amanda out for dinner for her birthday tonight. Being the guest of honor, she got to pick the fare – pizza from around the corner followed by a drive out to Dairy Queen for a Peanut Buster Parfait. The stereotypical pregnant lady smorgasbord, complete with anchovies on the pizza and a request for [...]
Welcome to the New Byte.org!
January 14th, 2010
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Hello interloper! I started blogging more than 10 years ago. Someday, I’ll tell the whole story, but the synopsis is that I first started posting status updates to a web page using handcrafted HTML sometime in 1999. At some point, I moved to UserLand Radio, then MovableType and then Blogware. I was on Blogware *forever* [...]
