Accessible Airwaves

Accessible Airwaves: "extravagant welcome" - a great message from the United Church of Christ

Drunk On Listerine ( ! )

local6 - News - Woman Sentenced To 2 Years Probation: "... original formula Listerine contains ... alcohol, more than four times that of many malt liquors ..."

very dry, but very funny

I highly recommend the show reviewed here: TeeVee Station Break Archive - Look Around You

(BTW, FWIW, the show seems to be on BBC America Thursday nights / Friday mornings at :40 past the hour, where Manchild immediately preceding on the hour.)

Real on Linux

What could be coming to a Real may or may not mature on Linux | The Register: "... future version of Real for Linux are new radio stations."

It'd be nice if they'd offer those Rhapsody Radio stations to Mac OS X SuperPass holders as well. The stations they offer now (while not having awful quality at 64k RealAudio8) could be a lot better. There are formats I find missing, and there doesn't seem to be much new music. It'd be nice if they could offer stations streaming at 64k AAC, or better yet, 32k-48k aacPlus (for a sampling of what that could sound like, check out Tuner2.com and use the VideoLAN.org VLC media player to listen.)

FWIW, I wonder if Linspire would be interested in bundling such a subscription service with their Linux distro? Linspire and its founder are both rather anti-DRM, but since this wouldn't be an actual music store, just a paid radio, they may have some interest. It would allow them to offer popular music to their customers, not just the limited selections of indies at MP3Tunes.com.

What I'd like to buy for $99

Apple and the $100 Laptop: "Mac Portable in a handheld configuration"

(especially if Apple made sure it was compatible with all my old System 6 goodies) :)

Wired: Hide Your iPod, Here Comes Bill

A Microsoft employee says that:
Wired News: Hide Your IPod, Here Comes Bill: "'The industrial design on the iPod is absolutely amazing. The usability of the device is light-years beyond anything else I've seen.'"

I do like my iPod, but I'm not wowed by it. Maybe my constant use of the Mac and avoidance of Windows has conditioned me to expect quality design & great usability? I mean, why would I want to have to work hard just to listen to music?

"Fort Knox"

Salon.com Technology | Hallelujah, the Mac is back: "... the Mac is a Fort Knox of security ... analysts could not identify a single instance -- not one -- of spyware aimed at the Mac." (emphasis mine)

Jailed for using the "lynx" browser !

Boing Boing: Jailed for using a nonstandard browser: It really scares me (as someone who used lynx quite a bit when I first began accessing the Internet) that someone could be jailed in a First World state for simply using a different sort of web browser. What has the world come to?

I want ...

THE ADVERT CHANNEL TV - The Worlds Best Adverts: "The Advert Channel" - we ought to have this in the US. Sounds like an advertiser's dream - a network all about ads, all day long.

Free-Lunch Health Insurance

Slate - A simple idea for insuring some of the poor. By Daniel Gross

I like the idea of simply expanding eligibility - but I'd like to see an analysis that would also take into account the effect of insuring more people, thereby providing them access to primary care on a much more cost-effective basis than emergency room visits and the like. I think society at large saves time and money when everyone (or as many people as possible) are cared for in the most appropriate way. By unclogging emergency rooms, we can cut costs for care providers and make sure that capacity is readily available in the event of a true emergency.

The way I've always felt ...

Support Insight says "Apple's brand extension potential is the most under-exploited commodity in the history of marketing."

UNICOR | Callcenter

UNICOR Online: "Your company will enjoy all the benefits of a domestic operation, with the cost savings of going off shore."

Maybe all those slightly angry / aggressive / "gruff" telemarketing calls I receive are from federal prisoners?

"used" Reality Shows ?

I'll admit to feeling used after/during watching some reality shows, but never before I have been solicited to buy used reality shows.

XM + Apple = SkyPod (?!)

XMFan.com: "Word Mark SKYPOD"

iTunes user sues Apple over iPod

BBC NEWS | Technology: "... forced to purchase an Apple iPod."

Was the CD burner broke on his computer? When I bought iTMS songs before owning an iPod, I burned them to CD to listen to with my existing portable CD player, and I never had a problem with it. iTunes is generally very reliable with burning. I realize Apple doesn't support other device makers, but I have yet to see significant evidence that other device makers would have made compatible hardware if Apple had offered at the beginning of the iTunes Store. Some device makers might be interested now, but where are they? Could Apple rely on them to treat Apple's customers with the same level of care and service that Apple's customer base is accustomed to?

Legal Affairs - The Gentle People

Legal Affairs - The Gentle People

So freakishly accurate

A "P.dro Classic" running System 6 that actually crashes so hard that you have to use the reset button - which makes it all the more realistic. :D

Examining Bittorrent

I agree with a Slashdot commenter: "... I want to pay for the entertainment I watch!"

Seniors Back Medical Marijuana

AARP Poll Shows that "72 percent of respondents agreed 'adults should be allowed to legally use marijuana for medical purposes if a physician recommends it.'"

"Jesus was downloaded ..."

The Cult of Mac Blog