Now what?

A mishmash of thoughts on religion, life, technology, and whatnot.

A Landmark Day in Technology?

I love how some people are mocking the Apple tablet buildup, point out that Microsoft has had tablets out for years. Yes, and there were mp3 players before the iPod, but which one is considering the ultimate version of the technology that caused it to take root? And there were smartphones before ...

I’m not a PC

Well if Neocon Ben Ferguson is a PC, I'm definitely a Mac. The Seinfeld ads were a disaster, but these are an improvement. The problem is that sure, a lot of people use PC's, but do they harbor the same affinity for them and for the brand that Mac users have? ...

Mobile Mess – again

[caption id="attachment_420" align="alignright" width="300" caption="MobileMe Support"][/caption] The MobileMess problems continue. A post on TUAW details how Apple wouldn't even talk to someone who couldn't get their email because Apple's records say that he's not one of the people who can't get access. He goes on to get support via the chat ...

Talking Business – Apple’s Culture of Secrecy – NYTimes.com

Talking Business - Apple’s Culture of Secrecy - NYTimes.com. The final word (?) on Steve Jobs' health? Interesting article that has a nugget of new information at the end of it. Would the death of Steve Jobs be the end of Apple? Hard to say. When he left the first time (and ...

Loopt on the iPhone – Uninstall it now

Merlin Mann is really up in arms about Loopt's SMS invite system, and rightfully so. I think I may have accidentally done the same thing without realizing it. The app has some potential, but the setup process on it doesn't make it clear what it is doing. And Justine is ...

MobileMe – Not So Pushy

Like I said in my last piece, I'll reserve final judgement on MobileMe for a few days, but one question has been answered by Apple: Symptoms With MobileMe Push, you can choose how often your computer syncs your contacts, calendars, and other sync data via MobileMe.   If you select "Automatically", changes made ...

iPhone 3G Review

Well, if you followed my Twitter feed or Facebook status yesterday, you'd know that it was a long day. I dropped Anna off at her daycamp, took the day off, and thought I'd go get a phone, head over to get a haircut, have lunch with Jamie, etc. I knew ...

iPhone 3G

Why does it have to be $199. Now I have to figure out how I'm going to get one. :-) I think Apple just created themselves a license to print money. Take the iPhone, which is still a joy to use a year later, add in twice as fast internet access ...

Macworld 2008

I had to head to Birmingham today for an Encounter weekend team meeting. The keynote started at 11am, and I didn't get here until Noon. So did I miss keeping up with the liveblog of the keynote? Not a chance. :-) It's the Mac Holy Day. Macrumors.com had an excellent iPhone formatted ...

Viruses and Romney

Today's Drudge Report page has the headline: APPLE's rising popularity lures hackers; Macs increasingly targeted for attack... News to me. If Mac malware goes from 2 to 4, then you can write a huge headline that says, Mac malware increases by 100%!!!! I may regret it someday, but my Mac at work ...

May 27th 2010
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Apple Passes Microsoft

The New York Times posted a graph showing the stock price of Apple and Microsoft over the last 20 years. It was announced a couple of days ago that Apple's market capitalization put it ahead of Microsoft, making it America's largest tech company. I've been an Apple fan since our Elementary school ...
May 5th 2010
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The single best month for music….ever?

There's a lot of good music out this month, there's more good stuff coming out this month than usually comes out in a year. They say that in economic downturns, creativity goes up. Maybe that's what's going on, regardless... I'm listening to all of this stuff: I didn't count MGMT's new ...
April 18th 2010
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The iPad After 2 Weeks

So, it's been couple of weeks, and I've gotten used to using the iPad, and I'm addict to it. I purposely set out to only uses my iPad for home tasks when possible for the first few days. After the first couple of days of that, I don't reach for my ...
April 6th 2010
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The iPad After a Few Days

My impressions of the iPad after a couple of days of using it. First off, this thing is a little heavier than it should be. I wouldn't mind having just one battery, with the ability to add on our snap in the additional battery. I think the limitation of only having ...
February 23rd 2010
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Ron Paul 2012?

I think that the neoconservative pundits underestimated the Ron Paul Revolution's staying power. Over the weekend, while I was working at a retreat, I walked in front of a tv screen and was pleasantly surprised to see that Dr. Paul won the CPAC straw poll. Immediately, the neocons in the Hannity and ...