David Pierce at The Verge:
In a fit of late-night frustration, I picked the R7 up, held it aloft, and shouted at it: “WHAT ARE YOU?!” I still don’t know. It’s too big and cumbersome to be a really useful laptop — even for a 15-inch device it’s pretty enormous. But it’s too small to be an all-in-one, and not powerful enough to really qualify as a desktop or desktop replacement.
I’ve seen every episode of Season 1–3 numerous times, and even I hadn’t caught everything NPR has listed on this guide to the running gags from the show.
My wife and I are halfway through Season 4, and while it’s not as good as the show was at its height, it’s still very good. My hand’s hat’s off to Ron Howard.
Bob Sullivan:
Memorial Day weekend marks the beginning of summer and all it evokes: vacations, slower workweeks, casual dress codes, getting the pool ready and pulling out the outdoor furniture.
It would seem an ideal time to take a break, but our ability to unplug and relax is under assault. A three-day weekend? We can barely get through three waking hours without working, new research shows. The average smartphone user checks his or her device 150 times per day, or about once every six minutes. Meanwhile, government data from 2011 says 35 percent of us work on weekends, and those who do average five hours of labor, often without compensation – or even a thank you. The other 65 percent were probably too busy to answer surveyors’ questions.
Marissa Mayer:
I’m delighted to announce that we’ve reached an agreement to acquire Tumblr!
We promise not to screw it up. Tumblr is incredibly special and has a great thing going. We will operate Tumblr independently. David Karp will remain CEO. The product roadmap, their team, their wit and irreverence will all remain the same as will their mission to empower creators to make their best work and get it in front of the audience they deserve. Yahoo! will help Tumblr get even better, faster.
Burn.
Reuters:
Dell, the subject of a takeover battle between the activist investor Carl Icahn and the company’s billionaire founder, reported a 79 percent slide in profit as personal computer sales continued to shrink.
“We just don’t want to screw it up.”
Why is not May 26 yet?
You can’t make this stuff up, folks.
I really wish they had this running when I was there last month.
All it requires is two super old motherboards and shaving your head.
Dieter Bohn:
With the update, Pebble owners will be able to see their pace and mileage on their watch face, along with the ability to start or stop a workout. Unfortunately, you’ll still need to pull out your phone to get things started — launching the app on your phone automatically launches a companion app on the Pebble, at which point the two begin communicating with each other.
It’s a slow start, but apps are finally coming to the smartwatch.