512 Pixels

This might be the nerdiest game I’ve ever seen. But I love it.

Thanks, Grant.

Reed Hastings:

It is clear that for many of our members two websites would make things more difficult, so we are going to keep Netflix as one place to go for streaming and DVDs.

This means no change: one website, one account, one password… in other words, no Qwikster.

Decisions like this really should have been made behind close doors. Disagreement and mid-changing is fine, just not in public postings to the company blog.

Also, how does Reed Hastings still have his job?

The Apple PR Machine:

Apple today announced pre-orders of its iPhone 4S have topped one million in a single day, surpassing the previous single day pre-order record of 600,000 held by iPhone 4.

“We are blown away with the incredible customer response to iPhone 4S,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “The first day pre-orders for iPhone 4S have been the most for any new product that Apple has ever launched and we are thrilled that customers love iPhone 4S as much as we do.”

What a piece of junk. Clearly, consumers wanted more from this device.

Brett Kelly:

So, the moral of the story is that it will cost you an additional 5% of the total cost of owning the iPhone 4 to get the better phone. That breaks down to around $4 extra per month of your contract.

In other words, when you consider it as part of the total cost of owning an iPhone, the extra $100 paid for the newer phone is a negligible expense.

This is a great post to send people to who complain about paying an extra $100 for the 4S over the 4.

Not Apple’s finest commercial — but definitely the most creepy:

Roland Greenfellow’s coverage of Apple’s iPhone 4S keynote is professional and concise. Why did I ever try following along at gdgt?

Touching.

Update: Here’s the one on Pixar’s site. Thanks Kit!

David Nather argues that healthcare reform would be rolled back if Obama and the Democrats lose big in 2012:

That’s because, if they win the White House and such a large margin in the Senate, they’ll argue to the remaining Democrats that the election was a mandate to change course — and scrap the health care law. In reality, the public is closely divided over the law, and some polls find a minority favor outright repeal, as opposed to making changes in it. But repeal is a Republican priority, so expect them to push it with all the momentum they can muster. All of the Republican presidential candidates have committed to signing repeal into law.

I hope this doesn’t play out.

Remember the world before HR took over?

“Rectangles with rounded corners are everywhere!”

Oh, good.