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The Daily Helmsman Speaks Out⇢

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Chelsea Boozer, Editor-n-Chief of my old college newspaper:

We soon learned that the Student Activity Fee Allocation Committee’s decision to give us $25,000 less than we have historically received was retaliation. Two committee members – the former Student Government Association president and vice president – were outspokenly angry that we didn’t write a story about one of the SGA’s events last semester.

They said they should be getting free advertisement through our articles and want the paper to publish press releases submitted and written by organizations.

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Breaking Bad a Hero’s Tale?⇢

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Emily Nussbaum, on a version of Breaking Bad that would avoid more heartache:

To escape this moral checkmate, [showrunner Vince] Gilligan might shift yet another character into the foreground, revealing that the show is actually (as a friend suggested) a hero’s tale in disguise. In that version of “Breaking Bad,” the protagonist is not Walt but Hank, a man with no children. Despite injury and depression, Hank brings down a vast drug ring, even when he discovers that the kingpin is his own brother-in-law, a sneering brainiac who has always considered himself superior. But because Hank is decent, and the show is on the side of good, Hank triumphs. That ending would have the virtue of symmetry, and pleasure, and closure, and relief, for the suffering audience.

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Twitter Certified Products Verticals⇢

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Twitter:

To meet overwhelming demand for Twitter content, we partner with a number of companies that sublicense public Tweets. These partners build platforms and organizations that solve the data needs for non-consumer and analytics products. We look for partners that meet the platform and support requirements of enterprise customers, and accelerate the pace of innovation for their customers.

Well, the suits have taken over at Twitter. What a shame.

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No NFC on New iPhone?⇢

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This make a lot of sense to me. Not only do the leaked parts build a case against it, the real world just isn’t NFC-ready yet. Don’t get me wrong, I think Apple is the company that could make NFC go mainstream, but I don’t see it happening this fall.

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RSS Sponsor: Checkmark⇢

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Checkmark is the fastest way to create location- or time-based reminders for iPhone.

In just a few seconds you can create new reminders — it only takes 3 taps! You can watch this little movie we made to see it in action.

In only 3 taps you can remind yourself to:

  • Do laundry when you get home
  • Pick up milk next time you’re at the grocery store
  • Call your wife when you leave work
  • Remember to pick up a cake at 3 pm tomorrow
  • Make a haircut appointment on Tuesday at 10 am

You can even add a timer to location-based reminders so the alert goes off when you’re ready to get it done — like 15 minutes after you arrive home.

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On the Asus Zenbook Prime UX31A⇢

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Like most Ultrabooks, it looks like a MacBook Air inside and out. Oh, and don’t miss this:

The UX31A’s big battery is easily removable, but the SSD is proprietary and the RAM is soldered to the motherboard.

Man, Apple’s hardware guys are real jerks.

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