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I’m happy to announce that Myke Hurley and I have started a new project together. A podcast, naturally, given Myke’s awesome gifts.

The show’s name is Ungeniused, and it isn’t a technology podcast, like you might expect.

Ungeniused is a podcast dedicated to exploring how far down the rabbit hole one can go on Wikipedia. This often means talking about things no one should know anything about.

We just launched the first episode. In it, Myke and I discuss reality TV’s history, and some simply terrible examples of what can happen when it all goes wrong.

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I’m so glad Android is open.

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John Brownlee at Cult of Mac:

Get to it: if you don’t have a tablet, this is the best you’re going to find for the price. If you do have an iPad already, this’ll make an excellent second tablet.

Not only do I disagree with Brownlee’s headline, but this statement just makes me want to smash something.

via @benjaminbrooks

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I think Amazon just built a giant web scraping service. I’m curious to see how this will work in the real world.

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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos:

We are excited to announce four new products: the all-new Kindle for only $79, two new touch Kindles – Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G – for $99 and $149, and a new class of Kindle – Kindle Fire – a beautiful full color Kindle for movies, TV shows, music, books, magazines, apps, games, web browsing and more, for only $199.

I think it’s clear that the Kindle Fire is not meant to be an iPad competitor. It’s a Kindle for media.

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It’s amazing just how familiar these things look.

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Victor Agreda, Jr. at TUAW:

We’ve been sitting on a tip for a while until things came into greater focus, but now that the speculation meter has exploded, it’s a good time to tell you all what we’ve heard. It seems that the “product transition” Apple mentioned on the last earnings call could very well be within the iPod line. Specifically, if you want to buy an iPod shuffle or iPod classic from Apple, you should do it sooner rather than later. We’ve heard those two iPods are getting the axe this year.

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Jamie Hyneman, in an interview with USA Today:

Why is our show successful? It’s not like you’re going to get a Ph.D. by watching us, but if you’re sitting on a couch with a beer, you might as well learn something.

I can’t wait for the ninth season to start tomorrow.

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Iain’s revamped site not only looks great, but as always, is full of good links and articles about the art of writing.

It seems this fall is the time for site redesigns.

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Steven Sande at TUAW has nailed it.

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T-Mobile chief marketing officer Cole Brodman:

We’ve heard from many customers who love their T-Mobile service, but are disappointed that we don’t carry the iPhone. To these customers, first, thank you for your business. Please know that we think the iPhone is a great device and Apple knows that we’d like to add it to our line-up. Today, there are over a million T-Mobile customers using unlocked iPhones on our network. We are interested in offering all of our customers a no-compromise iPhone experience on our network.

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James Galbraith at Macword, in his review of Apple’s 27-inch Thunderbolt Display:

For owners of the 2011 MacBook Air, the Thunderbolt Display is a fantastic way to get iMac-like features while still being able to walk away with one of the lightest laptops available. If your Mac has Thunderbolt, FireWire 800, and gigabit ethernet, the case for buying the comparatively inflexible Thunderbolt display is a little less interesting.

This setup is very attractive to me, but it isn’t new. Thomas Brand at Egg Freckles points this out:

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