Based on some feedback, I’ve created an alternative version(right-click to download) of the Capture Form, with an expanded Notes section and no Reference Information section.
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‘Kindle Fire’
I’m excited for this. Except for the name.
Positioning
This image is from AT&T’s page describing Internet speeds available to home users in my neighborhood. I know the descriptions are marketing BS, but to the average consumer, its confusing. AT&T is trying to position that middle options as the lowest possible connection speed required for Facebook. Terrible.
‘Can you sign up for Spotify without Facebook?’
Eat at Chili’s on September 26, Help St. Jude Save Lives
Our son is a patient at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital here in Memphis.
When he was six months old, he was diagnosed with an extremely rare form of brain cancer. He’s received over a dozen rounds of chemotherapy, numerous operations, countless MRIs and hours of physically, occupational and speech therapy at St. Jude.
Josiah will never be “out of the woods” with his cancer, but today, he’s basically a normal almost-three year old. He’s a picky eater, loves Hot Wheels cars and just about every Pixar movie.1 He’s legally handicapped, but the way he plays with his little sister, you might not notice that he limps and doesn’t have good use of his left hand.
‘Not with a Bang but a Whimper’
Darren Murph at Engadget, reviewing a phone that was cancelled before it went on sale:
The harsh reality is this: even if HP would’ve gone ahead with the Pre 3’s launch on AT&T, moving ’em would’ve been tough. The company showed minimal interest in moving the TouchPad (well, until they showed nothing but interest in moving the TouchPad), and attempting to hawk a tired, understated design for an on-contract price that aligns with the iPhone 4 and a vertible plethora of tremendous Android phones would’ve probably led to even more tears. HP stepped it up with the Pre 3’s processor and panel, but almost everything else looks like it was directly ripped from a phone that first launched over two years ago. When you’re the underdog, those kind of tactics don’t do anything to further your cause.
Oh, CNET...
Amazon Announces NYC Event
Embarrassing
Neil Armstrong isn’t thrilled with the state of NASA. In a talk to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, the first man on the moon said:
We will have no American access to, and return from, low Earth orbit and the International Space Station for an unpredictable length of time in the future.
For a country that has invested so much for so long to achieve a leadership position in space exploration and exploitation, this condition is viewed by many as lamentably embarrassing and unacceptable.
Speaking of Rhapsody...
If you’ve always wanted a PDF of the installation guide, but couldn’t find one, today is your day.
From Mac OS 7.6 to Rhapsody
In 1997 — just after the company bought NeXT — Apple showed off its plans to move from Mac OS to Rhapsody, the code name given to the work that would ultimately birth Mac OS X.
In March 1997, Apple executives outlined this plan and its benefits. Now in 2011, it’s obvious that Steve Jobs’ vision would indeed become the driving force for the Mac OS for years to come.
Massachusetts Attorney General has ID Stolen, Investigating iTunes With Official Power
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley said on Tuesday that her office would be inquiring into long-standing complaints about fraudulent purchases that leverage Apple’s popular online music store.
In a lunchtime address to business and technology leaders in Massachusetts, Coakley said she was a victim of identity theft in recent months, and that her stolen credit card information was used to make fraudulent iTunes purchases.
Seems like a perfectly reasonable use of state resources.1