The New York Times talked with Joe Trippi, a political consultant who ran Howard Dean’s campaign in 2004:
“This medium demands authenticity, and television for the most part demanded fake. Authenticity is something politicians haven’t been used to.”
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Church Fights Neighbors, Doesn’t Reach Out
This story disgusts me:
A Mid South church is ready for a fight. They said they cannot keep a minister all because the area around their church is a mess. Members of Antioch Baptist had to put a fence up to hide what is on the other side.
“I can see the home behind me is unsightly, but I guarantee it will be cleaned up in the next day or so,” property owner David Boswell said.
Lessons Learned from Leopard
PCWorld.com discusses 5 lessons Apple has learned in the last year:
“Overall, Leopard is a pretty stable operating system at this point, but the interesting thing is that it really wasn’t so when it shipped,” says Michael Silver, VP of research for Gartner.
Apple’s ability to quickly identify the problems and release fixes successfully turned what could have been a major black mark for Apple into a minor blemish. Microsoft has had less success dodging a problematic reputation for its flagship operating system, Windows Vista. It’s not necessarily an apples-to-Apple comparison: Windows Vista is a major rewrite of Microsoft’s operating system, while Apple’s Leopard is a minor revision. Still, Microsoft’s failure to quickly fix the problems left the company with public relations damage, Silver says.
Open Ballmer, Insert Foot
Steve Ballmer, on Android:
“They can hire smart guys, hire a lot of people, blah dee blah dee blah, but you know they start out way behind, in a certain sense.”
He also doesn’t think the iPhone is doing well. ( Source.)
Change You Can Click On
Obama’s transition website is up at change.gov:
“The change we need isn’t just about new programs and policies. It’s about a new politics - a politics that calls on our better angels instead of encouraging our worst instincts; one that reminds us of the obligations we have to ourselves and one another.”
Another example of Obama’s great use of the Internet.
The Current State of OS 9
In October 1999, Apple released OS 9.0, heralding it as “The Best Internet Operating System Ever.”
With Sherlock 2, Internet Explorer 5 for the Mac, iTools, improved TCP/IP, and more, OS 9 connected Mac users to the Web in a way that no OS had ever done before.
With all these features, OS 9 was still very closely tied to the previous revisions of the Mac OS, and thus, was riddled with bugs and legacy code. The dreaded bomb error, for example, endeared users to the OS for years. With no memory protection, application crashes would very often bring down the entire system. Fun stuff.
No Class
Remember the woman on Ted Steven’s jury who was dismissed because her father died?
A juror who vanished during Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens’ corruption trial told the judge Monday she lied about her father dying and flew to California to see horse races.
She apologized for lying, and then started a long rambling story about horses, which included references to horse breeding, the Breeders’ Cup, drugs, President Ford’s son Steven and her condo in Florida being bugged.
Another Farewell
FakeSarahPalin is calling it quits after Obama’s victory:
It has been fun making you laugh through this election. If you’ve laughed at us and found us funny, do us (and America) a favor: spend the next four years working to make America better. Heed Obama’s call for service. We rarely have opportunities like this, so– let’s take advantage of it.
People Don’t Miss Firewire, Right?
Check out this 16 page thread over at Apple’s Discussion Boards. This is the longest thread I’ve ever seen there. Seems that people do miss it. Who knew?
Want iDisk Files from your iPhone? Okay.
MobileFiles ( iTunes link) is the first application (that I’ve seen) that allows MobileMe users access their iDisk from their iPhone/iPod Touch.
After briefly testing it tonight over EDGE (hey, we have a kid now), I have to say, I’m impressed. And it’s free, but that MobileMe membership is still $99/year.
Poor Kid
Engadget posted a story today about Circuit City possibly closing 155 stores. From seeing ours, that would not be a bad idea. In their post, they quote an employee who sent in a tip:
“I’m an employee @ Circuit City and today there was a mandatory store meeting for the holiday season and to welcome all the seasonal employees. There was also some tension as rumors were rampant the days before that we were all going to find out we were out of a job today. Luckily, but still somehow unfortunately, I’m still an employee of Circuit City. The same can’t be said for the employees of the 155 stores that are closing, possibly even before black Friday…”
Old System Info
Be forewarned, the Retro-Mac-Geek factor on these links is high: