One reason to vote for Obama
“It’s easy to be against something. It’s harder to be for something.”Barack Obama
Poor use of a multimedia device
According to Parks Associates’ Digital Media Habits II report, people are increasingly using their TVs to play music at home. The report was based on a Q3 2007 survey of 2,000 broadband households in the US and Canada. The survey found that the number of households using a TV to listen to music equalled the… Read More »
iExtort
In his post “The iPhone iFiasco“, Mitch Wagner wrote about his seven-hour ordeal buying an iPhone 3G and concluded: Well, some kind of apology would be nice, along with a bit of cash to compensate customers who had problems with activation, similar to the gift certificates Apple gave out last year when they cut iPhone… Read More »
Don’t argue
Need a laptop? Go to the airport!
Apparently, 12,000 laptops are lost each week in major airports in the US, more than 65% of which are never reclaimed, according to a study sponsored by Dell and conducted by the Ponemon Institute. (You can download the PDF here.) The problem is not just a matter of hardware loss, but “53% of people admit… Read More »
10 reflections in life
1. Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realise that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. 2. Politicians and diapers have one thing in common. They should both be changed regularly and for the same reason. 3. Why does a slight tax increase cost you $200… Read More »