Muckbeast

Sad.
Way too early for a brilliant visionary who affected the world in many positive and amazing ways.
It would have been great to see what else he could have done given another 20 years.
A huge loss for humanity, regardless of how you feel about Apple or specific Apple products.
10 ways Steve Jobs changed the world
World reacts [...]

Apple has absolutely kicked ass in the last 5-10 years. iPod, iPhone, iPad, Macbook, and the last couple versions of MacOS. All huge hits and deservedly so.
Is it really so hard to just stop there? Is it really necessary to start giving Apple credit for things they don’t deserve any credit for?
Apparently for the media [...]

It used to be that when your birthday rolled around, it really meant something when someone remembered to give you a call or send you a card. It meant that person cared enough about you to remember your birthday and just acknowledge it. It was a small, simple thing but I believe many people considered [...]

Our car had to go in for routine service today, so we had a loaner car. No big deal, right? Well, the loaner car doesn’t have satellite radio (I guess I should say Sirius, but that’s the only game in town now anyway for satellite radio).
So I’m listening to regular radio in the car and [...]

Watson, the IBM SuperComputer that plays Jeopardy is getting a lot of attention lately. In the practice match, it apparently beat Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, Jeopardy’s two biggest champions of all time.
Watch Ken Jennings Get Beaten in ‘Jeopardy!’ By a Computer
In Warmup Match, Jeopardy All-Stars Defeated By IBM’s Supercomputer Watson
I was disappointed to learn [...]

This little bit of news really makes me angry. OnLive awarded important patent on streaming gaming content. The incredibly broad scope of this patent is an absolute joke.
“The present invention provides a system in which video games may be widely distributed and played without the need for multiple platform-specific hardware units or purchase [...]

I realize I am burying the lead a bit here, but give me a little lattitude…
Things are heating up between Google and Facebook:
Google points finger at Facebook hypocrisy, blocks Gmail import
Thursday night Google called out its rival on such data-portability hypocrisy: It banned the huge social network from allowing its users to connect their Gmail [...]