(This is the redacted version of a blog post I will update in the future. I’m redacting certain bits of information since there is virtually no moat or secret sauce outside of the novelty of the idea and an opportunity to get out in front of other...
I picked up an iPad on release day, but didn’t bother to get the Apple Bluetooth keyboard until today. Here are a couple quick thoughts about it: This is the only way to type on an iPad. It turns the device from a content consumption mech...
John Gruber: 12-word review of “A Serious Man”: So much for the Coen brothers never having made a bad movie. Where by “review” Gruber means “140 characters of obnoxious drivel.” (truth be told, I haven’t seen A Serious Man yet, but I couldn’t pa...
</param></param></param></embed> The name is terrible. Would Windows 7 Phone have been so bad? Really? The fact that the videographer talking with Gian Wilson from Microsoft can’t pronounce the OS’ name doesn’t bode well for anyone else. Everyone...
Running into undefined_method errors with Thinking Sphinx and sphinx scopes? Make sure you define your sphinx_scope after the define_index block, instead of before. Simple, huh? In other words, make sure your ActiveRecord classes look like this...
From an article in TNR: [John] Kerry remains furious about Tora Bora today. “They declared Osama bin Laden the world’s number-one criminal, and went out boldly proclaiming, ‘Wanted: Dead or Alive’ and talking about the dangers of Al Qaeda,” he to...
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The link in question my response:
...I felt that I was trying to describe an unthinkable present and I actually feel that science fiction's best use today is the exploration of contemporary reality rather than any attempt to predict where we are going…The best thing you can do wit...