October 2009
“Will you please post about our new PR firm?” Uh, no. But good luck with that.
Welp, pretty sure I left my http://bit.ly/2wmYQb at LGA on Tuesday night, plugged in at the gate. Crap. I was very fond of it.
Slightly astonished to be wheels-down 30+ min early. Heading home now, might even be able to say goodnight to kids.
September 2009
If 30% is good enough for Apple in the App Store,... →
Filed under: iPhone
File this one under AYFKMWTS (are you freaking kidding me with this stuff?): a Gizmodo reader, aggravated with an unacceptably high rate of dropped calls on his…
Holy crap. RT @whitehouse: Reality Check on Olympics: Fox News Trying to Turn a Point of Pride into a Moment of Shame http://bit.ly/RsRXJ
Bad news: late meeting got un-scheduled. Good news: getting a direct flight AUS-EWR, will be home 3.5 hours earlier.
I hate it when they page “John McClane” in an airport. Not funny.
It’s late Central time, and my body is still on Eastern. Oy.
I can safely say that Jon Gosselin being fired from his own reality show is the least tragic thing on the news today.
Drinking a Heineken (@ Bunkhouse Cafe in Houston)
Basketball player sitting next to me in LGA waiting area. Two guys just came over to take pictures.
Pretty sure that’s Dwayne Wade on this flight to Houston.
NYC: Remember to vote today in the primary runoffs. I’m supporting DiBlasio for Public Advocate & Yassky for comptroller.
First Look: Zipcar app for iPhone hits the road →
Filed under: Cool tools, iPhone, First Look, App Review
The company’s teaser page still says “coming soon,” but eagle-eyed reader Jason spotted the free Zipcar app [iTunes…
Yellow sticky in the sky, are those new iMacs that... →
Filed under: Retail, iMac, Apple
It’s Monday night in America, and that means one thing: football. OK, two things — time for an Apple Store update, and football. The store is…
Fasting headache is kicking my ass today.
AM conference call ended, I discover the girls in the living room making short work of a big jarful of jelly beans. Day of Atonement indeed.
oooh, new logmein ui is teh hotness. I am still not right from this fasting thing.
Fasting headache gone, replaced with lox belly ache.
Rabbi says Facebook and Twitter creating Yom Kippur cop-outs http://bit.ly/Lnn9q (via @Switched)
Chilling: The speech Wm. Safire wrote, if Apollo 11 astronauts were stranded on the moon. http://url4.eu/Xun3 (via @BoingBoing)
So Adobe Reader 9.1 shipped in February… and it’s still the monolithic download… yet immediately needs update to 9.1.3. RRRRRGGGHH.
I am truly sorry for all my failings, offenses and the wrongs I have committed. I hope you will forgive me. #yomkippur
William Safire, Nixon Speechwriter and Times Columnist, Is Dead at 79. http://r2.ly/9d9z (via @davewiner)
RT @TUAW: Congrats to former TUAWer groom Scott McNulty (@blankbaby) and bride Marisa (@marusula) http://tinyurl.com/yennn84
OK, I’m not crazy, this really is abysmally slow. Hey @JeffTWC, is there a bandwidth shortage in Bklyn? :) http://yfrog.com/0co4gp
Earthlink support page: “Please note: Our email and chat forms currently work best with Internet Explorer and Netscape.” Netscape?!?
Meanwhile, I still don’t know much more than I did this morning about public-sector IT spend in EMEA and Asia-Pacific. *sigh*
Kids are sorting toys & dress-up in living room. Trying to stay at arm’s length while they decide what’s what.
Realizing as I plow through research I should have done weeks ago: I have a lot to learn.
Where are the jetpacks, mofos. http://bit.ly/fFloB
Is Apple behind the development of Intel's Light... →
Filed under: Hardware, Rumors, Apple
If the relationship between Apple and Mac CPU provider Intel was any closer, the two companies might have to start labeling their record…
5yo expressed her delight in her new shirt by… well… http://yfrog.com/0jmlndj [thanks @threadless]
More “presentation panic”: being handed multiple DVDs minutes before show… needing clips from each… and they’re in PAL. *aiiieee*
For my book “How To Drive Presentation Pros Raving Bonkers Mad,” I think Chapter IV will be “Include an xVid clip in Keynote.”
Mazel tov @bklyndirt & Steve & rocketboy on new baby girl
You know that scratchy, achy feeling that seems to settle above/behind your eye sockets? Related: Going home now.
Morning teleconf: done. Thanks Adobe Connect.
Just got a text message from my dentist. There’s a reminder service that’s bound to cheer my day.
Big meeting today, leading off with videoconference to 3 timezones. I love the smell of panic in the morning.
RT @TUAW: Remember, at your Win7 Launch Party, it’s important to decide on a safeword. http://bit.ly/TZSWe [via http://bit.ly/22lzbK]
Part of the view from the office. Maybe that tinfoil hat isn’t such a bad idea. http://twitpic.com/iqtjj
Via @ammonkc, original link to insurance execs PSA http://bit.ly/pSKEz
RT @ammonkc: Something terrible is happening http://bit.ly/mrN0R [and very funny]
RT @TUAW: iTunes 9: so very two weeks ago. Say hello to iTunes 9.0.1! http://bit.ly/16QfYm
happy birthday @vagredajr!
And happy birthday to @stevensande too!!!
Every so often I am reminded that I work with crazy people.
iTunes 9.0.1 now in Software Update →
Filed under: iTunes, Software Update
Fire up your Software Updates, gang: the new version of iTunes is here — with bug fixes and tweaks to help those who were suffering from…
Via @bynkii, the Jeffrey Thomas “twisted princess” illustrations are amazing. http://bit.ly/FtBKu