Let’s come right out and say it. Apple’s recent change to the Developer Agreement may be good for Apple specifically, but it’s better for users of the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad.
If you use one of these devices, it is a good thing. Period.
Why is it good? Counter Question #1
To answer why this change is [...]
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2010
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Apr
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Meta Mac, Non-Fiction
2010
20
Feb
For those who have been subjected to this before, yes, I still have some to go. If you don’t know already, then step right up! Now’s your chance to get your hands on some spiffy original, in-the-original-shipping-tube, 24″ x 36″ (or 36″ x 24″ for landscape, or if you’re just inclined 90 degrees) Apple Think [...]
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General
2010
6
Feb
Just as “film at 11″ is an anachronism in every sense (there is no film these days, most news is obtained at times other than 11pm), “Apple is evil” falls squarely into the same category. Yet, click-bait über alles, and we still have the mindset that everything Apple does has to either be benevolent graciousness [...]
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Meta Mac, Non-Fiction
2010
23
Jan
No surprise that AT&T is weaseling as much as possible regarding network infrastructure expenditures and so forth, but what if it’s even worse? What if AT&T really is making all the infrastructure improvements they say, but those improvements simply aren’t “turned on” yet?
The “whatever Apple is going to announce” is going to add a non-trivial [...]
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2010
20
Jan
The dust mound grew with each sweep. Peter moved through the room, sweeping from end to end, making his way from one side to the other, moving the dust into a long mound on one side of the room.
He pushed the dust mop slowly, taking slow strides, stepping, stepping, stepping, stepping, turning, stepping, stepping, stepping, [...]
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Fiction
2010
19
Jan
Digital Daily has today’s LOL moment. Unless you’re an “All roads lead to Redmond” sort of person, don’t be drinking fluids while reading this.
Even us Apple fans (no, not the Mac Macs, they’re just too weird) will accuse Apple (the previous Apple, anyway) of throwing technologies against a wall to see what sticks. It’s been [...]
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Meta Mac
2010
16
Jan
[Here is a snip from the beginning of a novel I wrote in the mid- and late- 90s. This is the first time any piece of it has been published online.]
Whispers and murmurs scattered throughout the crowd. All walks of people were watching with their hands covering their mouths, their eyes wide in amazement.
Thyrus stepped [...]
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Fiction
2010
16
Jan
It’s been a bonanza week for learning various things about WordPress and actually, just how robust my own previous publishing system was. If you want to see the older system still in action (not all the content will be moved), click the “Old Site” link in the toolbar. (And see the “about” pages for more [...]
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General
2010
16
Jan
“I — I — I want to go with — with you.”
“Now Charles, you know you can’t do that,” his mother replied.
“W — well, if I can’t go with you, I want to go to the moon.”
Charles’ mother kissed him on the forehead, checked the brakes on his wheelchair, then waved goodbye to him.
“You know [...]
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Fiction
2010
16
Jan
[Please note: This article originally appeared on sentientfood.com 2-Feb-2005.]
After the initial publication of the article, feedback came my way indicating there were some problems with the scheme that made it fairly easy to crack. “Fairly easy” is a relative term, of course, and it depends on the skill and the desire of the person doing [...]
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