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The "Fauxlympics"

Globe & Mail on iPhone pricing: An exercise...

World's Most Expensive Ethernet Cable?

Renting music? How droll.

More Google Toys

I’m still slightly shocked that I managed to go almost 6 months without hearing about it but...

The Power and the Passion

Bob Lefsetz’s “Lefsetz Letter” may well be one of the most captivating blogs...

How not to make your users happy

When a developer says something like the following, you know they’re not really interested in...

When Should You Jump? JSR 308. That's When.

A Day in the Life...

(an out of the blue IM)
pipeline lead: We're doomed.
me: we are?
pipeline lead: Only temporarily. Normal service will be resumed when C++ dies.

Bravo, Canada

A little humor from the i18n trenches.

Environmental Guilt

Peeve of the Day

Scenario: a very crowded SkyTrain platform at Broadway Station (the transfer point between the two...

Technote #31: The Dogcow

The price of concert tickets

Bob Lefsetz rants on a subject that has bugged me for years - the astronomical price of concert...

I missed it by a day, but better late than never. See here,...

Ruminations on the state of computing...

(Well, ruminations by folks who are smarter than me. Call this “I’m sharing my recent...

Fourteen must-have e-book features

Reason #10,134 For Not Posting To Tech...

the "blog" of "unnecesary" quotations

“Exploits of a Mom”. xkcd.com made my day.

“Every software engineer has a low opinion of the way we...”
— A pithy (but no less true)...

“You’ve got to grudgingly admire NBC’s giant...”
— The inimitable Wil Shipley on...

Amazon MP3 Store

“A good bug, I mean a really good,...”
— Steven Franks writing on bugs...

You know there's a problem with your business...

Oh, the horror: 5 Xbox 360s and counting...

Through the regulatory looking glass

“A bunch of Microsoftees had to cancel because they are...”
— A random witticism that struck...

“Apple Throws Down the Gauntlet, Picks it Up, Smacks Zune in...”
— The headline from the Zune...

Swiss Army Chainsaw: A common-sense approach...

“Sometimes I think God put video content guys on the planet...”
— Michael Gartenberg on...

Kathy Sierra perfectly captures how I feel about Twitter and...

“It’s been a long time since I’ve wanted to rub...”
— (caps courtesy of the author)...

Bo-ring (or not): analysis of the coming...

(Well, courtesy of the aptly-named “Tales of the Sausage Factory” blog over at...

“I like Jonathan Schwartz a lot, but I think that unless some...”
— Ouch. Russell Beattie offers a...

A day in the life… (Courtesy of xkcd.com)

Delaminating telcos

Walk him.

'Unlocking value'

“Finally, there is the delight of working in such a tractable...”
— Frederick P. Brooks in...

“When I was ten I read fairy tales in secret and would have...”
— C. S. Lewis

Boys will be boys.

Gamasutra interview with EA's Bing Gordon...

'Neuromancer' headed to the silver screen?

skate.

I'm a technological omnivore...