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Apple Design Fail

October23

Example of apple design fail. Big album art, small song title—so I can’t read it while driving. No option to bump the font size?

Shamwow!

October23

The previous owner of this $20 was all over shamwow!

This is Briliant

October23

and so ridiculously cute I can’t even deal.

[Flash http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6NHPrYcJpo&feature=channel]

Cheers to Mel.

and I’m wearing a hat because my hair looks stupid… not cause it’s cold. HA!

Jump! You Fuckers!

October23

Demonstrators protest the proposed 700 billion USD Wall Street bail-out in front of the New Yoprk Stock Exchange in the Financial District in New York on September 25, 2008. In response to the global financial crisis, protesters, from a variety of activist groups, denounced the capitalist system, Wall Street and the administration of US President George W, Bush.

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Thanks Risa! This is really funny.

Gives a New Meaning to “Stevenote”

October22

HAHAHA!
via CNET News

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Academia

October21




So it is just like every other industry… except the jocks some how make out like bandits. The Swamp

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Funny Video

October19

The shoutout to London (Ontario) was great:

[flash http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH8SDiPPjoc]

Targeted Ads

October15

Facebook thinks I’m both worried about cancer and/or getting engaged? If the promise of social ads is true, my profile information is indicating both.

Clearly Biased Blogging/Reporting

October2

All reporting is somewhat biased but blatantly biased reporting/blogging, like on Fox news, really bothers me. For example this article about the Nokia Tube goes out of its way to take shots at RIM for some unknown reason. Fuill disclosure, I work at RIM and am a fan of the company and products but allow me to point out some things in the article:

  • The title, “RIM Plummets: Nokia Tube…” implies that RIM’s stock drops because of Nokia. The article also ends with “share value has tumbled from its all-time high of around $150 per share. RIMM was valued at $68 per share on Tuesday close.” Incidentally, the whole market has gone to crap and RIM’s initial drop was due to other factors like decreasing margins. Funny thing is that Nokia is down a buck today too… What does that mean? The market thinks Nokia is going to kick RIM’s butt and signals this by a drop in share price?
  • “Nokia is set to walk all over Research in Motion (RIMM) as it launches its newest Smartphone the “Tube” with its touch screen technology features to rival Apple’s iPhone touchscreen we believe that the Nokia Tube is going to be a much talked about Smartphone.” This time we have random claims without any evidence/backup. Well done.
  • The post ends with “Read full article at: internetnews” implying that this article is just a summary of a (more) reptutable source, which it’s not. In fact, the article it’s referencing has lines like “This isn’t going to be better or worse, just another device falling into the iPhone category.”

Yes I’m biased but man, the other post was just BS and somehow got linked off the RIM page of Google Finance. Some uninformed banker might trade off of that article… oh wait, they all got fired. Crap.

Very Original and Cool

September30

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