Droid an iPod Killer?

I know it’s not fair to compare the droid against the iPhone 3GS or iPhone 3G releases. But what about the original iPhone?
Droid, launch weekend estimates: 100,000.
iPhone: launch weekend estimates: 375,000 ~ 700,000.
Note that the iPhone estimates were apparently overestimates – it’s tough to tally because AT&T only signed up 146,000 customers that weekend and Apple [...]

Petabyte Nearing $100,000

This is an order of magnitude improvement and very significant – Backblaze claims to have their cost for a petabyte of online storage down to $117,000. What they don’t detail is the software and services surrounding the raw drives – which is the more interesting and proprietary information. I don’t blame them for not sharing, [...]

4th of July

Two hundred and thirty-three years ago today, fifty-six men, appointed to represent their colonies, made a final vote to approve a document declaring our independence from our mother nation. This document declared not only our independence but the purpose of that independence – the protection of the rights to “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of [...]

Most popular movies based on ticket sales

 
I think the numbers my friend Dave comes up with in his post “Most popular movies based on ticket sales” are more meaningful than just dollars, but I think it also highlights the difficultly of declaring anything the “All-Time” best.
Because I would argue it’s still apples to oranges. The first 6 on the list all [...]

Is Apple’s 17-Inch MacBook Pro Expensive?

From Technologizer
But I don’t see how you can look at this comparison and declare there’s some sort of unique Mac Tax. High-end laptops tend to command high-end prices, whether the software they run hails from Redmond or Cupertino.
Hey, Lauren! Is Apple’s 17-Inch MacBook Pro Expensive? | Technologizer
I think this exactly nails the issue. There are [...]

Steve Jobs: it is corrosive to one’s character to steal

I absolutely love this quote from Steve Jobs. I think it says a lot about morals – things I believe to be True with a capital T. Things that are truly wrong are wrong whether there is a written law to enforce it or not.
And it is self evident to me that in the digital [...]

Data Protection Day

Tomorrow is data protection day (estabilished by the Council of Europe, US, and Canada). So much of your information is online now – much more than many people realize. And not just on facebook.
Take a moment and learn more about what you can do to protect your information.

Presidents! They’re Just Like Us!

 
Via SarahLacy.com: Obama is still using the Blackberry – and gets distracted by it. Presidents! They’re Just Like Us!

Example of Forgiving

This is a great example of how one should forgive. Great example.
Roberts’ mistake came about half way through the 35-word oath, when, reciting from memory, he said the word ‘faithfully,’ out of order. The flub confused Obama who ultimately repeated the mistake.
But speaking to ABC Tuesday night, the new president didn’t fault the man who [...]

The Mother of All Demos

I am shocked whenever I meet someone with a Computer Science or Computer Engineering degree who has not seen or at least heard of Douglas Engelbart’s “Mother of All Demos”.  This is where it all came from. What to do I mean by all? Everything about how we interact with computers today can be seen [...]