Back in those dark ages when the only way to add applications to an iPhone/iPod touch was to jailbreak it, one of my favorite apps was a little thing called Mobilecast. The app did one thing, and did it well: It allowed podcasts to be downloaded over WiFi or a cellphone data connection for later [...]
Yglesias on what happens with mass foreclosures:
So the homeowners lose their homes, which is bad for them. And the banks, rather than being able to recoup the losses by taking over the properties, are left with a bunch of worthless houses, which is bad for them. And then this situation adversely affects the value of [...]
On what happens next January if Paulson gets his way:
I’ve been pointing out that the dictatorial powers Paulson has sought would accrue to the next Treasury secretary, who might well be Phil Gramm. I’ve been trying to come up with a liberal-leaning name who might seem equally horrifying to Republicans, and the only one I’ve [...]
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a legitimate scientific poll in which a value was actually zero. Until now. In an American Research Group poll on the national economy released today, one of the findings is that “No Americans say they think the financial situations in their households are getting better.” Nobody. Zero. Zip. Yes, [...]
It drives me crazy when people use a tragedy or natural disaster to try to hawk a product. Yes, I know it’s done all the time—even by those who consider the Iraq war a “product”—but that doesn’t make it right. Here’s an example that just landed in my inbox:
Hurricane Gustav chased an estimated two million [...]
Gotta love the independent ecommerce site Democratic Stuff. While their collection of hundreds of buttons for affinity groups includes some of the typical ones you’d see on any similar site (Teachers for Obama), it also features some that are downright loopy. Many reflect musical interests, including—I am not making this up—Thereminists for Obama. Others options [...]
Try to remember the kind of September
when life was slow and oh, so mellow.
Try to remember the kind of September
when grass was green and grain was yellow.
Try to remember the kind of September
when you were a tender and callow fellow,
Try to remember and if you remember, then follow.
Try to remember when life was so tender
that [...]
No black hole, but lots of cool tributes like this one. Of course, the one good thing about falling into a man-made black hole would be that we wouldn’t have to listen to any more inanities from the John & Sarah show about lipstick on pigs.
When I worked for Sondhi Limthongkul in the early 90s, everyone thought he was well on his way to becoming the Asian Rupert Murdoch. However, Sondhi’s media empire largely collapsed in the Asian economic downturn of the mid-90s, and it turned out that Asia’s Rupert Murdoch was … Rupert Murdoch.
But Sondhi’s place in history is [...]
Apple’s big update today included some nice treats at just about every stage of the food chain, from the recolored shuffles to the reworked nano (bye, bye, fatty!) to an even thinner touch (32GB! Built-in speaker! My old one will be on eBay soon!). So, what was missing? Well, let’s put it this way: At [...]