Nice to see Mr Jobs hasn’t lost his touch. I’m happy to report that the SOBs who run the major record companies got their sorry asses kicked by Steve and agreed to continue their incredibly lucrative deals with the iTunes Music Store. It’s absolutely disgusting the way these pricks complain about what is probably the most profitable part of their business. (But between the record companies and the movies studios, it’s always been hard to decide which is the most obscenely greedy.*) (more…)
Archive for the ‘Diversions’ Category
Steve Kicks Ass and Takes Names
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006What Do You Think – Windows on a Mac?
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
My nerd curiosity must be satisfied, so I’m about to run Apple’s new Boot Camp Assistant to install Windows on my Intel iMac. I’ll let you know what I discover (I’m sure every other Mac site in the universe will also.)
What do you think of this interesting new develpment from Apple?
Where Do I Buy the Drugs These Guys Take?
Monday, April 3rd, 2006
The insanity in the movie business continues. Today a group of movie studios announced that they would sell you a downloadable version of some movies, with heavy DRM applied, for twenty to thirty bucks a pop. What are these guys smoking!? (more…)
Gates & Ballmer vs Allen – Cringely
Sunday, April 2nd, 2006Robert Cringely, one of my favorite tech writers, has just done an article on the differences between Paul Allen and Bill Gates, that I found remarkable…Prisoner of Redmond – Yet Another Way Paul Allen Isn’t Like You or Me
