Archive for January, 2008

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

In Accordance with the Apple Prophecies

In a comment on my ridiculous prediction post, Andrew asks if I think the revised Apple TV qualifies as my predicted Pippin 2. Ha ha! It’s tempting to answer yes, given that the original Pippin was conceived as a combination set-top box and video game console. The Apple TV doesn’t play games, but it sure […]

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Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Last-second Macworld Expo Prediction.

Pippin 2. You heard it here first.

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Sunday, January 13th, 2008

Charlie the Cockatoo

TLO and I went to the Macmillan Bloedel Conservatory in Queen Elizabeth Park on a lark. There, we met Charlie: Thanks Charlie, we love you too.

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Thursday, January 10th, 2008

Mobile Data just got cheaper. I think.

Bell is sorta promoting their Unlimited Mobile data plan. It’s not clear if this is purely a “walled garden” play, but the short version is that early reports say it isn’t: you can just surf the web on your mobile phone’s browser, $7/month, unlimited data. Considering that current data plans range up to something roughly […]

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Friday, January 4th, 2008

Charlie Wilson’s War

It’s good. It’s very good. It’s less subtle than it thinks it is, and is possibly the least surprising script that could possibly come from the hand of Aaron Sorkin. I mean, he found a story about a Democratic politician who did a little cocaine and did the right thing in Afghanistan? If the story […]

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