Author Archives: Silicon Valley Dazed
Enron jury reaches verdict – Skilling and Lay Guilty
Enron jury reaches verdict – May. 25, 2006 This made my day. Skilling’s self-righteousness in his congressional testimony is what really made me ill. They better hope none of their cellmates had Enron stock.
Nike, Apple Team Up on iPod Running Gear – Yahoo! News
Nike, Apple Team Up on iPod Running Gear – Yahoo! News I already have an iPod Nano and a Garmin Forerunner 205, so I think I’ll pass on this – especially since I’m particular about what running shoe I wear. I think the best thing about this would be the Power Song feature for the … Continue reading
Feds pursuit of phone records is only the latest fishing trip – MarketWatch
Feds pursuit of phone records is only the latest fishing trip – MarketWatch Dvorak’s column asks an obvious question: Why ask for records when you can look at the results yourself with a bot? Many suspect that this isn’t about child porn or any sort of porn, but an attempt to track the public, possibly … Continue reading
Macworld: Mac Word: Beneath the MacBook battery bay
Macworld: Mac Word: Beneath the MacBook battery bay Ease of hard drive replacement is very nice – especially compared to the iBook G4. I think this is important since the hard drive is the component most likely to fail or in need of an upgrade – especially if you have a substantial music and video … Continue reading
MercuryNews.com | 05/17/2006 | Trio arrested for injuring motorcyclist
MercuryNews.com | 05/17/2006 | Trio arrested for injuring motorcyclist The first motorcyclist spent five days in a coma and required more than 500 stitches and several titanium plates in his face to repair bone damage and tissue loss, Palanov said. The man is no longer in a coma, but Palanov could not say if he … Continue reading
Is Al Gore Running for President Again? – Yahoo! News
Is Al Gore Running for President Again? – Yahoo! News Gore as President and Wesley Clark as his running mate would get my vote.
The Apple Store (U.S.) – MacBook
The Apple Store (U.S.) – MacBook I love it! To get the cool, black look, you need to buy the most expensive version! I presently own a 1.2 GHz G4 iBook, and I like the improvements they’ve made to the screen brightness and latching mechanism. The wider screen and thinner profile are nice dimensional changes. … Continue reading
Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn: Gearing for the dreaded climb
Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn: Gearing for the dreaded climb Nice to read that even the pros have to resort to compact cranks and even triples on some very steep climbs in the Giro. I’ll probably be swapping my 53-39 Ultegra crank for a Shimano 50-34 sometime this summer since there are some steep sections … Continue reading
H-P moves beyond boring boxes – MarketWatch
H-P moves beyond boring boxes – MarketWatch Dvorak talks about skins for PCs and other boring industrial objects. I’ve never been a fan of design for the sake of design (well maybe during the New Wave 80s). With products, I’ve always loved design that had an inherent functional need. A case in point regarding both … Continue reading
Microsoft and Google Grapple for Supremacy – New York Times
Microsoft and Google Grapple for Supremacy – New York Times A picture of the two sexiest men alive.