A shortsighted and often just plain stupid federal government has allowed itself to be bullied and fooled by a handful of big wireless phone operators for decades now. And the result has been a mobile phone system that is the direct opposite of the PC model. It severely limits consumer choice, stifles innovation, crushes entrepreneurship, and has made the U.S. the laughingstock of the mobile-technology world, just as the cellphone is morphing into a powerful hand-held computer.
Ever since I got my hands on the new iPod touch, I have been in love with multi-touch technology. If you are like me and enjoy touch screen technology, and have an extra $100k in your pocket (unlike me), you can pick one of these babies up at Neiman Marcus.
Being the day of the autumnal equinox, fall has officially begun in Vermont, as it has everywhere in the Northern Hemisphere. But, it seems more fun here than a lot of other places. So it is time again for this foliage guide. I am off for a bike ride.
As a Mac user, Carbon Copy Cloner is my backup software of choice. Mike Bombich’s CCC software looks to have just gotten an upgrade to 3.0.
CCC 3.0 features a new interface designed to make the cloning and backup procedure more intuitive and more responsive. Users have better control over what gets backed up, and are provided with detailed information about the progress of their backup. In addition to general backup, CCC can also clone one hard drive to another, copying every single block or file to create an exact replica of your source hard drive. CCC’s block-level copy offers the absolute best fidelity in the industry!
Carbon Copy Cloner 3.0 requires Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later.
As if I have not already been to mini.com enough, configuring and reconfiguring Mini Cooper’s; Mini gives me yet another reason to check out their fabulous website. They sent out an email blast with “Secret Codes” that you can type into the search box, on the Mini website, that allow you to play with the site’s hidden features. Pretty cool. Give them a try.
Once you type in the code (case sensitive), look to the bottom left of the main window for instructions on how to use the hidden feature.
The Secret Codes (shhh!):
Reverse
Take It For a Spin
Under The Hood
MINImize
Great Flash work and another piece of Mini’s masterful marketing.
“Early adopters always pay a premium. “Early adopters” being a business term meaning dipsh*ts who stand in line for 6 hours…for a freaking phone. It’s not a price cut, it’s a repeal on the nerd tax.”
“If you didn’t have to be the first on your block to have the latest gizmo, you would now have an extra $200 to spend on your imaginary girlfriend.”
Hej Du! This post is for Grizz, who seems to repeatedly lose the email message that contains his favorite video… I wonder what my grandkids will be teaching me someday?
…and for all others not willing to be chained to AT&T in order to use the Apple iPhone.
On the downside, why does the iPod touch not include Mail.app or Google Maps, as the iPhone does? It would also be great to see the 16GB of flash memory boosted to 32GB soon.
Oh, and the other small thing that is missing from the “Vermonter’s iPhone”? The phone.
