Call me crazy, but if I were writing a PR release for a prototype that puts the touch sensor on the back of a device rather than on the screen, I don't think I would have phrased it like these folks did"Rear control makes it more comfortable to use several fingers at once ( Read more... )

This post brought to you from the Dallas Apple Store - Northpark.

I brought in my iPhone cable to ask if there was a recommended way to keep the weak spot on mine (seperating at the plug) from getting worse and breaking. "Is that normal?" I asked. In response she pulled a brand new one from the shelf and handed it to me.

"Trade ya," she said.

On my way to Dallas for the 3rd time this week. At least this time I'm not driving on the way there so I can occupy myself online during the trip. This nifty LJ iPhone app is pretty nifty, much more convenient than posting from Safari.

I actually thought I might be able to get out of dodge for break and hang with the gang, but nothing seems to be ( Read more... )

Email I received:

BTW-the pun was totally intentional, but you're the first to catch it! I feel like I should give you a prize. Like a fish. *hands you a fish prize* There you go!

My reply:

Holy mackerel! I didn't think you would actually inject such a sly morsel of wit on porpoise, I assumed it was probably just a fluke. Too many people tend to ( Read more... )

Have you ever read the stories like "Mourning gorilla holds onto her baby's dead body"? Apparently it's pretty common in the wild, and we often think of it being so strange that animals would do that. Yet in a way, we often do the same thing.


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"We will be welcomed as liberators" - John McCain

"I think things have gotten so bad inside Iraq from the standpoint of the Iraqi people, my belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators." - Cheney


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Cell Phones And How They Work.O.K cell phones are items that let you talk to other people from ranges that could be one ft, to the other side of the world yes very nifty but although I am not here to talk about the awesomeness of cell phones I am here to talk about how cellphones work. Alright so as you know a lot of people have cellphones even ( Read more... )

This post brought to you from the Apple store on Knox Street, Dallas, TX.

Dropping off someone at DFW, I figure why not stop by and get a feel for the new MacBook unibody. I'm in heaven.

Trying to teach my students how to do a proper research paper has inspired me. I realized how much I actually miss the process, almost to the degree where I wish I was back in school and asked to do one. Maybe because I know I was really darn good at it ( Read more... )

Seriously though, datamerge rocks my world. I've never had to use it before with InDesign, but then I was asked to help with yearbook and do student ID cards. This is the opposite of a rant. Perhaps we need a community called designpraisesI seem to recall this being a topic that is commonly asked about, so I thought these links would be useful for ( Read more... )