How a Future Feature of the iPhone Gives Civil Libertarians an Incentive to...
I suppose we can start referring to ‘unlocked’ iPhones as FreedomPhones. Why? Well, I guess you could say, “Dictatorship, there’s an app for that“: The days of filming a live concert or sporting event...
View ArticleApple Just Convinced Me to Not Upgrade to iOS6
And I say this not just as a customer, but as a long-time shareholder. Apple has replaced Google Maps with Apple Maps. Unfortunately, Apple Maps isn’t quite as functional as Google Maps (boldface...
View ArticlePatents As a Make-Or-Break Single Issue?
A constant problem in a de facto two-party political system is determining which issues are make-or-break issues, the issues that will force one to desert a party (or switch to the other party). If you...
View ArticleWhen Technology Kills Past Art
I can’t even remember why, but I recently saw a trailer for the movie Memento. It stars Guy Pierce (his breakout role, if memory serves), and is about a man who is unable to form short-term memories,...
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Let Them Eat iPhones
Republicans releasing their healthcare plan We must remember that the Republican healthcare proposal, such as it is, has everything yet nothing to do with healthcare. They really don’t care if lots of...
View ArticleAnyone Who Thinks Bannon’s Absence From The White House Doesn’t Matter…
…isn’t thinking about DACA. Because Apple CEO Tim Cook just announced that he stands with 250 colleagues who are Dreamers. That means he just told ICE where to find 250 people who fall under DACA. If...
View ArticleThe Mad Biologist Review Of the New(ish) MacBook Pro
Well, my old MacBook had seen better days (lots of kernel panic attacks, the ol’ hard drive just wasn’t what it used to be), so I went and got me one of them new shiny (actually, it’s a sedate metallic...
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