Ten year’s ago today, Apple released the iPod. Few could see where this little device would end up taking Apple. (Certainly not this guy.)
The headline is Commander Taco’s famous dismissive evaluation of the device on Slashdot, for those of you too young or too old to get the reference…
(Hat tip: Bill Crider.)
Here’s another video that goes into more detail about how the locking works.
I don’t usually post videos that have already been on Fark, but this one was too cool not to:
I’d seen superconducting magnet demonstrations before, but never with the adjustable “locking” they demonstrate here.
This piece on the things Apple’s new voice assistant Siri says in response to various questions is pretty funny, as the Apple programmers have gone out of their way to offer some clever, amusing answers to a surprisingly wide variety of queries.
What the piece reminded me of was the snide, sentient, semi-malevolent electronic chess game in George Alec Effinger’s “My Old Man,” which (if you squint a little) could double as Siri’s Evil Twin. I provided the introduction to it in Live From Planet Earth, and I do think it’s a really swell (and underrated) story. (I still have one copy of Live From Planet Earth available through Lame Excuse Books, but you should be able to find it wherever better SF books are sold.)
Here’s Apple co-founder remembering his friend and partner Steve Jobs:
“He was lucky to have me in the beginning, but I am incredibly lucky to have him for everything in my life.”
I’ve met Woz a couple of times, and he’s always struck me as a really nice guy.
(Hat tip: Joy of Tech.)
Given his recent passing, I thought I would put up a poll on what product represents Steve Jobs’ greatest accomplishment:
Sort of humbling to consider he was only ten years older than I am.
Very few people can say they truly changed the world. He did.
And, in the interest of providing actual content:
And this seems appropriate:
And here’s his commencement address to Standford University in 2005:
“We don’t allow faster than light neutrinos in here” said the bartender.
A neutrino walks into a bar.
(Stolen from NRO)
I root for the Texas Longhorns over interstate rival Texas A&M, but man, you can’t help but be inspired by this story about Aggie softball slugger Meagan May’s recovery from a near-fatal car accident to play again in less than a year. Especially given this awesome Borg-queen photo of her:
