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If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Yes you can!When Steve Jobs announced he wouldn’t be giving his usual keynote address at this year’s Macworld it renewed the flurry of rumors that he was on his death bed.  Now these rumors aren’t completely unfounded because any Mac fanboy can [...]

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And people wonder why their accounts get hacked.  How long do you imagine it takes a computer program to cycle through 500 password attempts on every single one of your accounts?  But these are just amazingly bad.
There are some interesting passwords on this list that show how people try to be clever, but even human [...]

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It’s the N O  T O  R I  O  U S you just lay down slow.  We did it Brooklyn!

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Seems like Google is ringing in the new year by spilling the beans on some secret features in their iPhone app.
One evening in Zurich, after a late night cake run, we decided that our iPhone app, Google Mobile App with Voice Search, could do with a little bling. The result of this is a few [...]

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2009: Yes I Can

by james on January 1, 2009 · 1 comment

2008 brought about many changes in my life, in virtually every single aspect. It is why I lie here, mind racing, eager for a new day to dawn.
2008 saw the birth of my daughter. She is wonderfully beautiful and not a day goes by that I am not completely and utterly in awe [...]

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Happy New Year Everyone

by james on December 31, 2008 · 0 comments

Sorry for the lack of updates recently, it’s been a hectic holiday season.  Thanks to everyone who visits and reads the site and for leaving comments.  A blog is only as good as the discussion it generates in my opinion and I love hearing from you guys.  I hope each of you have a happy [...]

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We are living in a society that subsists almost entirely on our greed and lack of self-control.  Take away the greed and add some self-control and watch the economy falter.
“The search for efficiency and the urge to consume has set us all up like a row of dominoes - there is no buffer, no resiliency. [...]

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The New School in Exile

by james on December 19, 2008 · 0 comments

It seems that the students over at The New School are taking this whole “change” thing pretty effing literally.
Students have occupied part of the campus in what was initially, and still for the most part is, a peaceful protest of the administration of their school.  It seems they are very nonplussed at the idea of [...]

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The Jonathan Magbie Story

by james on December 13, 2008 · 0 comments

I had never heard of Jonathan Magbie’s story until now, but it may quite seriously the most fucked up story I have ever heard.  If this is not a scathing indictment of the American justice system and it’s pathetic war on drugs then I don’t know what is.  
The events of this story took place [...]

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This whole GM suckage thing didn’t just happen overnight. It’s been a long time coming.

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