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    Archive for October 4th, 2003

    #mac addict.

    Fuel to the fire: What the hell is wrong with Apple that they still give a damn about design and packaging and “feel”?

    This is what Apple does. This is what they are known for and why their design team is so famous and why they win so many awards and why they engender such passionate devotion from their adherents and why Macs are still far, far superior to PCs and always will be. It’s true.


    #tune!

    Though I could do without Belle and Sebastian, The Guardian Unlimited’s list is pretty solid the whole way around.



    #just plain weird.

    Has something every been just so weird that you were just in awe over how truly bizarre it was? So bizarre that you just couldn’t help but… Well, “fascinated” isn’t the right word, but it’s the first word that comes to mind:

    “It is concluded that the mallards were engaged in an “Attempted Rape Flight” that resulted in the first described case of homosexual necrophilia in the mallard.


    #cheap or speedy.

    Broadband: Pick Cheap or Speedy, Blogged similar points before re: this debate. DSL’s main advantage over cable is that it’s a dedicated line. Again though, DSL remains an option really only if you’re in a relatively urban area and just down the block from the central switch. Cable still beats it on speed. Unfortunately, the article focuses more on the value debate. What’s it cost? And misses the mark entirely by citing $43/month for Adelphia broadband. WRONG. Try $55 — and that’s up from $52. And they still have lousy service:

    • A meager 10MB offered webspace.
    • No server-side scripting (e.g., Perl/CGI, PHP) on said webspace.
    • Blocking on (at least) ports 80 and 25.
    • Poor Mac and Linux support.
    • Fairly frequent connection drops. (Though whether/not this is due to IP lease expiration is still debateable.)