Date Archives September 2009

Re: the lack of movies/tv on the Japanese iTunes Store

in apple Japan on September 22, 2009 September 22, 2009

Is the lack of movie rentals and television shows on the Japanese iTunes Store due somehow to the powerful copyright lobby in Japan? JASRAC and JIMCAare more litigious than even the RIAA and MPAA in…

How Should Mac Apps Be Distributed?

in apple on September 18, 2009 September 18, 2009

I agree: delivery by disk image is far too complicated for the lay user. I have to explain this concept nearly every day. Just the fact that there are three different install paradigms for OS…

Global growth of broadband — BBC infographic

in internet on September 17, 2009 September 17, 2009

Time lapse map of broadband penetration across the world. The graphic is really about Africa, but look how quickly South Korea and Scandinavia go dark. Those countries had long-seeing government strategies for internet growth a…

in internet on September 4, 2009 September 4, 2009

1) everything that’s already in the world when you’re born is just normal; 2) anything that gets invented between then and before you turn thirty is incredibly exciting and creative and with any luck you…

What the hell am I going to do for the next 6 months?

in personal on September 2, 2009 September 2, 2009

September 22nd is my last day of work before I embark on 6 months of paternity leave. Only 15 more working days left. The thought fills me with excitement as this may be the only…