Archive for June, 2007

Shattuck’s Summer Ride

From the too-cool-for-school department, comes
Justin Shattuck’s idea of a fun time:
For 30 days I am going to be
giving away rides to individuals to anywhere in North America! No, I’m not crazy — but it sure is going to be fun! I just wanted to let you know because I am […]


"Jobs expects to do more than lure Internet Explorer users to Apple’s Safari for Windows - he envisions a duopoly within the browser market at the expense of FireFox and others" — is John Lilly’s paranoia fast approaching that of Microsoft’s Balmer?

Just browsing, thanks

I’ve come to a realisation, that was strongly re-enforced recently with the
hyperactive launch of
Safari for the Microsoft Windows platform.
The realisation isn’t that I particularly prefer Mozilla Firefox itself over say Internet Explorer, or even Opera. It’s not that I even like Firefox, because I don’t.. rather it’s the open source communities input into […]


"A very dark spot on Mars could be an entrance to a deep hole or cavern, according to scientists studying imagery taken by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter." — it’s either yet another reason to send a manned mission, or a spec of dust on the lens..


"At first, it was great. It was naughty, and sort of against the rules, but a small thing like that was never going to stop us. We’d spend every minute we could together, just being with each other." — I know this story.. I’ve *been* this story.


"June 5th, the day HTC promised to make Major announcement , it is fact and they officialy unveiled HTC Touch." — could this be an iPhone killer? Perhaps.. perhaps not.. but a windows mobile powered device has never looked so good..


"Microsoft and Linux distributor Xandros announced on Monday a technical and legal collaboration, the latest step in the software giant’s ongoing program to partner with open-source companies." — yet another approach to try and use IP as a deal driver.