Apple is starting to look just like any other technology company. Don’t get me wrong. I love my MacBook and my iPhone, and when MobileMe is working, it’s great. However, wasting well over an hour of my precious time resolving a simple login issue makes me wonder if Apple is so special after all. I’m [...]
by Larry on September 24, 2005
in Seattle
Johnny Jetpack will take to the skies at Gasworks Park Sat. Oct. 1 at 3:00 pm. If you haven’t been to a launch before, this is a must-see event, certain to amuse, edify, and entertain the whole family. Here’s a description from Nathan Arnold, the genius behind Johnny: Johnny Jetpack is a 7 and a [...]
If you buy a lot of books and CDs, this cool new service might interest you. Amabuddy is a nifty service that lets you compare book and CD prices over your cell phone. You just call their automated service, enter an ISBN from a book or the bar code number from a CD and it [...]
Today’s New York Times Science section has a piece entitled “Thrillionaires: The New Space Capitalists.” It’s about how Paul Allen, Jeff Bezos, and other new-money-ed types have indulged their childhood space-travel fantasies with their techno-billions. It’s kind of interesting, but the first thing I thought of when I read it was my friend Nathan and [...]