Archive for the 'Geekdom' Category

Ever Wonder . . .

Saturday, May 6th, 2006

what kind of chaos would ensue if 80 people in blue polo shirts and khakis suddenly entered a Best Buy and decided to stand around?
Improv Everywhere decided to find out . . .
I would venture to guess that in-store customer satisfaction actually increased.
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Great Apple Ads . . .

Monday, May 1st, 2006

Apple just released two great television ads for the Macintosh . . . these are great!
Ad 1 and Ad 2 Via YouTube

And people wonder why I carry my PowerMac around to security conferences
EDIT: Looks like the official Apple site has all six ads . . . Â
mac, marketing, microsoft, security, [...]

Ding Dong the Emperor is Gone!

Monday, April 24th, 2006

Scott McNealy has stepped down as Sun’s CEO. All I can say is that it’s about time!
Hopefully they can now do something with the wonderful intellectual property they have socked away in the vault.
scott mcnealy, sun

Free Personal Email Certificates

Sunday, April 16th, 2006

At last, one of the Certificate Authorities has come to the conclusion that the average Internet user is not going to spend anywhere from $50 to $100 per year to prove their identity online or sign and encrypt their email. Thawte, one of the more forward thinking CA’s, is now offering a free Personal [...]

MacBook Pro in Sheeps Clothing

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

Does anyone else think that the MacBook Pro, in it’s current incarnation, is just a temporary bridge for PowerBook users to keep them from jumping to the Intel powered iBooks when released? What are we really going to see toward the end of this year for the silver toting laptop crowd?
It’s got to be [...]

And Speaking of Starbucks…

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006

If you haven’t tried the Cinnamon Dolce Latte, you don’t know what you’re missing!!!! Oh, yeah, so in case you hadn’t guessed it out before . . . I now drink Coffee
I guess I’ll have to try ordering it in a ‘short‘ . . .
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