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I’m starting to get really sick and tired of the Ad Council. I know for decades they did nothing but good… but they keep spreading misinformation in their modern ads. It’s time to put my foot down. Their latest “credit fairy” ads argue that you can best improve your credit by “only opening new (lines [...]

Just posted an announcement over on the MechaWorks web site of what’s coming up over there. Worth a read… especially if you like gadget teasers. And yeah, we’ll have a guessing contest for what it is. So, you can save the “let me guess, it’s a…” comments (but I’m not going to delete them either).

It seems many are still unaware of the concern that the Chevy Volt will lack an Emergency Mode. As I’ve said in the past, I won’t buy a first-generation Volt if it is missing this key safety feature. What is an Emergency Mode? At first I wasn’t going to re-state this, but I feel it’s [...]

As I’ve noted on Twitter… my general absence, missed deadlines, and canceled meetings last week were due to me being sick. I did get better just in time for our first local meetup. But, I have relapsed. The good news is that it’s a minor case of bronchitis, as confirmed this morning… caused by the [...]

As you know, I’ve made posts on healthy fast food in the past. Well, here’s another tip to share. McDonalds got rid of trans fat in their breakfasts. Or, most of it at least (they can still slip in .49 grams per meal item, and call it “zero grams”). Great, but they still have 20+ [...]

As I posted last week, MobileEdition was supposed to have shipped (or, rather, the first MobileEdition-powered apps were supposed to have shipped last week). In an effort to keep everyone updated, here is a technical post. So, if you don’t like understanding code, or dense coding-related stuff, feel free to skip this post. Apple has [...]

GM just announced that the first Chevy Volt has been built. Now, you might have seen Volts in the past, but they were actually mules from another pre-production car, the Chevy Cruise. The Cruse will be launching this year, and uses the same platform as the Volt. Some have asked me if you should take [...]

Not only is Government Motors making me feel sick… they’re making me feel like the Volt is damaged goods… before it even ships. Not only did GM flatly tell me to drop dead by announcing that they had no plans to resurrect profitable Pontiac cars under another GM brand, but they just made an even [...]

I don’t blame Apple for wanting customers who can impulse buy. But, at the same time, there are a lot of parents, consumers, and less well off people that don’t even want to have that option for the intended user. They want an iTunes Account that doesn’t have purchasing strings attached. Now, there was a [...]

Looks like Apple made a rare goof-up and is requiring 10.5.7 (Juno)… before it even ships. Try to download and install the latest update to X11. You’ll get a weird surprise.