Day: October 18, 2006

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Gadgetology Serious Stuff

I’m calling BS on Apple

Link to CNN’s story – some Video iPods infected with WIndows-specific virus

The iPods were infected with the virus at one of Apple’s contract manufacturers.
The virus does not affect Mac customers.
“As you might imagine, we are upset at Windows for not being more hardy against such viruses, and even more upset with ourselves for not catching it,” Apple said on its support site.

Bullcrapple. Maybe I’m getting too cynical (and really, I have no stakes in this story, not having an iPod of any flavor and having no intentions of adopting that particular piece of technology in the future), but I simply do not believe Apple’s claim of innocence here.
iPod Nano
(iPod Nanner.)… Read more

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Critters

A guest for the night.

Meet Obsidian.
Obsidian
The heartbreaking thing is, as was agreed when my wife took her, the person who had taken her in will be happy to take her in again if she doesn’t work out. And sadly, that’s how it’ll have to be. Obsidian quickly elbowed Olivia out of the way, and was positively hateful toward Othello (who could just about be her great-great-great-grandfather). She has a home to go back to if she can’t adjust here, but really, I think just a few hours has pretty much shown that she needs to be an only child.
Obsidian
She’s a neat little kitty. Very friendly, silky smooth jet-black coat (very hard to get a picture of – she’s like a cat-shaped hole in the fabric of space and time), lets you pick her up and pet her, and purrs at the drop of a hat. But just very aggressive to the other two cats who clearly have the right-of-way around here.
Sorry, Obsidian. You’re a little heartbreaker, and I think you’ll find a good home sooner rather than later. (Though hopefully just a little bit later – even the local humane society won’t adopt out black cats around Halloween.)… Read more