For the C4[3] conference this year, Wolf asked us to vote on the pizza topping set of our choice, and one of the choices— one might say the best choice— was Meaty Legend. Really, who can pass up a chance at some legendary meat? Note that these designs are completely unauthorized and unofficial, and are…
Category: ramblings
Captain Blood’s Articles of Piracy
We, the undersigned, are men without a country. Outlaws in our own land and homeless outcasts in any other. Desperate men, we go to seek a desperate fortune. Therefore we do here and now band ourselves into a brotherhood of buccaneers, to practice the trade of piracy on the high seas. We, the hunted, will…
Apple Podcast Guidelines
In case you were looking for them, the Apple/iTunes Podcast Tech Specs and FAQ seem to have moved since the last time I took a peek. But there they are. Now. In those links.
Creepy
The Final Frontier
I’ve always been interested in the space program. The Shuttle program started just a couple of years after I was born. I remember being awed by Skylab… and being crushed by the Challenger disaster. I felt for sure that I was growing up in a world that was heading toward making the universe I saw…
Here’s a dilemma
Last night from TechCrunch: Here’s a dilemma: The guy (”Hacker Croll”) who claims to have accessed hundreds of confidential corporate and personal documents of Twitter and Twitter employees, is releasing those documents publicly and sent them to us earlier today. The zip file contained 310 documents, ranging from executive meeting notes, partner agreements and financial…
Speed Test
It used to be that I trusted Speakeasy’s Speed Test for accurate network measurements, but in light of recent results, I tend to trust Speedtest.net a lot more. To wit, these are the results from our recent switch to Comcast “Blast” broadband service (taken in alternating tests between the test services): Speedtest.net 11.75/2.41 12.94/2.46 14.04/2.59…