- Apple iPhone Developers Mostly Don't Make Much Money – "Martin surveyed 100 development teams, received 85 usable responses, and found that 52% of the developers had earned less than $15,000 for their efforts and 33% earned less than $250." Missed this one when it was first published. Bizarre to think that I'm doing better than a third of other iPhone developers!
- Trust, hostility, and the human side of Apple – "When the relationship’s power is so lopsided, the only sensible reason to stay in it is trust. If we can reasonably trust Apple to use its power reasonably and fairly, we can sustain the imbalance."
- Don't call what happened in Iran last week an election – Christopher Hitchens' take on the recent events in Iran.
Tag Archives: history
My delicious.com bookmarks for June 3rd through June 11th
- 2.8 Release Jazzes Themes and Widgets – I just upgraded ZX81 to the latest version of WordPress. Let me know if you see anything that's not working properly!
- Chinese troops out in force for 20th anniversary of ‘nothing happening’ – "Many people who were in the area in 1989 were expected to observe the anniversary by staying at home and doing nothing special, much as they did 20 years ago."
- Behind the Scenes: Tank Man of Tiananmen – "Few images are more recognizable or more evocative. Known simply as 'tank man,' it is one of the most famous photographs in recent history."
My delicious.com bookmarks for May 8th through May 18th
- New Zealand Launches Hookup Airways – Not sure whether this is a good idea or a bit creepy. An intercontinental flight is a long time to spend cooped up with a bad date!
- Scientists put psychic's paranormal claims to the test – If you can prove a paranormal claim under controlled conditions you can win $1mm. The prize has gone unclaimed since the 1960's.
- A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages – "Bjarne Stroustrup bolts everything he's ever heard of onto C to create C++. The resulting language is so complex that programs must be sent to the future to be compiled by the Skynet artificial intelligence." Despite the title I'd say it's mostly correct, and funny if you're geeky enough to understand the references!
My delicious.com bookmarks for April 22nd through April 25th
- American Stonehenge: Monumental Instructions for the Post-Apocalypse – Who doesn't love a good mystery?
- The Holy Faceble: Genesis:1-2 – The more I learn about Facebook, the less I want to join. Same with this god stuff.
- Rejected. – "It’s just frustrating when the problems crop up, because compared to nearly everything else about the whole setup, the problems seem so arbitrary, avoidable, and developer-hostile. For instance, this problem wouldn’t be nearly as frustrating if approval, even for minor updates to established apps, took less than 7-14 days." Not that I'm bitter than a minor update to Yummy recently got rejected or anything…
My delicious.com bookmarks for February 17th through February 24th
- Does University Challenge really test intelligence? – No. Knowing a bunch of obscure facts isn't intelligence. If that's the measure, then Wikipedia is way smarter than Einstein or Newton or Gauss or Darwin.
- Review: Canon EOS 5D Mark II – If anyone wants to buy 5000 copies of Yummy so that I can afford one of these I'd very much appreciate it.
- Creationists are still denying Darwin. Stephen Moss asks why – "What worries me about many of her fellow creationists is that they begin with the Bible and then start looking for scientific evidence to back up what their faith tells them is true." That and the fact that they keep coming up with the same arguments.
My delicious.com bookmarks for January 19th through January 21st
- Withnail tourism – Must head up to the lakes, or at the very least dig out my DVD.
- Bush Street Renamed Obama Street in San Francisco – Welcome to the White House, President Obama!
- Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over' – On the eve of Obama's inauguration it's instructive to look back to Bush's 2001 speech…