I found this while (mis)typing the caption to yesterdays photo competition. Is it any wonder that those meerkats have to keep telling the world about their website to avoid confusion with a comparison shopping site? Even the Mac’s spell checker gets it wrong.
Tag Archives: tv
My delicious.com bookmarks for November 14th through November 15th
- Happy 40th birthday, Intel 4004! – In a way this stated the whole microcomputer… I hate to say "revolution" but I can't think of a better word.
- How the BBC’s HD DRM plot was kept secret … and why – Your licence money going to benefit rights holders at your expense…
- The Real Cost of Patent Trolls – "They conclude that the loss of billions of dollars of wealth associated with these lawsuits harm society and state."
My delicious.com bookmarks for October 31st through November 8th
- Broadcast television is 75 years old today – "On 2 November 1936, the BBC began filling the airwaves, broadcasting from its Alexandra Palace facility in North London."
- Broadcast television is 75 years old today – "On 2 November 1936, the BBC began filling the airwaves, broadcasting from its Alexandra Palace facility in North London."
- A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs – Worth reading even if you've read all the other Jobs obituaries.
My delicious.com bookmarks for February 10th through February 14th
- The Mac App Store: It’s an honor thing – "Apple’s approach is simple. It’s an honor thing. The company believes that, given the choice, people will do the right thing. It also understands that anti-piracy techniques don’t stop pirates, but they do get in the way of honest users."
- Nokia’s 15-year tango to avoid Microsoft – "[PC manufacturers] found it wasn't worth the effort to differentiate their PCs from the competition, in what had become a commodity business." The reason's behind Nokia's original decision not to licence code from Microsoft in the nineties hasn't really changed, which makes today a sad day.
- Doctor Who Infographic – Everything you ever wanted to know about Dr Who but were too afraid to ask…
My delicious.com bookmarks for June 2nd through June 6th
- iPad App Pricing – Nice analysis of iPad and iPhone application pricing.
- The Value of Ideas – "Ideas are worthless. Execution is everything." Or actions speak louder than words.
- The IBM Muppet Show – "IBM. The Muppets. Two venerable institutions-but not ones we tend to associate with each other. Yet in the late 1960s, before most people had ever seen a computer in person or could identify a Muppet on sight, the two teamed up when IBM contracted with Jim Henson for a series of short films designed to help its sales staff."
My delicious.com bookmarks for May 16th through May 25th
- May 25, 2001: Towel Day Honors Hitchhiker Author Adams – Do you have your towel with you today?
- Twenty Years Later, Remembering Jim Henson – Still funny…
- Iceland, Eyjafjallajökull – May 1st and 2nd, 2010 – "I wish I had more time… but the weather wouldn't co-operate. Typical Iceland." Really nice time-lapse photography taken in Iceland.