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I really can’t wait for this show. Is it mid-season yet?

popculturebrain:

Hear Katherine McPhee and Megan Hlity sing an original song from NBC’s upcoming musical pilot Smash.

The Understatement: Digital Subscription Prices Visualized (aka The New York Times Is Delusional)

understatementblog:

Here are the annual prices of a variety of services, all of which allow users to access the service from the web and across multiple devices with a single unified subscription. See if you can pick out which one is the outlier:

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As Frédéric Filloux and others…

Apple’s Three Laws of Developers

yourhead:

  1. A developer may not injure Apple or, through inaction, allow Apple to come to harm.
  2. A developer must obey any orders given to it by Apple, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
  3. A developer must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

— I. Developer

Park51, the proposed mosque near Ground Zero

Nice commentary in The New Yorker on the proposed mosque in New York City.

If American Muslims are allowed to build mosques only where Christians and Jews are gracious enough to allow, we will be proving the Islamists’ point that the West is every Muslim’s enemy. If this mosque is blocked by popular prejudice or political demagoguery, that’s when Bin Laden will claim a second victory — in the shadow, as they say, of ground zero.

Wow - absolutely amazing catch to rob a would-be home run! (hat tip to Daring Fireball)

Even with that supposed handicap of an exposed antenna, iPhone 4 reception is actually better than on the 3GS[…]

There’s no reason, at least yet, to forgo buying an iPhone 4 over its reception concerns.

Well, after dropping my new iPhone on the pavement and getting a couple of scratches on it, I decided to get a case for it - this bamboo case from Grove looks fantastic; can’t wait for it to arrive.

Well, after dropping my new iPhone on the pavement and getting a couple of scratches on it, I decided to get a case for it - this bamboo case from Grove looks fantastic; can’t wait for it to arrive.

Some more pictures from our Wisconsin trip this past weekend - including the grave of my great-great-great-grandparents!

I’ve uploaded a bunch of photos I took at my Great-Aunt Meta’s 100th birthday party this past weekend. Click on the photo to see the gallery.

I’ve uploaded a bunch of photos I took at my Great-Aunt Meta’s 100th birthday party this past weekend. Click on the photo to see the gallery.

Our view for lunch.

Our view for lunch.

Grandma, Aunt Ann, Dad, Great-Aunt Janet, and Great-Aunt Meta at Meta’s 100th birthday party.

Grandma, Aunt Ann, Dad, Great-Aunt Janet, and Great-Aunt Meta at Meta’s 100th birthday party.

Posting from 39,000 feet

This is pretty cool - I’m posting this from 39,000 feet on my flight to Wisconsin! I am even able to stream the Chile-Spain soccer match!

Sac Bee article

Fun - I was quoted in the Sacramento Bee’s article on the iPhone launch!