Wednesday, October 23, 2002

Apple's Stickiest Marketing Ploy. One of Apple's greatest -- and no doubt cheapest -- marketing coups is handing out decals of the company's logo, which proud users slap on everything from cars to skateboards to Windows computers. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News] I bought a Quadra 660AV in the early 90's, a sweet, little, pizza-box shaped CPU with a lovely 17" monitor, which seemed huge at the time.  The first thing I did was put one of the rainbow-colored Apple stickers on the back window of my car.  My dad asked me if it meant I was gay (due to the rainbow colors).  Then one day, while my car was in the parking garage at work, some jerk took a key or something and scratched the crap out of it.  I never knew a simple Apple sticker could invoke so much animosity. 10:36:44 PM

A surfeit of rights - Howdy friends and neighbors.  Does it seem like people these days have too many rights?  Well then read this and see if that warms the cockles of your heart. [ernie/the/attorney] The Bill of No Rights.  Written by a local State representative, strangely enough. 8:51:15 PM

Chandler Not Outlook Killer, After All?. I've already seen the propensity of the media to position OSAF's project as, "an Outlook Killer" (Slashdot). CNET's story yesterday... [Mitch Kapor's Weblog] My favorite quote: "We're trying to be faithful to the original spirit of the personal computer -- empowerment through decentralization." In out mad rush to re-centralize everything by pushing application logic off of the desktop and on to the web server/app server, this is one thing that we forgot.  With modern microprocessors, there is too much processing power out there to just render .gifs and pretty, 3-d GUI widgets.  The PC is capable of being so much more than just a smart terminal.  Process your personal information where it belongs, on your personal computer. 2:21:20 PM

Now I've seen everything dept. According to this article on Far News, a London insurance company provides alien abduction insurance.  Also, for that next trip to the Himalayas, yeti attack insurance is a must. Unbelievable. 10:59:45 AM