August 2008
19 posts
Would make my iP3G "contract" a little more...
From here. Via Hacker News.
“In one of the most significant legal rulings in the tech industry this year, a Superior Court judge in California has ruled that the practice of charging consumers a fee for ending their cell phone contract early is illegal and violates state law.
“Is the early termination fee dead? Not yet, but it’s looking a little haggard.”
July 2008
11 posts
The Man With the Pig Over His Shoulder →
Post on The Time’s Bitten blog by my ex-roommate.
Ludicrous Speed
Ward drive engine discovered? But (and it’s a big one),
“Warp drive isn’t doable now, and probably won’t be for the next several millenia,” said Cleaver.
Still, anything that invovles bending the fabric of space-time is sweet.
“The DVD is called Miteiru dake (Just Looking), and it features various talent/models just staring straight ahead. That’s right, the models on the DVD do very little other than stare straight at the camera. According to the website, the idea is to get young males who aren’t used to socializing with women to become more accustomed to making eye contact and/or handle the fact that a sentient...
jakelevine:
sharingtime:
Cloud Cult - Journey...
Identity and Facebook Connect
Excellent short post by Dick Hardt over at Identity 2.0 about Facebook’s new identity play. By enabling other sites to let users use Facebook’s login system (and pull in their Facebook profile data), Facebook is effectively spreading the reach of its system. Google has made a similar play with Google Accounts, but with less user data available for sites to access, it is ultimately...
now do this →
The newest in new from the Internet personality Jakob Lodwick. Sometimes OmniFocus gets to be too much.
Y Combinator: Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund →
iPhone 3G Review and Feature Requests
A few days ago I finally replaced my iPhone with the new 3G. This came at the end of a tumultuous process that began with me waiting in line at Apple Store SoHo for 2.5 hours without actually getting a phone (I had family plan issues) to tracking down a phone at my local Newton Apple Store after a scare that the Boston area was totally sold out.
My experience getting this new phone was NOT what...
Feature request
jakelevine:
alexrosen:
When you call an automated telephone system that requires speaking to a real person (an airline, for instance), why isn’t the first option “Press one to have us call you back when there is a live representative ready”?
They’d have to hire more people.
Although maybe they’d see a revenue increase in the long run due to customer service improvements.
But who thinks like...