• Fan being run into by Ichiro Suzuki

    Check out this video on YouTube: Sent from my mobile device

  • Don’t forget…

    SXSW panel proposals are due this Friday. If you have an idea to submit, go to http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ and get started. Submissions will be accepted after Friday, but judges will ding points for the reason that you’re incompetent and can’t manage deadlines.

  • In which i buy an iPad

    I’m writing this post from a new, 16gb wifi-enabled iPad. I was late to the iPad party. First, it took me awhile to decide whether I wanted an iPad. Once I made that decision, it became very difficult to actually purchase one. Both Apple Stores here in Austin have been sold out for weeks and…

  • iPhone 4’s FaceTime commercial shows you exactly how not to hold your new iPhone

    By now we all know the story about the iPhone 4’s reception issues, specifically those involving a dramatically reduced signal if you hold the phone in your left hand, with the lower portion of your palm covering the bottom left quadrant of the iPhone’s bezel-based antennae. In fact, the problem can be replicated by simply…

  • How Apple employees are instructed to handle iPhone 4 reception complaints

    Apple is taking the public relations approach to the iPhone 4 reception issue, according to a leaked document that purports to instruct Apple employees how to address complaints to less-than-satisfied customers. This is disappointing to those of us who had hoped Apple would provide iPhone 4 customers with free Bumpers, which have shown to resolve…

  • A review of the iPhone 4, as written from an iPhone 4 at 35,000 feet

    I received the iPhone 4 yesterday, a day before the official launch, which gave me time to become familiar with the device before hopping on a plane to Washington D.C. this morning. I’m actually writing this post on the plane, using the WordPress for iPhone app, and typing and editing is very easy. The iPhone…

  • Unboxing the iPhone 4

    Our iPhones arrived a day before launch. In true fashion, here’s a photoset of my unboxing. http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649

  • Oil in the Gulf, two months later: The Big Picture

    Oil in the Gulf, two months later – The Big Picture – Boston.com.