Penultimate vision posting
If all goes according to plan, this will be my penultimate posting on the subject of my cataract surgery. The second (left eye) procedure has… Read More »Penultimate vision posting
October 2011
HP TouchPad arrived
My HP TouchPad has finally arrived. It looks beautiful. (Of course, it looks like every other black rectangular tablet with rounded corners – are Apple’s… Read More »HP TouchPad arrived
"We're doing the left eye, correct?" "Right… er, I mean yes, correct, left!"
This morning I had the second cataract surgery, replacing the lens of my left eye with a synthetic replacement. It was uneventful, which is —… Read More »"We're doing the left eye, correct?" "Right… er, I mean yes, correct, left!"
Feature driven competition, and the Android problem
Tim Bray just posted a nice blog piece about his new phone: a pre-production Nexus Galaxy running Android 4.0 (code-named “Ice Cream Sandwich”). There are… Read More »Feature driven competition, and the Android problem
Just discovered: wonderful Underworld performance from 1999
This was a truly serendipitous discovery. Crank the volume before the kick around 6:45….
Eyes front! (A quick update on the…)
Yesterday I had the last post-op inspection for my right eye, and got the paperwork for the countdown to next Tuesday’s procedure for my left.… Read More »Eyes front! (A quick update on the…)
Thank you, Apple, for not releasing the iPhone 5
Wall Street and even some Apple fanbois were disappointed that Apple chose to release a minor upgrade to the iPhone 4 rather than a kick-ass,… Read More »Thank you, Apple, for not releasing the iPhone 5