Monthly Archives: September 2014

I doubt it’s much easier on a motorcycle. Many years ago, there was a motorcycle courier in Washington DC called Cat Man, who took his cat with him everywhere. Cat wore a helmet, of course. http://www.bookofjoe.com/2014/09/what-its-like-to-be-a-new-york-city-bike-messenger.html == PT

Do you recognize this man? You’ve seen his picture hundreds of times. He’s one of the most famous people in the history of the world. Yesterday I learned that Muslims (and I guess that means all Muslims) strongly object to … Continue reading →

Many good stories here…. http://www.quora.com/What-are-the-most-mind-blowing-tricks-used-during-any-war == PT, iPaddict

“Gee, Grandpa, do you actually remember people delivering things?” “Yes, Sonny, and not just things. Information, too. Why, I remember the milkman, the bread man, the Fuller Brush Man, the pretzel and chips man, the “paperboy,” and more. But, in … Continue reading →

[… Mozilla has 230 localisation teams, says Jeff Beatty, who co-ordinates some from his office in Utah. Their work takes both time and ingenuity. Firefox for a computer uses about 40,000 words; for the phone OS, 16,000. Translators must express … Continue reading →

For millennia, “stored” communications were all pictures (pictographs, hieroglyphics, etc.) carved in stone, painted on walls, etched in wood, inked onto animal skin. Then the alphabet was invented. Sure, you had to spend months or years learning how to use … Continue reading →

Police want you to help them catch kidnappers. The federal government wants you to help them fight terrorists. How can you help? Easy. Just let them access the data on your iDevice or smartphone. Whatever they want. Whenever they want. … Continue reading →

Check out Dilbert Classics on GoComics! http://www.gocomics.com/dilbert-classics/2014/09/27 == PT, iPaddict

Guido wrote: Here’s another error. The Reader renders text in a smaller type size than in the past. And, as had been the case, you can’t enlarge it with a finger spread. This caused me to find that Apple hasn’t … Continue reading →