Surprise, surprise! A few days earlier than expected, the brand-new MacBook White showed up at my doorstep. For those of you who have been following this saga, I’ve mentioned on a few occasions (even publicly) about my lack of enthusiasm for the progression of the MacBook product line, particularly with regard to the noticeable gap [...]
March 2009
“Is it true? Can I finally use Skype on my [iPhone|iPod touch]?” After several months, the answer is finally: yes. The official Skype app for iPhone and iPod touch is now available at the iTunes App Store. That’s the good news… … But if the comments for the app are to be believed, the bad [...]
A Little Bit: Today is declared by the U.S. State Department to be “Passport Day in the USA”, which launches a new outreach program to encourage U.S. citizens to acquire and/or update their travel documents, as part of the larger Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. Additionally, appointments and “expedite passport” fees are waived for today only. [...]
When Web designers ask me about techniques to manage media assets for their various clients, the discussions almost always seem to drift eventually toward handling decorative or fancy fonts– or, even more commonly, just fonts that are not the “usual suspects” that most end users may have installed on their computers. While we’ve gone so [...]
At this point, some of you have already heard about the new Filet-o-Fish promotion from McDonald’s [MCD]. Announced a few days ago with the traditional TV commercial outlets, with a somewhat cutesy singing fake mounted fish, the Filet-o-Fish is discounted to $1.19, rather than the previous sale pricing of 99¢. However, there is also the matter [...]
I managed to catch part of the broadcast of Obama’s town hall meeting earlier today. It was quite interesting in the response from the public, especially those who were leveraging the Internet to tap into it and, in some cases, actually pose questions for the President to answer. The town hall meeting was touted by [...]
In case your local Starbucks [SBUX] store does not offer the new Spring 2009 design yet, here are a few images: N.B. Other related Javamancy posts (in reverse chronological order): Curious and Curiouser: New Spring 2009 Starbucks Card? (STARBUCKS)RED Card Debuts Starbucks Gold Card Coming Tomorrow… And FUD Ensues Starbucks Cards at Costco Overwhelming Response [...]
Folks are looking at (or, in some cases, for) the new Starbucks Card design announced for this spring… Fun treasure hunt, right? Just in time for the massive volatility in the stock markets, the depressing job markets, and the poor retail/discount markets. After all, if you’re “down in the dumps”, have a cappuccino!
As I was enjoying breakfast with the ‘folks at the local Bob Evans restaurant (and who doesn’t, right?), something sinister happened a scant few hours earlier just a couple of miles away on a quiet suburban street. A husband and wife were attacked on a path along that street: the husband was killed, and the wife [...]
