Monthly Archives: January 2009

Why Dave Winer is not an economist. Thankfully.

Over the weekend, Dave Winer posted a blog entry which suggested that it would be fine to pay off America's debts simply by printing money. I wouldn't normally bother responding to something like this, but Dave has a quite a … Continue reading

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How my computing needs affected switching to Linux

In response to my post about switching to Ubuntu Linux, Charles Arthur tweeted a question asking about my computing needs. It’s a good question, because – obviously – how you use your computer will often determine your platform of choice. … Continue reading

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Switching

You might have gathered from some of my more recent posts that I've switched platform. My main machine is now a Dell laptop, running Ubuntu 8.10. I've been using Macs since 1986, and have owned one more or less continuously … Continue reading

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Virgin Atlantic 25th anniversary ad

This is an utterly awesome ad – well done to however did it. My only question is the same as Chris Reed's: why on Earth haven't the agency involved created an official embedded version?

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Apple announces MacBook Wheel

Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard The production values on this put many news programmes to shame…

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Repeat after me: browsing share is not market share

How many times are we going to have to go through this? Computerworld reports that "Windows lost nearly a full percentage point of market share for the second month in a row in December". Except, of course, it's not market … Continue reading

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