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Repeat after me – I don’t want no stinkin’ 6s+. I want my nanoPhone and its companion iPad.

Posted on January 22, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1AUNjpt.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

Golly, Google forgot to support filtering all promotion type emails to the trash. Shucks, what a thing to miss. I’ll let them know so they can fix it right away…

Posted on January 22, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1yTv3BY.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

… speaking of mass disability, Emily saw some daytime TV — “one big Nigerian prince phishing expedition”. Daytime TV business model is predation on cognitively vulnerable; nastier version of lottery tickets.

Posted on January 22, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1yTaEg9.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

… Maybe microbiome betrayal is why sitting is bad for us. Prolonged sitting might be a sign of a useless host. So the microbiome attacks…

Posted on January 21, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1BGQVRr.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

Reeder 2 is working for me. Not constantly crashing like it used to. Bit of a shock.

Posted on January 20, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1J7N4M5.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

I’ve stopped sharing “look how stupid Fox is” stories. Too predictable. Will still share “amusing riff on Fox” or “Fox says something new but true” (if ever).

Posted on January 17, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1xBwXQv.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

Geico ad showing up in top right of my Amazon screen. Anyone else seeing this? Wonder if it’s a proxy injection or if Amazon is going off the rails.

Posted on January 15, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1Ajf0YS.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

California effect: at 0F in MN iPhone says it needs to cool down before use. Worked when warmed in car vent.

Posted on January 11, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1BPYTWL.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

I’d really like the US Post Office to offer digital identity management services. Can I still post here?

Posted on January 10, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1ABGmMw.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

iPhone 5s HDR auto is underappreciated. One reason rivals my dSLR.

Posted on January 10, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1Kw5Q3s.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

The reason you can kill by car and go free is jurors know they can easily do it themselves. Nothing else is like this.

Posted on January 10, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1BZWwij.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

How many identities do we need to maintain online? I’be used 3 in Chrome for years: personal, professional, and intellectual. Seems enough. Others?

Posted on January 10, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1shY3A9.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

Old person thing – the 100+ year 7,000+ image family slideshow is sweet with a side of sorrow. Not just the dead people, also all the rivers we can’t cross again.

Posted on January 8, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1wA5jnw.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

Anyone know of a “day in the life” history book across cultures and time? Eat, pee, work, love, recreate, sleep, parent and so on? I’ve often thought it would be fun to write this. Not easy though…

Posted on January 8, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1wzQL7B.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

I suspect PowerPoint 2007, by itself, reduced America’s GDP by a non-trivial amount.

Posted on January 8, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1wYTB4T.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

I’m getting a tattoo on my chest that says “once I was a medical student”. Then I’m going to will my body to a local med school.

Posted on January 7, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1wtWawG.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

If pi and e had churches, which would you join? No Unitarians.

Posted on January 5, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/17d3K9l.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

Local minima traps. Good enough solutions like sickle cell mutation in Africa vs southeast Asian mutation. They block better solutions. If we look for them we will find them everywhere. #eco-econ

Posted on January 5, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1xKaYNN.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

Tried using SiteSucker to create local copy of blogger blog so I could get better search. After 8h was 38K items, 5.5GB and still going. I need to rethink this a bit …

Posted on January 2, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1wJsGd3.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

Apple still replaces glass back of 4s – $29.

Posted on January 1, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1rGVasl.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

In spirit of recognizing things that have been broken and abandoned, I’ve deleted 72 tags from Simplenote. Simplenote.app crashes every few seconds of tag editing.

Posted on December 31, 2014 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1rCFXsh.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

@joanna iTunes was born in Music, now Music is only reason Apple doesn’t end USB sync and iTunes both… //@pme @indigo

Posted on December 31, 2014 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1xzebg3.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

Towel. Thrown. In. Bought 6 port Photive USB charger. Moving kid devices to iCloud backup, no more iTunes sync. Will keep Emily and I on iTunes for a while. Dumping USB hub.

Posted on December 30, 2014 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1zuF2Yw.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

Seen in a product description: “2.4Ghz wireless devices (keyboards, mice, etc.) may not work around USB 3.0 ports. Try using a USB 2.0 connection.” Really?

Posted on December 30, 2014 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/14b5n6e.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

There’s a bug where if I reply to myself in a conversation thread the reply breaks out of the thread. I’m not sure if it’s app.net bug or Felix bug. Testing…

Posted on December 30, 2014 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1x1oH0S.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

Perverse incentives: if apple built hardware diagnostic into os x their warranty claims would jump.

Posted on December 29, 2014 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1ECXCpB.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

We know software products become senescent. We know software industry health tracks business cycles. We know malware never stops. Discuss implications …

Posted on December 29, 2014 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1zrp8ON.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

Remembering now how bad sw world was after .com crash. Palm dead, ios unborn. Fits our post-GR sw doldrums.

Posted on December 28, 2014 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1EyGrW8.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

Weird legacies of OS X updates. A console error message on unreadable Font Collection led me to launch Font Book, turns out I have “Web-safe Mac:Windows”. I think it’s legacy from 2007 or so. Deleted it.

Posted on December 26, 2014 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/144lDpJ.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

nvAlt just crashed; it syncs with Simplenote. Lots of ‘tagsets differ’ in Console, then “38 added”, then crash. Deep sigh.

Posted on December 26, 2014 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/13JsRhX.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

Plan for surviving the (sentient) AIs: Dogs have done this kind of thing. Develop AIs that like dogs. Dogs like us, so we get a free ride.

Posted on December 26, 2014 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1xkHYsJ.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

Parental iOS annoyance: I lock cellular settings so kids don’t burn limited data plan, but new apps default to cellular data on. So they burn the plans after installing a new game…

Posted on December 25, 2014 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1x6uvFX.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

Anyone else seeing some iOS 8 spotlight failures? I’m wondering if I have bad Flash problems with my 5s.

Posted on December 25, 2014 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1xh6URU.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

Just experienced one of very few iPhone crashes that needed a reboot rather than power down – on a 1yo 5s. My best guess is that a bit of Flash went bad; on restart one of my apps needed to be deleted. Hope it’s not an omen …

Posted on December 25, 2014 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1xgPche.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

Anyone know why Amazon is blending multiple products and reviews into single listings? For example [smile.amazon.com]. Arrogance, stupidity, or something else? We badly need a competitor.

Posted on December 24, 2014 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1CMLLAL.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

World needs ankle device that charges iPhone while walking.

Posted on December 23, 2014 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1E95sav.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

OldWhiteGuyRaceConscious2014: Before I cross to other side of street, I check only white guys on my side.

Posted on December 23, 2014 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1JPsbsh.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

Still liking my morphie juice pack. Battery holding up well over time. Easy to cheap out on lion batt.

Posted on December 23, 2014 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1AXlKgK.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

CO2 begat fat bike and Great Recession begat CrossFit.

Posted on December 23, 2014 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1vjKbBi.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

Non-human person Oragutan. Good precedent for non-silicon persons. We may need it.

Posted on December 23, 2014 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1vjKbkM.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

“Omnipaedista” editing wikipedia article on 1977 French legislation favored by pedophiles. Not so good for Wikipedia fund raising. Image [photos.app.net]

Posted on December 21, 2014 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1wUq8hh.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

Google is now an AI company, an advertising service and Google Apps. Web search is legacy and will die sooner than expected.

Posted on December 21, 2014 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1AUDB7L.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

TheEconomist on America’s police violence: “It’s the guns, stupid”. Duh. Took them to point out obvious.

Posted on December 21, 2014 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1sX9NZE.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

SafeSport, sports video training to reduce abusive and criminal adult behavior, is agonizing. Shoot me now.

Posted on December 20, 2014 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/13pPJmz.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

Reeder 2.app now has a five star rating. Well deserved now that it crashes no more often than other iOS apps. Big relief. Late, but good.

Posted on December 20, 2014 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/16CLs0T.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

iOS Devs behaving poorly: unwanted data collection [brooksreview.net] Crash reports shade into usage, marketing, tracking. #panopticon

Posted on December 20, 2014 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1wOkZHt.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

Finished Gibson, The Peripheral. Library. Thinking staccato now. Neuromancer style. Good.

Posted on December 19, 2014 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1zGLWwy.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

Reorganize transfer power and resources from those who work to those who reorg. Easy to see why this can yield a corporate death spiral.

Posted on December 19, 2014 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1AC27Le.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

I would like to see an animation from the perspective of a proton at timescale of electron revolution. In various molecules and substances. Light, neutrinos, cosmic rays, etc

Posted on December 19, 2014 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1zGXQI1.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

Thinking of root cause of Yahoo’s dysfunction. I think it’s bigger than Mayer, bigger than the board, bigger than one company. I think it’s a game-theoretic-inevitable outcome of winner-take-all compensation… #b //@oluseyi @clarkgoble

Posted on December 18, 2014 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1zBbmLZ.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

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