Archive for September, 2009

What happens when your iTunes music/movie/tv shows library crashes or is lost forever? Forever? Well, maybe for a week. Apple's policy of not refunding anything at any time is a soft policy, at best. When you take time from your work day or free time in the evening or... »

Love to read the Times' articles online? Fed up with the annoying advertisements and sidebars? Me, too. Here's how to to format each article for optimum readability: 1. For any article, look at the top right of the article, or the center of the web page, where you'll find icons for Twitter, Print, etc. 2. Click Print. 3. It'll take you to a... »

Yesterday, former President Jimmy Carter, speaking at his own presidential center in Atlanta, did something brilliant, invoking Cicero's razor: "When the defense has no case, abuse the plaintiff." Carter said that all that vitriol directed against President Obama is nothing short of racism. Brilliant. Until he's not: while this tried-and-true tactic of applying misleading labels to the opposition works in the short... »

How can it be that iTunes 9 has more bugs than a jungle? iTunes 9: More Bugs Than a Jungle If you're having problems with songs skipping or being ignored altogether, Apple TV not being recognized, iPod or iPhone not registering correctly, or whatever, then I suggest either spending hours on... »

Too bad those in power aren't willing to see what we citizens see every day and now take for granted: -Pakistan, while a supposed ally for decades, has been playing both sides of the Muslim vs. US wars over the years, and has aided our enemies in Afghanistan. -If we're willing to raise a two-year-old child for the next hundred years and... »

This post needs little introduction. Below is the response from British Prime Minister Gordon Brown who, on behalf of the British government, officially apologized for the egregiously poor treatment of one of our great minds, Alan Turing. If you're fuzzy about Mr. Turing, please recall the Nazi's Enigma code machine. Mr. Turing developed the means to break the code, thus changing... »