Archive for December, 2004

Who would buy their iPod from Sharper Image?

I was out shopping this afternoon, trying to find some shoes for one of the families we’re sponsoring at work. But of course I’m always tempted to do some shopping for myself so I did drop into the Sharper Image store at Oxmoor Center.
They actually sell iPods at the Sharper Image now, which doesn’t surprise […]

IBM to quit the PC business

Wow, IBM is quitting the PC business. Who’d have thought the company that started it all is going to sell it all to some manufacturer in China of all places. How far this market has come.
IBM is also of course responsible for giving us Microsoft, starting with DOS for the IBM PC. I […]

Can’t use JavaScript in the posts

I tried inserting a little JavaScript into a post, it’s for a countdown timer I built (to show the time until my vacation begins). But the Blogger editor barfed–put up a warning that said I am not allowed to insert JavaScript.
Yet I know we can do script in the blogger templates. […]

Annoying mis-use of “Ukraine”

With political events in Ukraine so much a part of the news the last few days, it’s really starting to bug me when I hear some news anchor call it “the Ukraine”. I don’t think I’ve heard that mis-use on CNN but I’m quite certain I’ve heard it elsewhere.
Come on, they’ve been an independent […]