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Jan 19, 2011
Starbucks and iPhone

Wow, this combines two of my favorite stories of the last few weeks – one can now pay at Starbucks using one’s iPhone!
Check out: “Now at Starbucks: Buy a Latte …

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Jan 19, 2011
Maglev in So. Cal.

I’ve been dreaming of maglev transit since I was in 8th grade (where I won the Science Fair, you may note).
Now today I just saw this article: “Maglev Rail Transportation …

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Jan 18, 2011
Optimized for Smart Phones

Those of you at home probably (hopefully) won’t notice anything different, but the blog here is now optimized for smart phones, like my new iPhone.
This is what iPhone viewers see …

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Jan 18, 2011
31 Ounces of Coffee

I meant to mention the new Starbucks Coffee logo the other week but was swept up in other nonsense.
It’s okay. Nothing earth-shattering. (Although changing the logo on 16,000-some-odd …

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Jan 17, 2011
James Bond in Dubai!

No, not the next movie (the currently titled “Bond 23” coming out November 9, 2012) but the next novel, coming out May 26, 2011.

Just today publisher Simon & Schuster announced …

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Jan 16, 2011
Happy Birthday Mac Plus!

Today’s the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Macintosh Plus – the first Mac my family ever owned.

It’s a far cry from today’s MacBooks and iMacs, but back then it sure was …

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Jan 15, 2011
25 Years of Living Seas

Today marks the 25th anniversary of Epcot’s The Seas with Nemo & Friends Pavilion (formerly “The Living Seas”).

You might remember that John Ritter hosted the television special that introduced us …

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Jan 12, 2011
Snow in 49 States

I love factoids like this:
With the arrival of snow in New York and the unusually severe storm in the South – which dumped more than a foot of snow in …

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Jan 11, 2011
February 10

Not to make this “all Apple, all of the time”, but in case you missed it today, Verizon is coming out with the iPhone 4 on February 10.

Hopefully this competition …

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Jan 11, 2011
Four Years of Awesome

Sunday was the tenth anniversary of iTunes, and apparently also the fourth anniversary of Apple’s iPhone!

I can’t believe that it took me four years to get one …

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Jan 11, 2011
Disney Recipes

Ooh! Two of my favorite things: Disney and recipes! Check out: “Taste of Disney“.
Not many at this point, but maybe they’ll add more …

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Jan 10, 2011
10 Years of iTunes

I missed this yesterday but it’s worth a mention – Apple’s iTunes music player software was released ten years ago, on January 9, 2001.

I for one wouldn’t want to go …

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Jan 10, 2011
Civil War Myths

Nothing steams me more than when people re-write history for their own nefarious purposes. Sure, much of history is subjective, and it generally is written by the victors, but …

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Jan 7, 2011
Disney Israel

You might have seen this today: “Mickey Mouse magic: Disney plans Israel theme park“.
This is kind of not true.
Kind of.
The “Disney” in this case is not “The Walt Disney Company” …

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Dec 22, 2010
iPhones!

We got each other iPhones for Christmas.
And they are fantastic.

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Dec 15, 2010
“Arabian” Versus “Persian” Gulf

Just saw this Yahoo! News blog post: “U.S. military angers Iran by calling Persian Gulf ‘Arabian Gulf’“.
Sounds like something I would have written about two-or-three years ago … in fact, …

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Dec 14, 2010
Lee to Philly! Lee to Philly!

One week you wake up with a new Red Sox player, the next you wake up to a new … Philly?!
Apparently ace pitcher Cliff Lee didn’t sign with the Rangers …

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Dec 10, 2010
Easton Metal Bat Lawsuit

I hadn’t heard this story yet: “Boy left deaf in one ear after line drive; family sues bat maker“.
Apparently several states have banned metal baseball bats, like the one that …

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Dec 9, 2010
Moxie in Florida

Oh snowbirds! Did you see that “Florida is getting some Moxie“?

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Dec 9, 2010
Crawford!

I hadn’t even had time to write about Adrian Gonzalez yet, and I open up the Globe this morning to this: “Sox sign up Crawford for $142m.”
Key quote:
With Gonzalez reportedly …

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