*Sigh*.
It’s not even April 1st yet and the web is crawling with April fools posts.
See here. And here. And here, here, here, etc., etc..
Google started it all years ago with PigeonRank, the “technology behind Google’s great results” — relying on the “superior trainability of the domestic pigeon.”
At the time, it was witty, funny and creative.
Now it’s just tired.
It’s so bad, people are posting this stuff today, a day early, just to get a jump on all of the other thousands of lame April fools posts.
Please stop. It’s like the friend that’s still doing the “whazzzaaaappp” when he calls you.
Don’t be that guy.
It’s happening right now. The NCAA Tournament. Pure awesomeness.
Starting things off is Georgia v Xavier. This game has a bit of a NC State back-story.
Xavier is coached by ex-NC State asst. coach Sean Miller (and Archie’s brother), while Georgia’s improbable run in the SEC tournament is the only way they got into the NCAA tournament.
Much like NC State 25 years ago. Hmmm.
Yikes! It’s started. I gotta go get my Hot Pockets ready.
My answer? One word: hell yes!
Rumors are Apple is in negotiation with the record labels to allow iPod (and iPhone presumably) owners access to an unlimited selection of music from the iTunes library for a flat fee to be tacked onto new iPod/iPhone purchases.
I think this is a no-brainer great idea for consumers. I used to have a subscription to the Rhapsody music service which got me unlimited streaming for $10/month. (well, until Rhapsody raised their subscription).
While the idea of streaming your music doesn’t work well unless you have a system like Sonos — being able to jack up your iPod or iPhone full of music whenever you want would be really, really awesome, even with Apple’s DRM.
I say bring it on! The future is unlimited music. On my iPhone. Like tomorrow. Or something.
Are you a Road Runner customer and noticed that it takes forever to load web pages lately?
If so, you can thank Time Warner for enabling a new feature on your internet service, without your permission, that automatically hijacks your internet traffic in order for them to try to make more money from you.
Road Runner is hijacking failed DNS requests — when you accidentally type “googlec.om” instead of “google.com”, for example — and sending their own content back down to your web browser, unsolicited.
It’s essentially spam. Road Runner is spamming their customers. Worse, it’s a violation of trust between an ISP and its customers.
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