Groundhog DayDave Rogers' Weblog...Life, Mac OS X, Philosophy, and whatever else crosses my mind.Cheese Sandwich: The Boss 81508- (Found June 29, 2008 ) I'm about to go into stupid consumer mode, as I struggle to obtain tickets to the newly added tour date here in Jacksonville. Tickets go on sale in 10 minutes, whereupon the Ticketmaster website will go into meltdown, and the phone line will go busy. But I will get tickets. Oh yes, I will... Update: I have tickets! Four on the floor! Woo-hoo!http://homepage.mac.com/dave_rogers/GHD06-08.html#note_3485 Competing Messages: Stupid Google Redux- (Found June 29, 2008 ) AKMA, with whom I am more often in agreement than a recent post might suggest, has offered a contrary view on whether or not Google, that is to say, ubiquitous information technology, is making us "stupid." Having just suggested that I seldom disagree with him, I'm now going to do just that. While AKMA does not embrace the uninhibited, fully-intoxicated, irrational though ebullient, point of view of the most deeply committed, and his measured, nuanced optimism is refreshing, I think he...http://homepage.mac.com/dave_rogers/GHD06-08.html#note_3484 Competing Messages: One For the Good Guys- (Found June 29, 2008 ) I haven't seen it yet, but the NY Times review of Wall-E suggests it advances a notion that is important to me: Consumer capitalism, anticipating every possible need and swaddling its subjects in convenience, is an infantilizing force. But as they cruise around on reclining chairs, eyes fixed on video screens, taking in calories from straws sticking out of giant cups, these overgrown space babies also look like moviegoers at a multiplex. They&8217;re us, in other words. And like us,...http://homepage.mac.com/dave_rogers/GHD06-08.html#note_3483 Mac: iPod Video Issue- (Found June 29, 2008 ) I was going to let someone hear the funny sound my iPod made, but I'd forgotten to pack my earbuds, they being still attached to the Nano. So I plugged it into a set of powered computer speakers through the headphone jack. Lo and behold, music comes out. So I dropped by the Exchange on another errand, and picked up another set of earbuds, plugged them in and the problem returned. Tried the speakers again - worked fine. Some static, but if I rotated the plug, it would clear up. So I looked...http://homepage.mac.com/dave_rogers/GHD06-08.html#note_3482 |