Initiating Cortex Download
GorT has been slammed – work is crazy (in a good way…mostly), he has a senior in high school who is in the middle of the college search process, two others who along with the senior have been busy with … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Apple
A Drop In The Bucket OR Fontastic Science!
“Dr. J. would return that $400M to the taxpayers. ‘Puter would be a better government steward of it than the Democrats.” – Confucius (The Notorious OEV) Gentle Readers, Dr. J. has been hideously busy of late, and as a consequence, … Continue reading →
Happy Birthday Macintosh!
Ole’ Grandaddy Dr. J. is the official Apple Aficionado™ of the Gormogons. While the love of Apple by the other Gormogons range from mild amusement, to grudging admiration, to apathy, to outright loathing, Dr. J. is the water carrying fanboy. … Continue reading →
Stop Thinking like Brinker* and Start Being a Phoenix
GorT has many years of experience in working in and around the federal government and if there’s one thing that I’ve learned, it’s that when the government faces a problem it generally puts the same people in change of fixing … Continue reading →
Review – Mountain Lion
It just works…again…finally. For a full and detailed review, please to Ars Technica for John Siracusa’s review. Dr. J. downloaded Mountain Lion in a fit of desperation. Dr. J.’s iMac was dropping its connection every time it woke from sleep … Continue reading →
Dr. J. reveals the Window’s 9.0 Logo…
Dr. J. only thought it looked fair to take a peek into what Microsoft has to offer three years from now. C: /> 9 (2015) What’s old is new again. The folks at The Verge have posted a timeline of … Continue reading →
What’s the Area Code for R’lyeh?
Dr. J.’s ‘he/they’ experience at Ivy University
When Dr. J. saw this post by Kevin D. Williamson, he immediately thought of the Castle Grammarian, Torturer and Executioner, The Czar. He was quite pleased that The Czar penned something on the subject before Dr. J. awoke this morning. … Continue reading →
World Changers
The Czar and family have recently joined the millions of iPhone users. In short, the Царица’s old push-button cell phone was becoming too difficult to do more than rare text message. Recently, her school district’s teachers have begun to text … Continue reading →
Occupy Cupertino
In the past several months, we’ve all heard about the Occupy Wall Street and the complaints of some of the OWS movement about the “obscene profits” made by Wall Street firms. How about this news: Apple earned $400,000 in profit … Continue reading →
“Pay Attention To Me!” Pleads Microsoft
“We’ve had Siri-like tech for more than a year,” whines Microsoft, even though they insist that whining-like wheedle isn’t whining at all. First, and this will be quick, the Czar is immediately annoyed with anybody who says “tech” instead of … Continue reading →
#sirifail
As you know, Dr. J. & Mrs. Dr. J. are the proud owners of new iPhone 4S’s. The Siri technology is a cool feature. Dr. J. had to run home before going to work this morning, on the way to … Continue reading →
Waiting too long at the Apple Store? There’s an App for that!
Dr. J. went to the New Atlantis Apple Store on Saturday with the lil med student to get an additional USB cable (an ancient one was fraying at the iPhone/iPod plug in end) and a couple of car chargers for … Continue reading →
The iPod turns 10…
Dr. J. is wondering when the Founding Gormos will be returning to the castle. The Czar’s mail is piling up. The machine that goes ping in Mandy’s lab stopped going ping. We’re out of yeti Food for Volgi’s pet, and … Continue reading →
Steve Jobs on Obama
It’s sometimes a hard pill to swallow when someone as insightful and innovative in the business community pops the balloon of hope for Mr. Hope and Change. In the pending authorized biography of Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson, Jobs was … Continue reading →
Siri…can you hear me…
Dr. J. has not gotten his iPhone 4S yet. Due to his preexisting contract with Sprint, he can’t officially order it until 11/1/11, but after using his powers of persuasion with the manager of the local Sprint store, he was … Continue reading →
More on Steve Jobs
In all of the early remembrances of Steve Jobs that I’ve read last night and this morning, Walt Mossberg’s piece is probably the best, deepest and most insightful. I’d recommend you pop over to read it to get a true … Continue reading →
It’s the cost of energy, stupid!
“There is a great big beautiful tomorrow, shining at the end of every day,” The Carousel of Progress, Walt Disney World. About 22 years ago, (to the month, in fact), Dr. J. awoke in a cold sweat at about 3 … Continue reading →
Mailbag – Interoffice Memo Edition
Dr. J. found this an inter-office mail envelope with Polish sausage grease, blood (human, type AB+) and encephalic fluid stains on his desk this morning, meaning that it could only come from The Czar: Date: August 24th, 2011 A.D. (ed. … Continue reading →
Mailbag – Smoke and Mirrors Edition
Gentle Readers, Gormogon Operative BG writes in on a stack of $2 bills regarding the Debt Ceiling: Illustrious Gormogons – There’s something I don’t understand about this “one dollar of spending reductions for one dollar of debt ceiling hike” business. … Continue reading →
Pow, Zing, that’s got to hurt!
This article gave Dr. J. a chuckle, especially the ending. Apparently, the U.S. Treasury as of two days ago had a cash balance of $73.8 billion. By comparison, Apple Computer has a reserve of $76.2 billion. The author, Matt Rosoff … Continue reading →
Made Me Laugh
Pretty funny…at least (or probably) in a geeky way. GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future and return it to the past for retroinvention. The profits from this … Continue reading →
iPhone iSadness?
I’ve mentioned this before and pointed out that while Apple is a very innovative company and does user interfaces really well, the closed nature of their business model is damaging to their success. Henry Blodget over at the Business Insider … Continue reading →
What to Make of Recent Tech News
There are a few hot stories in the tech industry that I’d like to touch on today: First, Apple’s monster quarter. Apple did an amazing job – even during a period where consumers were more cautious in spending, they were … Continue reading →
Really?
Follow this one: 1. An iTouch requires iTunes version 10.x or better (which, from the store displays isn’t readily apparent)2. iTunes 10.x on PowerPC-based Mac requires the “Snow Leopard” version of the Mac OS. (Side comment: get off the cutesy … Continue reading →
You’re Holding It Wrong
So the ‘net is all a-buzz about the new iPhone4. AT&T stores are swamped this morning (seriously, I saw a line outside one as I drove into the office) as rumors circulate that new shipments of the phones have arrived. … Continue reading →
Private Eyes…They’re Watching You
Apple updated its privacy policy yesterday with some troubling language that permits Apple to collect, store and share “precise location data, including the real-time geographic location of your Apple computer or device” with the caveat that the data is “collected … Continue reading →
Boot Gut Target
Steve Jobs gave an interview to Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher published in the WSJ. It’s an interesting read and I think showcases the control-freak nature of Jobs personally and what he has instilled within Apple’s corporate culture. I do … Continue reading →
Re: Bad Apple(s)
Just a minor correction to the disclosure: GorT is a Blackberry user. I have a serious problem with the closed nature of Apple – from their proprietary hardware solutions, to their limitations on iPhone/iPad/iTouch application development (which is going to … Continue reading →
GorT goes back and informs the Führer of the bad news
Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →More on the iPad
More details were released later yesterday on the iPad and I spent a bit more time this morning reading about it. My interest is waning quickly on the unit and I think Jobs might be overselling this as such a … Continue reading →
Where’s the iMucinex?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, looking at the timestamp on this post you might notice that I’m blogging during the SOTU. But, GorT, don’t you want to listen? Don’t you want to pick apart what was said, what wasn’t said, how many … Continue reading →
We told you it was coming
Given the enormous strain that the iPhone has put on the AT&T data service (see previous posts for some hinting of this…it happens when you travel time like I do), the CEO of AT&T’s mobile division, Ralph de la Vega … Continue reading →
The Demise of Traditional Journalism (updated)
If you haven’t heard, Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt did an OpEd piece in the WSJ that focused on the demise of traditional journalism – specifically newspapers and news magazines. You can read it here. The more amusing piece is here, … Continue reading →
Apple wants to Advertise: Allow or Deny?
Microsoft, rightly so, has been much maligned for it’s overly chatty “security” features in Vista where almost any action (in the default setting) prompts the user to allow or deny the action. Yes, you gearheads, I know this is somewhat … Continue reading →
Two-fer Tuesday!
It’s been a while since I delved into a technical topic (aside from today’s earlier global warming post) and since I pounded on Apple. Let me say that I’m an equal opportunity critic and Microsoft and Google have both been … Continue reading →
Can you hear me now?
Another wrinkle has arisen in the Apple and AT&T iPhone realm. It turns out that neither Apple nor AT&T have seemed to forecast the success of the iPhone that well. There are approximately 9 Million iPhone users on the AT&T … Continue reading →
Re: Re: Apple, Google, AT&T…
Quick clarification to GorT’s followup regarding AT&T and Apple agreeing to block the iPhone’s integration of VoIP technology. VoIP does not make calls over the internet; it merely uses a switched, digitized, and packetized transmission using the internet protocol (IP), … Continue reading →
Re: Apple, Google, AT&T…
As a follow up, AT&T has admitted that it struck a deal with Apple to prevent VoIP (Voice over IP – basically sending phone calls over the internet) applications to be deployed to the iPhone in an attempt to protect … Continue reading →
Re: Apple, Google, AT&T…
Eric Reasons of The Tinker’s Mind writes in pointing us at his blog entry here. The conclusion sentence is what we need to be mindful of as the government tinkers (no offense, Eric) with innovation: “The market has room for … Continue reading →
Apple, Google and the future of data services
I enjoyed reading a decent opinion piece in the WSJ today at the beach. I don’t quite agree with all of the recommendations of the author, but would wholly embrace the statement: “Technology doesn’t wait around, so it’s all going … Continue reading →
Heh.
Funny, if true. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →iGor-mogons
A long time poking between the Gormogons is over computer equipment. Back in the day, GorT was sporting a Atari 800 with 64K RAM (non-standard memory cards used) and the Volgi was styling with an Apple ][e. Today I run … Continue reading →
As mentioned before (in passing), competition is coming out for the iPhone in a form that might be more broadly appealing. Now “the Woz” has a few choice thoughts on the iPod and the iPhone. GorT has long held, that … Continue reading →
Maybe this will fix it…
It appears that Apple is struggling to fix the 3G issues with the iPhone. (Hat tip to engadget for the details) Version 2.0.2 of the iPhone software would help the reception, dropped calls, etc. plaguing the version 2.0 3G users. … Continue reading →