Some Old Fashioned Censorship

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I haven’t commented much on the developing App Store fiasco. In case you’ve been living under a rock, I’m talking about Apple’s baffling system of denying and withdrawing application approvals in what appears to be completely random fashion. John Gruber wrote today about the most asinine decision yet. Apple, after approving numerous dictionary applications, decided that one particular dictionary, Ninjawords, isn’t allowed to have naughty words. That is right, they censored a dictionary.
Not only did Apple force the developer to remove objectionable words, it also made them resubmit the application and start over. Enough is enough. It is nonsense like this that could allow Apple to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory with the touch platform. I know there are explanations for some of the shenanigans that have taken place but for Ninjawords, there is no possible excuse.

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Path Finder Update

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My favorite Finder replacement, Path Finder, just got updated to version 5.1.4.
The latest version of Path Finder adds a handful of new user-requested features:
* Back to my Mac support
* The option to remove the Finder icon from the Dock
* Desktop grid spacing adjustments
* Trackpad swipe gestures to move back and forward
* Display of local WebDAV volumes

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Microsoft’s Flawed Strategy

This week, John Gruber wrote an excellent piece on the slow decline of Microsoft. Interestingly, just a few days later Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer explained to a group of financial analysts Microsoft’s new strategy, to raise prices.
Balmer explained, “The theory [cutting prices] was wrong …You’ll see us address the theory. We’re going to readjust those prices north [using Windows 7].” I’m not sure this will work for Microsoft. In the last several years, they’ve dropped the ball and people have opened their eyes to other operating systems. Put simply, a significant number of users have moved to OS X and Linnux based platforms. They’ve discovered they can compute just fine without anything from Microsoft.
While Balmer’s comments were made in the context of raising PC prices, it seems the only way Microsoft could do that is by raising the license fee for its operating system to the PC manufacturers. The problem is Microsoft has spent bucket loads of money trying to sell itself and PC’s as the “cheaper” alternative. It seems to me Microsoft’s move to now raise prices will only accelerate people’s interest in Linnux (cheaper) and OS X (better) operating systems. Microsoft has only itself to blame.

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Comic-Con 2009 Photos

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I’ve never read many comics but this year I trekked down to San Diego with some friends and saw the Comic-Con event for the first time. It was a good time. Everyone was very nice and all were proud to show off their costumes. I’ve let my Flickr stream die so here are some pics of interest.

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“So Say We All!”

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Lou Ferigno would not look at me no matter how much I asked.

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I was 8 when Star Wars first came out. You don’t let that stuff go easy.

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Beware! Corellians shoot first.

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Original Tron Costume.

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There is nothing shy about the people who dress up at Comic-Con. They are really in their element.

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Not sure who they are but they really liked posing.

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Even Trekkies must eat.

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Is it just me or does Batman look like he is enjoying this?

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I found Waldo!

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This is just wrong.

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