As mentioned in an earlier post, the ranks of evangelicals are growing in the Republican party. To accommodate this, the GOP’s platform has swung dramatically toward being more socially conservative at the cost of alienating its moderate members. A party so polarized cannot stay that way forever. It risks breaking at the seams. Literally. The [ Read More ]
Leading up to my birthday, I’ve incidentally indulged in a series of simple and exquisite culinary delights. Given that I’m a foodie, this has been a wonderful lead up to going to my favorite restaurant, Zaytinya, with my girlfriend this evening. It began on Thursday with my coworkers with a rather plebeian yet quite delicious [ Read More ]
One of the legacies of the George W. Bush administration is an escalation in partisanship in politics. Jokes about Congress used to be based on the premise that everyone compromises or nothing gets done — and the compromise leaves everyone wanting more. Now, it seems that one side, liberals or conservatives, gets what they want [ Read More ]
Way to be creative Facebook. Let’s create auto-populating Smart Lists of types of friends and then let you share things on Facebook privacy-wise by selecting which lists get to see it. Sounds an awful lot like Google+’s Circles. Essentially, it abandons the previous privacy scheme (half-networks, half-lists, a dash of degrees of separation) and adopts [ Read More ]
What some are using as an epitaph for Steve Jobs that he helped craft himself for the iconic “Think Different” Apple advertising campaign: Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have [ Read More ]
I had big hopes for this little phone. A bigger screen (edge-to-edge anyone?), better battery life, a new design. That extra Apple “something else” bell or whistle. I knew certain things were out of the question. 4G? Too new. Removable battery? Don’t hold your breath. Something revolutionary? Not this time. It felt a little like [ Read More ]
I never really liked using your products but you set a gold standard for everyone to beat, spurring marketplace innovation If you had asked me what my first post would be in my blog, I would never have guessed I’d be writing about the Steve Jobs and his passing. I’m not an Apple guy by [ Read More ]
Welcome to the Chronicles of Mario. This is my first post. Here’s to the start of my blogging!
As most of you can tell, I've been beta testing +Google ...
After a series of uncharacteristically bad mistakes, I thought maybe, ...
