I prefer verbal communication if possible (or desirable). I think it is much more human, to-the-point, natural and easier to avoid confusion/misinterpretation. All our channels of communication do not necessarily bring us closer if we cannot focus on one of them (and thus a particular person/conversation) because we…

I agree that country specific sites (or clones) are bit undervalued here. It's not just the language, but there are also cultural and legal differences. StudiVZ, which was "inspired" by Facebook targeted the German college crowd and had tighter integration with the course schedules of its members. Its prominence was…

I love The Onion.

Pixel count of the three released pics:

You laugh now, but perhaps these are just prototypes of the iPhone 5 redesign. #sirimakemeasandwich

Gosh, how would I do a personalized birthday wish with my phone? You know, something really personal, something that shows that I care for that person.

It's Rose Monday in (parts of) Europe!

Interesting read. I think one important point is that European law traditions are different from American ones, and that American companies working with common-law based business models may face difficulties operating in Roman-law based cultures.

As far as I know it only plays back blu-rays without a certain copy protection (which apparently is illegal to circumvent). So most commercial BRDs probably won't play but your selfmade ones might. For Mac users it's a start.

I'm just waiting for the day they remove access to Terminal.

I think one reason that the Apple stock is so trading so high could be the sovereign debt crisis. Big Investors may not trust government bonds as much as they used to and spread their capital to gold (as it's often the case in financial turmoils) and established and trusted (tech) companies.

"close doors"

Your cat videos may be erased or not.

I do not doubt that Rapidshare/Dropbox are legitimate businesses — but copyright holders will certainly put much more pressure on those two. I really hope these services don't die or become unusable. I used both for distributing large files in classes.

Wait? You can compare a porn and a soccer match? That's ridiculous. The latter has far better acting.

Ninja Convention

Apple Kool-Aid contains silver. Kodak may have a point.

Combine this with One-Click-Purchase options.. boom!