http://www.chausse.org A blog about web technology and culture Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:11:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Part of me can't believe that this article wasn't written for  The Onion and accidentally printed in the New York Times instead.  But, on a serious note, the lesson to be learned by the supposed "blogging deaths" is that the economics of blogging just really don't calculate unless it is ... http://www.chausse.org/2008/04/blogging-kills/ My apologies for the lack of posts lately, but the past month or so has been a very crazy time for me, in the best possible sense.  Unfortunately, I have not been able to discuss what's been going on until now (for reasons which will become immediately obvious.) Without ... http://www.chausse.org/2008/04/jeff-is-ready-to-rock-with-harmonix/ If you have an older Intel Mac and decided to get a shiny new aluminum Apple keyboard, AND you use Boot Camp, you're in for a bit of disappointment (as I was).  Without any official acknowledgement from Apple, older Macs are NOT entirely compatible with their fancy new keyboard, ... http://www.chausse.org/2008/03/boot-option-workaround-for-slightly-old-mac-users-with-aluminum-keyboards/ Just a random bunch of recent pix. Enjoy.ShareThis http://www.chausse.org/2008/03/new-baby-photos/ While reading an article partly about the iPhone user experience, a thought dawned on me about the virtual keyboard.  Like many other people, I was afraid that the lack of tactile feedback would be disorienting and difficult to get accustomed to.  And, like most people who have moved to ... http://www.chausse.org/2008/03/a-thought-on-the-iphone-keyboard/ Remember the Commodore 64, the best selling computer of all time? Remember how cheap it was? $200 when its competitors were 5-10 times as expensive? Well, there's a great story in this free Play Value podcast about the history of Commodore.  Apparently, founder Jack Tramiel was such ... http://www.chausse.org/2008/03/evil-business-101-by-jack-tramiel/ This was too fun to pass up. Create your own album cover according to the rules set forth here and post it somewhere... This is mine. Could it BE any more emo? I can't stop laughing at this one though...ShareThis http://www.chausse.org/2008/03/the-album-meme/ Check out this quiz and this video.  I can't say much more without revealing the secret, but these both demonstrate how oblivious the human mind (yes, even yours) can be.ShareThis http://www.chausse.org/2008/03/fun-with-inattentional-blindness/ Peter Elkind of Fortune just wrote a scathing article about Steve Jobs in Fortune Magazine, but this post isn't really about this.  It's about this included quote from former Apple CEO (and sacker of Steve Jobs), John Sculley: "Apple was supposed to become a wonderful consumer products company. This ... http://www.chausse.org/2008/03/john-sculley-marketing-genius/ It has nothing to do with OS X.  Well, not in the way most Apple fans think. I recently stumbled across two different, unrelated articles which point to the same conclusion.  In order for comptuters to truly shine, the software MUST be tied to the hardware. The first article, "Has Vista Lost ... http://www.chausse.org/2008/03/why-apple-will-dominate-the-home-computer-market-in-the-decades-to-come/