CNN : “Apple on iPhone complaints: You’re holding it wrong”

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I wasn’t planning on getting one of the new iPhones because of the consistently rotten service from AT&T. But apparently the brand new iPhone has a lot of problems in and of itself.

On Gizmodo, they say not only does the front glass scratch and crack easily, the whole iPhone will scratch and crack easily. There’s also a constant yellow tint with spots on the display, some of the volume buttons are improperly installed from the factory, and if you hold it in your left hand like you do any other cell phone in existence, the signal will drop!

Geez, Apple. Who did you contract out for quality control on this? Lancelot Link – Secret Chimp?

Well, CNN just posted Apple’s response to the signal loss problem. “”Just avoid holding it in that way,” Apple CEO Steve Jobs wrote in an e-mail.”

What? Seriously? You have to hold the iPhone all dainty? Put it in a soft case and don’t forget to keep your pinky finger out?

Damn. That’s pretty insulting. Even for an Apple product.

Here’s the link to the CNN article.

Drop-Side child cribs to be banned under pending US Consumer Product Safety Commission regulations

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A new article on Bloomberg says the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission “intends to issue federal regulations on crib safety by the end of the year” that will completely “eliminate the drop-side design” of baby cribs.

The article says 9 million cribs have been recalled in the past five years, and there have been “32 deaths since 2000” apparently due to the design of the drop-side cribs.

“Drop-side cribs are popular with parents because one side can be raised or lowered on tracks, providing easier access to the bed. Infants can suffocate or be strangled when the hardware fails and a side detaches, creating a gap.”

If you have a drop-side crib, check out JPMA’s site (Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association) for information on what is being recalled and what you can do if you have one of these cribs.

Current oil spill photo from NASA [PHOTO]

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This is how bad the oil spill in the Gulf Of Mexico is right now…

Oil Spill as of 06/22/10

That little white dot in the lower left area is where the oil spill started.

Those little patches of blue are what’s left of the ocean.

Click here to visit the NASA site with the original photo.

Click here to see a giant photo of the region from a little higher up (NOTE: large 10mb image)

Disgusting. Absolutely disgusting.

EDIT / UPDATE: Just found this forecast of its’ potential spread…

Who ships a slightly customized laptop faster – Apple or Dell UPDATE

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In an earlier post, I mentioned that back on the 8th of June I ordered a laptop from Dell and that I also ordered a Mac laptop on the 10th of June. Both had similar configs and identical shipping preferences, but the Mac got to me first on June 16th.

It’s been one week with the new Mac, and I’ve been happily running Windows 7 and Vista under Parallels and running the latest Ubuntu and assorted miscellaneous server images under VMware Fusion. All this in addition to the usual Mac software I’ve had installed on my previous laptop.

The Dell was supposed to ship on June 24th. Today the status changed to say the new and improved estimated shipping date is June 30th.

Over three weeks to get a laptop? Dude! Not funny!

Sesame Street: Kermit And Cookie Monster And The Mystery Box [VIDEO]

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It’s time for a middle-of-the-week stress reliever!

Red Pill Screensaver settings

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I’m in the middle of re-installing some minor updates to my new MacBook Pro and just got around to the screensavers today.

There’s a old matrix-scrolling-code screensaver called RedPill that the developer (very graciously) had updated for use on 10.6.

After installing the update, I went to OPTIONS…

Red Pill 01

Red Pill 01

…and noticed a setting on the very bottom right to “ENABLE SPOON”.

Red Pill 02

Red Pill 02

Clicking on ENABLE SPOON brought up this dialog…

Red Pill 03

Red Pill 03

And after clicking OK…

Red Pill 04

Red Pill 04

…there is no spoon.

Whoa.

Even though the Matrix came out 11 years ago, I still have this screensaver (or a variant of it) installed on most of my laptops. I figure it’s better than yelling at kids to get off my lawn.

Another chunk of monthly bandwidth lost to system updates

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My new MacBook Pro decided it needed a few updates while I was on the road recently.

New Mac, Mo' updates

New Mac, Mo' updates

That’s about 1 gig out of my monthly 5 gig limit lost to system updates.

Who in their right mind thinks 5 gigabytes is “more than enough” again?

I can save $9,996.40 on paper clips? [PHOTO]

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So there I was at the local Staples when I found the sale to end all sales.

Apparently I can save $9,996.40 on this one item!

Staples Savings (click to enlarge)

Staples Savings (click to enlarge)

Staples Savings 2 (click to enlarge)

Staples Savings 2 (click to enlarge)

Those are some expensive little clips.

Where have I been? Ask the little blue whale!

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There was no Friday posts and no Saturday “News the Mainstream Media Missed” post this week because of this diabolical contraption…

I know what you’re thinking. “Ha! That little thing? It doesn’t look so bad!”

Oooooooo but you’d be wrong there. This little contraption will snatch your whole weekend away, all the while accompanied by little-baby-nephew-and-baby-niece screams of delight.

It also, apparently, has the ability to temporarily regress grown adults back to a single-digit age.

I finally subdued the monster late late late last night. But I have a sneaking suspicion it will be back again this Saturday.

Back to work!

Monday Morning Music : 06/21/10

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Every Monday I like to post some music to start the week off on the right foot.

This week….

Agnes Carlsson – Release Me

Bon Jovi – Livin’ On A Prayer

Shakira – Ojos Asi

George Michael – Freedom! ’90

and finally, Jason Mraz – Outdoors on Sesame Street