Archive for August, 2006
Uh Oh, Apple may be a Lemon
Read this letter to Steve Jobs for more on the heat/battery issue. What are we up to now, 5 or 6 million batteries? Some companies are using the same batteries and not having problems, could it be in the design?
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )From technical to physical
Most of analyst relations for me right now is centered around Software as a Service and events, outside of the day to day partnering issues. We’re already planning the SWG A/R meeting, there is a Meet the Experts Partner/Executive day in Waltham, Ma., the SMB analyst event and any number of “mini” events including [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Podcast with Tim Berners-Lee
Not to mention that Tim is in the same Royal Society that Sir Issac Newton was the first member, but he has a lot of interesting ideas.
During this conversation with Scott Laningham of IBM developerWorks, Tim discusses his early history with the Web, opportunities and challenges of the present, emerging technologies, and his current project, [...]
Happenings for August 22
This is National Truckers Week. It’s not a job I could do, but they move the products across the country that is the hearblood of our economy. Thank a trucker if you bought something at the store. If you want to see an artist at work, watch one back his/her rig [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Disk Drive Update
I have my T42 back, and thanks to the work of the IBM help center, most of my data was saved. Here is the synopsis?
Lost:
My Linux partition and data. Since it isn’t the standard image, I either have to rebuild it or forget about it. I got the Linux partition because I [...]
Doo Doo Doo – Lookin' Out My Back Door
With all respect to Creedence Clearwater Revival, I work at home and there is a road being constructed in my backyard which has challenged me in a number of ways. I took this picture “out my backdoor”.
You’ll notice that the machine on the right is a compactor which rattles my house as it pounds [...]
David Hill – Chief Lenovo Designer, a Man Who has Created Much, and Touched Millions
Many years ago, I brought John Dvorak back to the ThinkPad design center for an interview with David. This is a room with more creative designs than most museums. Many items never make it out of this lab, yet they would make a lesser designer famous.
I never sensed that David yearned for fame, [...]
More Dell Hell – Battery Recall
4 million batteries are being recalled by Dell. And it involves Sony who made the batteries.
Here’s another story about it from TechWeb.
I know we’ve all seen the exploding Dell Laptop in the Japanese boardroom. This is not a time I’d like to be in the PR department at Dell.
Since I have some [...]
The Dreaded Hard Disk Failure
Once again, a failed hard disk for me. It reports to me as a disk read error under diagnostics, but visually, it won’t boot for me.
I worked in the disk drive industry so I know the value of back up and did so of my data. I also did have a pre 2004 [...]
Hiroshima, August 6, 1945
Truly a turning point in the history of man with the ushering in of the nuclear age. Fortunately, it hasn’t been used again, but we’ve lived under the threat of nuclear “mutual self destruction” since then. Through the cold war to the bullying threats of North Korea and Iran, it stays in the [...]
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