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2008-05-21

Political discussion is something I generally save for online forums or telephone conversations with my mom, but I ran across something today, which really made my blood boil.

But first a disclaimer: I am an Obama supporter.

Anyway, Hillary Clinton recently compared her effort to seat the Michigan and Florida delegates for the Democratic nomination to the civil rights movement.

I'll leave the obvious offensiveness of this suggestion aside for a moment and focus on the irony. Specifically, Hillary Clinton supported the DNC's decision not to seat those delegates. So if she does chose to make such a ludicrous comparison, she should remember that she is partially res ... (MORE)

Tags: politics clinton obama democratic nomination

2008-04-26

I'm writing this from my Nokia N810 device,which I'm very impressed with thus far. In fact, the only problem I have with it is the GPS, which seems to be mighty slow and not always accurate. Overall though, I highly recomend the device.

And apologies for any misspellings in this post. The keybooard is great, but i'm still getting used to it.



Tags: n810
2008-04-17

Ok, this is ironic. I just noticed that in my previous post, I told about how I had just purchased a Nokia product. However, in the post just before that (left months ago), I expressed that I was outraged at Nokia and very unlikely to ever purchase one of their products.

Funny how time works. Give me a couple of months and the steam subsides.

Well I'll continue being outraged at Apple. Jobs is an arse, and even Microsoft is more open than Apple.

But I'll put my outrage over Ogg to bed for now



Tags: nokia apple ogg irony
2008-04-17

It occurs to me that I haven't done anything with this blog for quite some time, so it's worth an update now.

I've graduated with my dual MLS/MIS from the Indiana University School of Library and Information Science (SLIS), and I have nothing but good things to say about the experience. The professors and staff were marvelous, and the skills I learned helped me come out immediately with a job.

On a more technical front, I've recently purchased the N810 device from Nokia, and I'm really looking forward to its arrival. I'll post a review here.



Tags: personal update n810 SLIS Indiana
2007-12-11
Let me take a moment to express my disgust at Apple and Nokia for their decision to come out against the W3C's decision to include Ogg as the main standard for audio and video over the Internet.

The inclusion of Ogg would have been significant in that we would, at last, have a standard format by which all providers should deliver content. As it is now, there are countless formats, each one requiring an individual plug-in. The W3C decides to resolve this. Apple and Nokia step in and cause the HTML specs to change.

Well I do have a long memory, and this will affect my decision to purchase Nokia products in the future. In fact, I was planning--yes, actually pla ... (MORE)

Tags: apple nokia w3c ogg
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