Bill Gates claims Vista will “wow” its users. As in, “Wow, does this suck” or “Wow, WTF happened to all my data?”

Haven’t you missed the Floridiots? I have.
It was looking like the therapy had taken good effect for a while but then these delightful pieces occurred in fark.com which is so much easier than actually doing research.So now the great state of below sealevel allows you to carry a concealed weapon even if you are […]

Cool! Reality takes another well-deserved kick to the head as the Swedish Embassy becomes the first and not the last sovereign nation to open an embassy in the virtual world of Second Life.
Reuters has their News Bureau, IBM a corporate location and many other businesses such as Toyota validate the virtual universe which in the […]

No matter how stupid you’ve been lately, this little news item should make you feel better. It seems that Ford’s CEO isn’t the only dimwit in the state.
Michigan treasurer falls for Nigerian scam
A public treasurer in the Michigan county of Alcona stands accused of embezzling tax payers out of more than $1.2m, at least part […]

Microsoft Norway demos Vista on TV using an iMac! The QuickTime video is a wee bit bit gnarly, but the serious discussion going on just adds a surreal touch to the fact that these guys are talking about Microsoft’s newest Gestapo “operativsystem” Vista, while poking at a large-screen Intel iMac. At least them Norges […]

Is anyone suprised that Apple has once again come up with a great product that is a raving success?
Other manufacturers have tried for years to come up with a “set-top-box” that integrates the television and computer. Of course the mistake was that until now the devices were either entire computers or some attempt to put […]

The First MacHelp Trans-Pacific Interview
We interview Mick Liubinskas, Chief Customer Officer of Tangler in Sydney, about his new MacintoshBook. (…”just graphics…?)
Keola picks on Bill@Redmond
At Last! Raiatea Helm sings again - but there’s a question…

It’s been difficult to keep the blog up right now because my OTHER blogsite where this content is mirrored blew up REAL BIG a few weeks ago.
Rather than fuss with repairing it yet again, I have taken the radical step of reloading and rebuilding it from scratch, which in spite of what anyone says […]

Worth100 has made my day with a new contest that asks entrants to imagine and then Photoshop (a new verb!) an un announced iApple iProduct [White].
Too bad that about half of the entries are versions of “iToilet” demonstrating a staggering lack of imagination, but the “iFibrillator” and “iDate” make up for tha, though I […]

Can this spray really stop mobile phone signals?
Did you know that, right now, artificial electromagnetic (EM) waves could be tearing your skin cells apart and causing your face to age prematurely? Waves from televisions, mobile phones and radios are all around us. They pass through metres of concrete, so imagine what they’re doing to your […]

Apple to air ’special’ Super Bowl ad on Feb. 4 By AppleInsider Staff
A deal between Apple Inc. and Apple Corps to bring the legendary musiccatalog of The Beatles to iTunes could see an announcement in the formof a Super Bowl commercial, according to a report published Wednesday.
Citing “sources with knowledge of the project,” the Toronto […]

The Maui Apple Users Society showed up at Macworld in time to see the iPhone born as well as to share in all the other excitement of the big event.
Go take a look at the pictures on line at LINK

“I’m not paranoid, they really are trying to get me!”
Careless mistake reveals subversion of Windows by NSA.
A CARELESS mistake by Microsoft programmers has revealed that special access codes prepared by the US National Security Agency have been secretly built into Windows. The NSA access system is built into every version of the Windows operating […]

SUPRISE!
Vista is a disaster. Microsoft is so desperate to get the entertainment industry locked into its platform that they’ll destroy themselves to get there. This is an operating system that, when idle, will have to check itself every 30 microseconds to make sure nothing is still happening, and no hackers are attacking it. It acts […]

Paper iPhones & Pekelo
Post-MacWorld iPhone lust.
Trying to explain the AppleTV.
More music from Pekelo’s “Hana by the Sea” CD
Geoff Muldaur on Maui
Some Artsy artist talk
Carmen wins the candy bar!

Apple TV device doesn’t use DRM

from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow

Cory Doctorow: An anonymous friend at an MPAA member-company sez,
Now that my NDA issues are gone, a little tidbit for you.
The Apple TV device has HDMI and component outputs. As of the launch, it doesn’t have the HDCP anti-copying technology.
As […]

A consistent topic at holiday parties was what I thought of Windows Vista.

That’s like asking me what I think about chemotherapy or getting slapped in the face with a Toyota Celica. Resisting the urge to
blurt out “…well, it sucks” I instead claimed ignorance with a side order
of revulsion and fear.
In fact, it’s clear that Windows […]

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Man Run Over, Set On Fire By Own Car
POSTED: 9:57 pm EST January 7, 2007
A 43-year-old man in Orange County, Fla., working on his vehicle over the weekend, was run over and then set on fire when the car slipped into gear.
Police said the man was working on his vehicle at the Hunter’s Creek nursing […]

Here’s a nice, concise article about how to make your blog or website show up in the various search engines.
When talking with new website clients, I can always tell that it’s going to go bad if their first two requirements are 1. Flash and 2. Google ranking.This is because the actual goal of a website […]

When this movie first hit television it felt like someone had made a film about part of my life. It was eerie seeing people that I knew being portrayed by actors. Especially the guy who played Steve Jobs - he almost played it better than the real Steve. The Woz and and Gates characters were […]

PEANUTS KILL MORE AMERICANS THAN TERRORISTSSaturday, January 06, 2007 - FreeMarketNews.com
The menace of global terrorism has been labeled the greatest threat to western civilization since communism and yet swimming pools, peanuts and lost deer kill more Americans every single year. Why are our governments facilitating the terrorist’s agenda by hyping a peril that simply doesn’t […]

We’re back with rumors and hopes about MacWorld and a few new year tips.
Wonderful music from Raiatea Helm’s CD Sweet & Lovely

The Guy in charge of enforcing environmental laws in Venice FLA takes his redneck relatives off into the swamp through a hole in the fence despite the fact that it’s protected park land he’s ripping up. So the park eats his car.
Myakka River State Park is a mostly water - it’s a river in a […]

Fla. Residents See Jesus Image In Tree
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Man-made religious decorations are a common sight at this time of year, but the image on a tree in an Arlington man’s front yard is natural and some neighbors have begun calling it a holy tree, according to a WJXT-TV report.
Neighbors near Daryl Brown’s Arlington home […]

In spite of the small belch about stock options, which a few hysterical bloggers thought could “take down” Steve Jobs, all the other signs point to a great year for the company.
Steve Jobs Keynote Slated to be 2 Hours Long!Normally, Steve Jobs keynotes last anywhere between 1 to 1-1/2 hours. Not this year!
iTunes Sees 1,222% […]

Did you ever think you would make it to the year 2007? Like most
kids, the twenty-first century always seemed impossibly far in the
future. But in spite of our best efforts we all now live in that future.
Unfortunately, the future doesn’t look like anything the photo
essays in old science magazines - those wonderful pictures and articles
never […]

We’re taking it easy at the end of the year.
The good news is that I had the little Roland Edirol recorder with me this morning when we went to Grandma’s to meet a few friends over caffeine and scones.
Joe Cano and his pals were playing for the bike and brew crowd and they were […]