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Re: Android Is Now the Most Popular Smartphone Platform [REPORT]

dimwell — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:49:17 -0000

... Quote obvious *to you*.

Look. It's pretty simple. He said "16.2 million iOS devices", which is plainly and simply incorrect. I pointed out the mistake, the author corrected it, and life goes on. It's not a big deal.

You can continue to belabor the point, but you'll do it without me. This is precisely why I avoid commenting on the overwhelming majority of stuff I read online.

Re: Android Is Now the Most Popular Smartphone Platform [REPORT]

dimwell — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:42:20 -0000

You've spectacularly failed to see the part where the author replied to my comment, said "You're right", and corrected the article.

Re: Android Is Now the Most Popular Smartphone Platform [REPORT]

dimwell — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:42:04 -0000

You've spectacularly failed to see the part where the author replied to my comment, said "You're right", and corrected the article.

Re: Android Is Now the Most Popular Smartphone Platform [REPORT]

dimwell — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 09:56:23 -0000

"Apple is in third place with 16.2 million iOS devices shipped."

This is grossly incorrect. By your own reporting (http://mashable.com/2011/01..., Apple sold 10m iPod touch units, 16m iPhones, and 7m iPads. That's a total of 33m iOS devices, or roughly twice the number quoted in the article.

If you want to talk "iPhone vs Android", that's fine, but any discussion that ignores the iPad and the iPod touch (the latter of which is without peers) is flawed and is intellectually dishonest.

Re: Books and Paper and Letting Go

dimwell — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:51:27 -0000

iTunes is DRM-free, so I'm confused.

I dislike legal downloads because they're all crippled by lossy audio compression, but the DRM is a non-issue. iTunes and Amazon are both DRM-free.

Re: A bridal letter of annoyance

dimwell — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:59:17 -0000

Holy delayed response, Batman!

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Re: A bridal letter of annoyance

dimwell — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 05:08:22 -0000

Why not just use first-class stamps? I don't know how many you have to send, but that's one way to solve it.

Re: Can I get you anything?

dimwell — Wed, 12 May 2010 00:36:48 -0000

I've always scored an INTJ, myself. http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Re: digital cornucopia - My Thoughts on the Nexus One

dimwell — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:15:26 -0000

My biggest problem with AT&T is that their data network is basically
saturated. If the Internet really was a series of tubes, AT&T's tube
stays fairly well clogged.

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Re: In the Kitchen: Zucchini Soup

dimwell — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:50:27 -0000

I love, love, love a good pot of chili. Pile it onto a handful of Fritos or mix it with a box of elbow macaroni and I'm in the happiest of places. :)

Re: digital cornucopia - My Top 10 Christmas Movies of All Time

dimwell — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:56:31 -0000

Never seen it. (I know, that's akin to high treason. Whatever.)

Re: A tale of two fires

dimwell — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:23:38 -0000

LMAO. Instant holiday classic. :P

(Our fireplace is going to remain unused during your visit, thankyouverymuch.)

Re: digital cornucopia - iPhone 3G + CameraBag

dimwell — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:45:37 -0000

Thanks. :) I'm really digging the app. It's encouraging me to use my iPhone more and more to catch daily snapshots.

Re: digital cornucopia - "Remember, remember, the Fifth of November ..."

dimwell — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:38:08 -0000

You could drive to Huntsville and watch it with us. :P

Re: digital cornucopia - Tweetie 2 for iPhone OS

dimwell — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:23:43 -0000

Definitely. $3 well spent, IMO.

Re: digital cornucopia - Tweetie 2 for iPhone OS

dimwell — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:08:18 -0000

It's *fast*, it supports multiple accounts easily, and I really love
the interface.

If Apple were to build a Twitter app, I think that it would look
something like Tweetie 2. They even gave the dev an Apple Design
Award earlier this year.

Re: Kissy Owls

dimwell — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:15:46 -0000

... or preening.

Re: Policy and a Pint – Education in Minnesota

dimwell — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:50:31 -0000

I toy with the idea of moonlighting as a programming teacher somewhere, where I'd have enough latitude to teach them not only to solve the problems their given, but to solve problems that are less well-defined and to think outside the proverbial box.

Programming (and computer science, in general) has greatly expanded my ability to solve problems through critical thinking and patient, methodical analysis of the problem being solved. It's something that I find absent in far too many young people.

This absence of self-guided problem solving has a couple of root causes, IMO:
1. The standard curriculum at public schools these days is utter crap.
2. Parents and educators have apparently abandoned useful learning tools, such as the Socratic and Scientific Methods, instead rewarding the urge for instant gratification.
3. Google and Wikipedia are a lot easier to use than their dead-tree counterparts, so no one learns to use a card catalog or scan a book's index anymore.

Re: digital cornucopia - This might just be the best thing ever.

dimwell — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:29:21 -0000

Yep. Mine, too.

It's even better because I used to have a bunch of friends who called
me and another friend Statler and Waldorf. :)

Re: digital cornucopia - Loren Brichter on Tweetie 2.0 for iPhone OS 3.x

dimwell — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:39:54 -0000

Tweetie for Mac is a good example of something that's "good enough". If he's able to follow through on some of his promises in this article, however, I'll definitely pony up the $20 for a Mac license. Until then, I'll stick with the ad-sponsored version.

Re: digital cornucopia - My Living Nightmare Of Encouraging Kids To Read Is Over

dimwell — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:58:35 -0000

Okay, so he didn't write it. Bummer.

Re: digital cornucopia - My Living Nightmare Of Encouraging Kids To Read Is Over

dimwell — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:56:51 -0000

I'm not totally convinced that it's supposed to be satirical or disingenuous: http://twitter.com/levarbur...

I remember watching him on RR as a kid.

Re: Bring on the fall

dimwell — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:22:18 -0000

It's looking like Saturday will be super-soggy around here.

Re: Policy and a Pint – No Impact Man

dimwell — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:17:07 -0000

Michelle and I have traded our gas guzzlers (a '94 Blazer and a '04 Trailblazer) for a pair of smaller urban runabouts (an '07 Nissan Versa and an '09 Honda Fit), boosting our combined real-life MPG from around 16 MPG to about 30 MPG.

We drive less, when we can, and try to consolidate trips. If we have errands to run, we try to run one loop around the city and get it all done in some reasonable order. We take reusable bags to the grocery store (when we don't space out and forget them!) and we skip bags completely when we can (esp. when I'm just buying something like a CD at Best Buy).

We ride the thermostat all day in most cases, keeping a balance between comfort and energy consumption. We bought a house with brand new energy-efficient windows and doors and tons of insulation in the attic. We bought something relatively small (1,700 sq ft), which reduces our need for various utilities and also for Stuff.

Beyond that, we just try to be mindful of what we consume.

Re: Bring on the fall

dimwell — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:17:03 -0000

October weather in north Alabama is always my favorite. I can't wait! :)