This is what political journalism looks like in 2012. When you can’t come up with a compelling reason to re-elect a failed president, you recycle a story about a candidate from 1987.
Newsweek in 2012 — shoddy, soulless, and probably out of business (soon).
…and has been since 1948. Despite your attempt to remove any reference to it from the White House website, despite the fact that your press secretary refuses to acknowledge it, and despite feeble attempts to create documentation claiming it isn’t.
Charades.
I just got through watching an Apple demo video that spends time talking about fans. That’s right. Fans that cool the machine. But this isn’t just everyday cooling. No!
“Air is pulled into vents and propelled through sculpted cavities by fans with asymmetrically positioned blades.”
And I was mesmerized!
Needs a kickstarter. But first, how about an excellent plea video?
It begins.
Apple WWDC: 8 Things to Expect
What will Apple announce on Monday?
Apple WWDC preview: What the analysts are saying
Apple’s WWDC is coming: Here are the 7 things that actually matter
Why do we care so much? Geeks care; we know that. And I’ll admit – for the past few years, I too cared – about the next iPhone, the iPad, etc. But now that we are pretty much fully conditioned to the stuff Apple brings to market, why do we continue to swoon? Is it left over mystique from the Steve Jobs era? Without Steve and the magic, isn’t Apple just another tech company?
They had to take a picture.
Why didn’t they put Stephanopoulos on a box or something? I mean really. Look at him next to Robin Roberts for goodness sake! She’s like a foot and a half taller than him. Where’s a phone book when you need it?
Awkward.
First of all, it’s legit.
Whenever new gadgets come out, there is always a group of people who are first to complain about some software bug, some hardware foul up, some blemish that results in the purchase being the biggest waste of time in their life (up to that moment). I usually look at these things as the normal 2% allocation of complainers. And low and behold, the manufacturer usually comes out with a “it’s not our problem, you’re doing it wrong” answer.
I’m not doing my iPad 3 wrong.
It first started when I was in my living room. I’ve had an iPad 1, iPad2, and now I have number 3. The first and second version never had any problem holding a strong WiFi signal. Granted, back then I had my WiFi router in the room with me. I recently moved the router upstairs next to my home office so I could get an even stronger signal there where I’m typically doing the heavy lifting. When the iPad 3 WiFi was flaking out, I blamed it on the fact that the router was now upstairs, dozens of feet away, with plenty of obstruction possibilities.
Funny thing though. My iPhone worked great. And my download speeds were strong and consistent.
I had problems in places I shouldn’t. Starbucks. My corporate WiFi connection at work, where the signal is bullet proof and blazing.
I had to investigate. I searched around the normal bulletin boards, the support forums, the usual. As expected, all I found was the complaining. And then, I found this, the so called iPad 3 “Death Grip”.
I tested it. And guess what?
I EXPERIENCED THE EXACT SAME THING!
WiFi antenna blockage just where you don’t want it. Where you hold the bloody device. Turn the thing upside down, and WOW – LIGHTNING FAST INTERNET!
Uh, ahem, Apple. Let’s chat.
This machine I have in my hand cost me greater than $600. The WiFi should work, flawlessly, because it is, uh, a MOBILE APPLIANCE!
That means I walk around with it and it connects to the Internet flawlessly. You know, just like your ad says it does. Just like the wonderfully written ad copy on your website.
Three words.
FIX IT NOW.
Until then, I have to hold the machine like a dork, with the home button on top instead of where it should be, next to my thumb.
That is all.
He’s a teenager no more.
Dick Clark, the creator of "American Bandstand" and "Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve," died Wednesday morning, his rep tells FoxNews.com.
He was 82.
Clark suffered a massive heart attack after entering St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica Tuesday night for an outpatient procedure, according to his family.
Attempts to resuscitate were unsuccessful.
I guess I’ve expected this for some time. The guy really seemed to have a tough time coming back from that terrible stroke he had in 2004. At the time it was reported as “minor” but it was anything but. It took the life out of him.
And then he returned to air, and he was a pro, but it wasn’t the Dick Clark we remembered. Still, he gave it his all.
I loved American Bandstand.
Every Saturday throughout the early 70’s, my mom would turn on AB and we would watch. She loved the dance contests. I remember seeing performances (albeit, lip sync) from so many influential bands. The Jackson Five, The Guess Who, KC and the Sunshine Band. I saw them all, when they were new, singing their first big hit. And we can all thank Dick for that magic.
An end of an era, for sure. So, long.
MORE: TMZ has his last on screen appearance, photos, and twitter reaction.
The drummer for The Band, that influential group whose members were accomplished musicians in their own right, is about to leave the stage, of life.
Levon Helm, the drummer with the Band, has reached the final stages of his battle with cancer, according to a note posted on the musician’s Web site. Mr. Helm, 71, received a diagnosis of throat cancer in 1998 and nearly lost his voice, though he has continued to sing on albums and at concerts. The note, signed by his daughter and wife, asked fans to send “prayers and love to him as he makes his way through this part of his journey.”
I’ll never forget the first time I watched the documentary The Last Waltz. I wasn’t used to seeing a drummer sing. I’d seen drummers sing backup, but never the lead. Helm sang “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” with real passion. He didn’t even have to focus on his drumming, which obviously came naturally. His attention being put squarely on the words of the song. The soul of it. It remains one of my most favorite performances.
God Speed, Levon.
UPDATE: Helm dies.