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May I suggest a new holiday?

Posted by Nathan Strum, 22 November 2011 · 391 views

How about, "Buyers' Remorse Day"?

This would follow Black Friday, where people would look back at a day wasted chasing bargains at stores, having spent more than they ever intended to (or having not found anything they wanted), and realize they could have just bought everything...

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Good riddance to bad rubbish... Flash in the pan

Posted by Nathan Strum, 09 November 2011 · 468 views

Adobe finally concedes that Flash is rubbish. At least on mobile devices. And that HTML5 is the way to go.

Funny. Where have we heard that before?

I've long been using ClickToFlash (and now...

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Mr. L33t Gamer

Posted by Nathan Strum, 05 November 2011 · 247 views

Comic Strips

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Mr. Helpful

Posted by Nathan Strum, 04 November 2011 · 451 views

Comic Strips

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Mr. Optimist

Posted by Nathan Strum, 03 November 2011 · 223 views

Comic Strips

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Good riddance to bad rubbish... Bonus Round

Posted by Nathan Strum, 28 October 2011 · 396 views

Citibank.

Need I say more?

Well, I'll say a little more.

Several weeks ago, I got a letter from them, saying that my (formerly free) checking would now be incurring a $15/month fee.

Unless I kept a balance of $6000 in the account.

Six-grand.

In a non-interest-earning account.

Ummm.... no.

So I planned to bail on Citibank,...

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Siri-ous TV

Posted by Nathan Strum, 27 October 2011 · 321 views

Apple has been rumored to have been working on an Apple-branded TV for years. They've actually released several products along those lines, such as the Macintosh TV, the first Mac Mini-sized...

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Good riddance to bad rubbish... Platinum Edition

Posted by Nathan Strum, 12 October 2011 · 499 views

Animation

I've ranted about Sallie Mae before.

I'd even mentioned how I had come to personify the company as some crotchety, cantankerous, vindictive old geezer, sitting on a rocking chair (next to her sister...

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Bye, Steve

Posted by Nathan Strum, 05 October 2011 · 211 views

By now, probably the whole planet knows that Steve Jobs passed away today, at the entirely-too-young age of 56.

For the man who brought Apple back from the brink to turn it into one of the most powerful companies in the world, there was no miraculous turnaround for himself.

Obituaries describing his life are everywhere....

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