http://www.publicjourinal.com/blog Taking the piss out on... everything Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:57:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A continuation of an Apple patent filing from April 18th surfaced this week. The invention "Advertising in Operating System" brought up suspicions that Apple is  preparing a fremium model for the next release of Mac OS X. Fears that there will be pop-up ads just to do basic functions make ... http://www.publicjourinal.com/blog/2010/07/22/apple-patent-application-shows-analysts-failure-to-think-different/ While chatting on the phone about a questionably straight person, Peter used the phrase "the force is strong with this one". Due to the call quality, I heard "the purse is strong with this one", which more or less was appropriate to the situation. So, go forth readers and ... http://www.publicjourinal.com/blog/2010/07/22/new-gomo-phrase/ Really, when the fuck is this white iPhone coming out? I'm running out of ideas. [caption id="attachment_659" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="I'm a TRON"][/caption] I will be using an android-themed twitter avatar and android phone for as long as it takes for me to get my own iPhone 4. http://www.publicjourinal.com/blog/2010/07/19/iphone-4-protest-avatar-android-tron/ Day 18 of using an android avatar and phone while the white iPhone 4 remains elusive. [caption id="attachment_654" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Android beatnik"][/caption] http://www.publicjourinal.com/blog/2010/07/13/iphone-4-protest-avatar-android-beatnik/ Back in February, Comcast, released a cloud storage solution for its customers. 2GBs of free storage, but initially for PCs only.  I went to check this afternoon and went to sign up.  I was presented with the flash animation below and was delighted to see an aluminum MacBook being backed ... http://www.publicjourinal.com/blog/2010/07/12/comcast-secure-backup-share-false-advertising/ Moving onto the next avatar in my protest: [caption id="attachment_637" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Hello Android"][/caption] http://www.publicjourinal.com/blog/2010/07/07/iphone-4-protest-avatar-hello-android/ I'm on day 5 with my Twitter stance against the white iPhone 4. I will be using an android avatar and android phone for as long as it takes for me to get my own iPhone 4. [caption id="attachment_628" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Android monocle man"][/caption] http://www.publicjourinal.com/blog/2010/07/06/iphone-4-protest-avatar-monocle-man/ At brunch and I notice that this table slowly fills up. A roar of hugs and kisses would welcome the next person to the table. First, I assumed that this group of folks were just old college friends meeting up downtown, until I heard talk about a Miley Cyrus and Demi ... http://www.publicjourinal.com/blog/2010/06/14/movers-shakers/ http://www.publicjourinal.com/blog/2010/05/04/kitty-says-hai-to-the-ipad-3g/ http://www.publicjourinal.com/blog/2010/03/18/bar-room-scrapbooking/