Randomly picked on the web, with the help of idleworm: “WHY Won’t They See Things OUR WAY George?” by Steve Bell, The Guardian (cartoon) “Top US military planner fears a ‘likely’ repeat of Somalia bloodbath ” by Andrew Buncombe, The Independent “Bush March of Folly to Iraq ” by Fred Branfman, Tikkun.org “Lunch With The […]
Today Applelust publishes my response to an editorial by Charles Moore recently posted at Applelust.com. “Lust Gone Awry – Don’t Mix Macs and Politics” along with another (unnecessary, in my opinion) response to my response by Charles Moore, and another response by Applelust’s editor-in-chief, David Schultz.
I don’t know how much of this article is actually true (too many unnamed “officials” quoted), but it still is an interesting read: “A Long, Winding Road to a Diplomatic Dead End” by Steven R. Weisman, The New York Times We have had our share of mistakes, said a senior administration official. But fundamentally we […]
Since we’re on the eve of war in Iraq, it’s time to take stock and get a last picture of where this whole crisis has led us. The most important thing is that the US administration has utterly failed to convince anyone beyond a handful of national leaders (Tony Blair, Asnar, and a few others) […]
Modem-related issues under Mac OS X are unfortunately nothing new. I have had the opportunity to discuss them on several occasions already, including the following: Apple Peel – “The Ups and Downs of Upgrading to Jaguar” The problem is quite simply that… it’s not getting any better! The Mac OS X 10.2.4 UPDATE was recently […]
Bad day for our boys, who deserved to lose. No sparkle, no rhythm, bad defense. The Keown injury is unfortunate, although we’ll have to wait to see how serious it is. The challenge now will be to rebound quickly from that slip, which will make the end of the season more challenging — although Man […]
My review of FileMaker Pro 6 is now online at Applelust.com: Review: FileMaker Pro 6
Here is a perfect example of why the way Save As dialog sheets currently work in Mac OS X is just not good enough: As you can see, due to space constraints (column width, non-resizable), it is impossible to tell the difference between two files whose name begins with the same string of characters. For […]
To my great dismay, I just read the following in the MacInTouch Reader Report on Safari: Yes, the lack of feedback [in the bug reporting feature] is annoying. However, you can see if the bug report worked by using the Console application. Open the Console (you should see the console.log window), and file a bug. […]
Interesting batch of letters to the editor in the March 14, 2003 edition of the Moscow Times, as published online here: “Is War in Iraq About Oil or Peace and Security?” and other letters Of particular note is a letter by Linda Hugle, an American woman from Oregon, which ends with these words: Do not […]
Got a weird bug today in Safari while trying to visit the site 4thegame.com. Got a warning about a Java applet wanting to run on my machine. I clicked on “Deny”. Then all of a sudden most buttons and menu items in Safari ceased to function. Here’s what the application menu looked like, for example: […]
Another good read from the Washington Post on the current Iraq quagmire: “Wrong Way to Do The Right Thing“, by E. J. Dionne Jr. The paradox is that creating the more democratic world we seek requires more than power. It demands alliances, institutions and trust. Doing the right thing the wrong way for the wrong […]
The current situation in the Champions League is unacceptable, and it was the same at that stage last year, and the year before that, etc. There are teams that are already qualified and therefore don’t care one bit what their results in the last two GROUP games are. They can make all kinds of claims […]
Josh Marshall responds to more atrociousness coming from the Wall Street Journal‘s “Best of the Web” column: Talking Points Memo Taranto and Co. are following a fairly thin logic which states that since the UN didn’t do what we wanted it to, it’s defunct and irrelevant… [P]art of our frustrated anger over the current impasse […]
Robert Woodward writes an opinion piece about Arsenal’s performance in Europe: “Arsenal still struggling in Europe” It pretty much confirms my feelings about the whole thing, which is that Champions League performance is not based on creativity and inventive play, but on defense. Yes, “over-elaboration” can be frustrating at times, but it’s a heck of […]