A Rising Phone Tide Is Lifting Apple

July 25, 2011 in Apple, Gadgets, Mobile | No comments

One of the reasons for Apple’s stunning June-quarter results last week was its surging iPhone sales. Despite not unveiling a new version of the device in June, as it usually does, sales more than doubled from the year-earlier period

Via Wall Street Journal

iPhone sales continue to rise, despite the near-daily articles about the next “iPhone killer” or the rise of Android. In fact, iPhone sales continue to rise as a market percentage against any other smartphone. It’s had some issues. It’s not necessarily at the cutting edge of the technology any more. But, it’s the most solid smartphone out there and has all the important little details covered. From all indications, iPhone 5 will push it even farther.

Is Apple trying to upset video-streaming market by acquiring Hulu?

July 24, 2011 in Apple | No comments

Sometimes opportunity knocks softly, and other times it beats the door in.  For internet video-streaming services, the opportunity is sounding loud and clear for a major shakeup of the entire structure.

Via Technorati

Pirates salvage sweep against Cardinals on walk-off

July 24, 2011 in Baseball, Sports | No comments

Xavier Paul was running. No matter what.

The Pittsburgh Pirate reserve watched the ball of the bat of teammate Chase d’Arnaud slice into the outfield with one out in the 10th inning against the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday and decided he was taking off regardless of where the it landed.

“It was extra inning ballgame,” Paul said. “I felt like it was deep enough. I’m going to make him make a perfect throw to get me out.”

St. Louis centerfielder Colby Rasmus ‘ tracked down the ball but his throw to the plate never had a chance. Paul sprinted home with the winning run in a 4-3 victory as the Pirates avoided a three-game sweep.

Via SI.com – MLB.

Otis Spann

July 24, 2011 in Blues, Music, Music Video | No comments

Otis Spann performs “Ain’t Nobody’s Business”.

Chicago White Sox could acquire Colby Rasmus from St. Louis Cardinals

July 24, 2011 in Baseball, Sports | No comments

Ending a void of White Sox trade scuttlebutt, the Sox are reportedly discussing a deal with the St. Louis Cardinals, according to a story in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.Looking to bolster their pitching staff, the Cardinals would be willing to part with talented center fielder Colby Rasmus for Edwin Jackson or Matt Thornton, and a prospect, according to the report. There is no indication, but it is presumed that the Cardinals would pick up the remainder of the contract on either Jackson or Thornton.

Via ESPN

This can’t be a bad thing.

I’ve never been a big Colby Rasmus fan, and the past few months have proven that his biggest value to the team is the perception that he’s somehow a superstar in the making.

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Run Log 20110724

July 24, 2011 in Running, Running Tech | No comments

Runkeeper Log

83ºF, 89ºF HI, MHR 175, mHR 76.

Good steady run without a lot of effort, unlike the past few weeks. I didn’t make it to my 24:00 target, but ran better than 21:00. I originally planned to run 18:00, but felt good when I started. I also changed up some of the technology, and am certain the change made a difference in the run.

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Safari Swiping In Lion

July 24, 2011 in Apple | 1 comment

I installed Lion on Thursday night. While there’s much to like about it, I’ve also come across my first annoyance.

I use a Magic Mouse with my iMac. I like the gestures available for the mouse and am using them extensively. I especially like the additional set of gestures made available for Lion. But the gesture to swipe through browser tab history in Safari is starting to annoy me. When I touch the mouse to click a link, Safari tries to swipe to the previous page in the history. That action invalidates the click on the link. This happens almost every time. So, in practice, I’m clicking twice on every link.

I’m sure there’s a programmatic way to tighten the tolerance for those swipes, requiring a bit more than a touch on the left side of the mouse to activate. I hope we’ll see that in a Lion update.

Matt Woods & The Thunderbolts

July 24, 2011 in Blues, Music, Music Video | No comments

Matt Woods and The Thunderbolts live at Blues on Grand in Des Moines, IA.

Berkman’s blast propels Cards into first

July 24, 2011 in Baseball | No comments

The Cardinals got a solid outing from lefty Jaime Garcia and smacked two home runs en route to a 9-1 victory over the Pirates in front of 39,102 fans on Saturday night at PNC Park.

Via MLB.com

You’d have to be completely ignoring baseball to have missed the Lance Berkman ’11 story. It’s been fun to watch, and I’m very glad it’s unfolding with the Cardinals rather than seeing his comeback happen with a division rival.

Not Fade Away

July 23, 2011 in Music | No comments

 

A gallery of musicians lost before their time, now including Amy Winehouse.

Via Rolling Stone

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