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Any death is a tragedy, especially for the bereaved. Some counterpoint to put things into perspective from The Register, and The Onion. The Economist agrees?

You could always use Google Voice and send your texts for free ( and forward them to email, or originate them from you google voice number : )

Don't know if this refers to Richard of the Riverbanks, or those involved in the recent financial crisis. I Was suprised when the sat nav said "Turn Left into ..." Reminds me of

The assumption on your cost model is that you have 100% continuous usage - i.e. you need it every month. This may not be the case. e.g. if you have wifi @ home and @ work and a limited commute the only real need might be vacations, say. I tend to prefer to concentrate on the activities and people at hand, rather than being on an electronic leash. There tend to be more capable devices for given tasks that being limited the to form factor of a smart phone. There are other reasons not to get an iPhone. But to each their own. Different people have different use cases and requirements. Choice is good.

A MiFi solves the lack of Wifi (and you can tether up to 5 devices e.g. ) As to the faster processor, what activities on your smart phone are processor rate limited? The latency in human interaction dominates most tasks. Justin already has a phone, and he seems to survive

Justin, given you understand TCO and your use cases have you considered http://lifehacker.co...-is-good-enough http://blog.perkstre...into-an-iphone/ http://jdgodchaux.co...and-save-money/ http://www.infobarre...e#axzz1a6s482D7 It even comes in white now. EDIT: Of course you have the advantage of writing this off as a legitimate business expense, right?

WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304447804576410753210811910.html + other news sources confirm details. A sad day indeed. RIP Steve.

Hitler Doesn’t Like the iPhone 4S Either

Santa's a Ginger? won't someone please think of the children?

From the Piddle Brewery, Dorset, that is. Recently when driving through the picturesque and amusingly named village of Piddletrenthide I saw a van similar to this. Subsequent investigation revealed the existence of the Dorset Piddle Brewery and their amusingly named collection of Beers. They certainly know how to work a theme. You can even get They even have merchandise They have even made it into a sorbet So, do you fancy a Piddle, then?

^ concur

Congrat on the new offspring Chris. So from now on

Major suckage there Al. Sounds more like going to Burning Man than Hardly Strictly. I wouldn't like to be them when billing you for work "done". Maybe they'd consider a discount for using you as a reference?, or not EDIT: Cheer up, it could be worse

Interesting ... http://www.katebush.com/news/kate-release-brand-new-album-50-words-snow-november December will be magic again

Safe journey Peter, it took me all two weeks of my Holiday in the UK to rack up a similar figure, even with the aid of

Speaking of Steve, and Size. This is the perfect opportunity to talk about my recent encounter with the Cerne Abbas Giant The NSFW(ish) spoiler shows him illuminated on the hillside as the sun sets. Those are sheep, for scale, if you click. Not everything in England is quaint EDIT: The bing birds eye view at the co-ordinates from the wikipedia link is surprisingly clear if you zoom in.

Speaking of interesting signs, I enjoyed the irony of signs such as this on my recent trip to the UK, and actually visited the said "Secret Nuclear Bunker" and very interesting it was too.

WTF Japan? Via The Register http://www.theregist...irtual_airbags/ Brings to mind Steve Marin's Quote from LA Story http://www.imdb.com/...es?qt=qt0307508

DayQuil. Work. NyQuil. Also observed others devour a 1Kg tin of Cadbury Roses chocolates I bought back in far less time than I expected.

Happy infection free birthdays to you both!

I particularly liked The Registers description of the back end infrastructure (and its implications)

DayQuil, slept, NyQuil.

Impending nastiness manifested itself as a cold, enough to make me feel lousy. Lets see what NyQuil will do to it.

Good Luck, Ken. I assume it involves javascript.