Train.Wreck.

iPhone Price Drop

I am pretty surprised that there are a lot of people whining about Apple dropping the iPhone's price $200. First, this is a consumer electronics device. All CE products drop in price significantly. Second, everybody knew that there was going to be a big price drop sometime below the holidays. Third, as the NY Times puts it:

Mobile phones tend to be more prone to price declines because the pace of product introductions is faster than for televisions or DVD players. Motorola, for instance, introduced the ultrathin Razr phone for $499 with a two-year service contract in early 2005. Six months later, Motorola realized it had a hit on its hands and dropped the price to $199 in an effort to aim at more mainstream buyers. By the end of 2005, the price was $99.

Why all the whining?

Go See this Movie

Dramatic Chipmunk

I don't know why, but this makes me laugh everytime I see it.

Don't Make Me Choose

Long Lost Lawsuit

Apparently, SCO, who was funded by Microsoft to sue Novell over certain important UNIX IP, has lost.  This is an old lawsuit that I had almost forgotten about or thought was settled.  In a long opinion granting summary judgment to Novell, the District of Utah also granted Novell the royalties that SCO earned by licensing the IP to Microsoft and Sun.  That's right, the money Microsoft paid to bankroll the law---er---license certain technologies from SCO is going to Novell.  Teh awesome.

Shipping Luggage?

You may as well buy another ticket and put the bag in the seat. My wife is flying to Italy on British Airways in October. I just saw an article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution  warning that European airlines lose bags at an alarming rate.  More specifically:

Such is the magnitude of the problem that travelers were advised this week by the Association of European Airlines, which includes the major national carriers, to avoid checking bags altogether if possible and to take carry-on luggage instead.

The association released figures showing that an average of 10 passengers per flight lost bags between April and June. British Airways was cited as the worst among Europe's major airlines, and is on track to lose a record 1.3 million bags this year.

So...being the good husband that I am, I searched for luggage shipping services to ensure my wife does not lose all her clothes on the way to or from Naples.   One, LuggageForward.com offers door-to-door delivery service.  I expect my wife to take one medium bag.  The fare?  $527.  

Yeah.  So I went to LuggageFree.com.  $600.  5-day service.  FirstLuggage.com?  $524.

Her ticket cost us $630.  So, we're going to live on the edge, I think, and check her bags.

College Football is Just Around the Corner

Thank You, Ron Mexico

The retribution has already started...Dog shoots man in back.

Police say King George, a 150-pound Great Dane, accidentally knocked a .22-caliber pistol off his owner's end table around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. The gun went off, hitting his 21-year-old owner in the back, MyFOXMemphis.com reports.

I Just Got Back from Alabama

alive!