Excellent stuff:
A few years ago, I first read Stuff by Paul Graham. The article really resonated with me, even though I was living in a small room at the time and didn’t have that much stuff. In recent months, I have been discussing similar topics with some of my friends, philosofying about Minimalism, Stoicism and Buddhism. Since then, I have been actively trying to get rid of more stuff and making my life simpler in general.
Zach is back! Go grab the new Beirut album The Rip Tide, it’s fantastic.
Fred Wilson, A VC:
It begs the question of whom Google built this service for? You or them. And the answer to why you need to use your real name in the service is because they need you to. Well at least we got that out there and can deal with it.
(via reddit)
I want you to be confident that Apple is not going to change. I cherish and celebrate Apple’s unique principles and values. Steve built a company and culture that is unlike any other in the world and we are going to stay true to that–it is in our DNA. We are going to continue to make the best products in the world that delight our customers and make our employees incredibly proud of what they do.
John Gruber on the Xperia Mini Pro, which features McAfee WaveSecure preinstalled, and the spread of crapware on Android.
The funny thing is, Microsoft learned from Windows being open to this sort of nickel-and-diming from hardware makers — to my knowledge at least, Windows Phone 7 devices don’t have crapware. Just Android.
Personally, crapware for me has begun with Samsungs TouchWiz or Motorolas MotoBlur. Still, utterly lame.
The Rechtbank ‘s-Gravenhage (a Dutch court in the city of The Hague) today issued an EU-wide preliminary injunction against Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones — but not the Galaxy tablets — at Apple’s request.
Samsung hat 7 Wochen Zeit, den Verkauf der Geräte zu stoppen.
My favourite backup tool Arq has been updated to version 2. It’s a free upgrade for Arq 1 users. Besides bugfixes, there are a lot of new features, including:
Go grab your copy, it’s worth it.
In einer Radiotalkshow meinte Bachmann nämlich, dass sie den Aufstieg von Ländern wie China, Indien und der “Sowjetunion” fürchte.
