BlazingFrog

Comparing "web sites" at large to "mobile apps" is an unfair comparison. In addition to being able to get online through native mobile apps, smart phones also count for page views on regular sites as much as any desktop does. Also, most serious web app programmers out there also have a mobile version of their web site available, so I don't buy the whole give-up-on-standard-web-apps-and-go-for-native-mobile-apps argument. However, no one can deny the strong trend toward mobile computing.

You put all pains on the same level when, by definition, each person's pain is relative. It's relative to each individual's past experiences, sensitivity, life circumstances and so many more facts. That's my definition of empathy: being able to understand that, no matter what the appearances or what I think I know, a lot goes into one's shaping of an idea/opinion on any topic. Life and death more than any other.

Also, remember that it's not all about you. Your anger toward somebody else's actions does not grant you any right to judge.

If you equate worth with money, in that case you are correct. Hopefully there is a lot more than money to your job or, no matter how many hours, you'll likely not enjoy that work week.

HN killed her business (if only temporarily):

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Having kids will change you, no question. You would throw yourself under a bus to save your kids, absolutely. But let's not forget that you are still an individual with aspirations, ambitions, needs. Even after your child is born. Some people are better than others at repressing that side of their identity, instead evolving into a seemingly completely altruistic being. I couldn't.

The first year with my first born was hard but still magical (plus my wife stayed home with him so it helped a lot). After that, time to be used for myself was coming back, restful nights... Piece of cake.

Then I pushed for a second child (I always loathed the idea of raising an only child for some reason). My wife had resumed working by then and it was understood that she would go back after a couple of months of staying home with the baby.

That's when it became insanely painful for me, trying to protect my newly returned freedom (after my first born became more independent) while carrying 50% of the child rearing load with a newborn and a toddler.

I had to surrender (my self lost) for my own sanity and the well-being of my children. The lesson I think I've learnt is that to be as "successful" as possible at raising kids (whatever that means) you have to let go. A lot at times. And hope for the best.

Read again. He never said he loved the first one but not the others. I'm paraphrasing: "the first one is wonderful, the others not so much".

If anybody else is curious to learn more about single-letter domain names. They were grandfathered in from another era.

"As of August 2011 only three domains, i.net, x.com and x.org host a web site. q.com is active but redirects to centurylink.com." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-letter_second-level_doma...

People don't want a tablet, they want an iPad. It's that simple.

Does anybody seriously believe that the average consumer walks into Best Buy (or any other store) and say "Hello, I'm shopping for a tablet, what selection do you offer?". And then proceed to compare side by side an iPad and a Xoom (or any non-iPad) to, ultimately, decide on the iPad? As of today, this is the fantasy world those non-iPad tablet makers are living in, thinking they can compete on specs (but apparently not on looks or price).

OTOH, this will change with the Kindle Fire that will swoop the entry level tier.

And if you were in a folder before launching your app, it takes you back to the open folder. I never understood that part and it throws me off every time even with 1+ year of experience with it...

He didn't say it was the best value on the smartphone market. He said it was (in his opinion) the best smartphone.

Not sure how price qualifies as a feature considering prices may change based on time, geography, carrier choice and other factors.

No matter how you look at it, a Lexus is a better car than a Honda Civic. You, as a customer, may not assign the same value to the actual features as a different customer may is the only difference.

Don't know where they got the specs or even if they are accurate: http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/28/compare-ipad-2-kindle-fire/?u...

I used to admire HP...

If Hastings admitted to a mistake, it's for failing to explain what they were doing more clearly. His words: " It wouldn’t have changed the price increase, but it would have been the right thing to do."

Am I the only one hearing a hint of condescension here?

I'm curious, do you have numbers backing the higher profitability of their streaming business over DVD-by-mail?

I do agree that, if they wanted to get rid of their original line of business without looking like that's what they were doing, this would be the best way.

Do you mind elaborating? Drive-by judgements rarely add much to an intelligent conversation.

Yes. After having failed to obtain it using the most frontal approach (asking me), he naturally resorted to a more subtle approach that appealed to my (apparently obvious) insecurities as a parent. Or it could have been a trial balloon to evaluate those insecurities. In any case, my statement about not being a CRT for attention was meant to emphasize the "cry" part in the desperate sense of the term. It was simply a calculated move.

> My first obligation on this Earth is to my family

No disrespect but to what was your first obligation before you had a wife and kids?

I'm always tempted to interpret this kind of statement one of two ways: either your life before your family was so miserably empty that it gave you a purpose (nothing wrong with that) or you're borderline schizophrenic that you can fool yourself (or worse, truly believe) that your personality suddenly morphed and you're now a different individual who will be just as content with a lifestyle radically different from what he ever had, obligations as well as satisfactions that cannot be possibly imagined until you actually cross that line and have kids.

I personally have a hard time believing people can change that much...

Thank you. Good to know that I'm not alone...

Unfortunately, whether it's due to the societal environment or maybe some of my guilt for not feeling like the perfect Dad that desperately wishes to spend every waking seconds with his kids is transpiring but my 5-yo son floored me today.

When I kindly refused to play with him on the computer, explaining that I was tired after a very long day and that, beside, we were heading out in the next 10 minutes he replied with a tone clearly aimed at inspiring guilt: "But Daddy, you're supposed to take care of your kids..."

Let me add right now that I do spend a healthy amount of time with my kids, just like any reasonably involved parent of 2 in a family of 2 working adults.

His plea was not a cry for attention, I assure you.

5 years of age.

> but only on controversial posts such as Gruber's

You do realize that, by definition, "controversial" is a subjective notion, right?

I'm also a recent Safari convert from Chrome after getting my MBA. I was missing 2 great Chrome features:

1) only 1 URL/search box (replaced by SafariOmnibar on Safari, doesn't work perfectly with Resume)

2) the search engine capabilities from the omnibar ("st mac" would search "mac" on StackOverflow) which I replaced with Alfred.

Don't miss Chrome at all anymore (still use it for its embedded Flash capabilities).

Or on Apple discussion forums.

I'm hoping they will do away with the "you need to restart Firefox after installing an add-on". Chrome has been able to install/uninstall/disable/tinker with add-ons without the need to restart for years. That and a new logo (tired of that fox) and I may give it another try.

Works great in Chrome 13 on OS X 10.6.8

I totally agree with you. The same thing happened to me with another registrar/hosting company (ipage). Hosting for a year went from around $50 to over $100 with auto-renew. I did receive an email notifying me of the upcoming renewal but no price was included in the email. When I confronted them after the fact they told me that the information was on their home page where it says something to the effect of "Hosting only $50/year" and then right underneath in small print "(save 50%)". Maybe I should have assumed that saving 50% now meant I would be charged twice as much the next time but I guess I'm not that bright. Also, when asked for an explicit price list in a chat session, they gave me a link to a page buried in the FAQ to which, they acknowledged, you couldn't get directly in any easy way.

I guess they're all the same.

First, I don't believe it's a problem but merely a different procedure. Second, in France (and most of Western Europe I think), all ATM's keep your card for the simple reason that the magnetic stripe (the part of the card that's in contact with the ATM when you swipe) is never used, to my knowledge. It's the chip that is used to verify the identity, locally record the transaction and more.

Been using then to host my small personal projects for a year or two (using their SVN repo). So far, so good (so free too).

Do you have any personal experience with Zimbra? Isn't it too feature-rich, and thus overly complicated, for home use?

Anybody else tempted to operate their own "cloud"?

I'm waiting for OS X Lion Server to be released to install it on my home server (really just a mac Mini running 24/7 next to my router). Since most of my sharing (calendar, docs...) is between my wife and myself, it seems doable.

I'm just not sure that iCal, Mail and the file sharing features will be adequate enough to replace Gmail, Google Calendar and Docs.

Which is precisely why modern civilized societies have a judicial system. To reach a verdict based on actual facts and evidence. Not some "what ifs". [edited for typos]

I don't see any evidence that Person B stole Person A's laptop or that Person B is even aware than the laptop was stolen. Or maybe that was the point you were making?