John Siracusa is one of the most respected members of the Apple blogosphere. In these two pieces he lays the smack down on Tim Cook.
Apple Turnover
Apple Turnaround
Another bonkers and amazing addition to the legacy of the Voyager project: thrusters that had been assumed unusable for over 20 years have been revived. I keep waiting to hear that the minuscule budget line that keeps this project has been X-ed out by you -know-who.
NASA’s Voyager 1 Revives Backup Thrusters Before Command Pause
As lazy as it is to keep rolling out remakes of old stuff, I will give a re-booted Scrubs a shot. Also an excuse to go watch some of the old ones again. Standard def ain’t going to be pretty.
Zach Braff Boards ‘Scrubs’ Reboot at ABC
A moving piece about how music can affect us, and how that changes when the people that make the music are revealed to be (possibly) terrible humans.
I can’t hear those words in the warm, paternal way I once did, knowing that someone else’s daughter claims he damaged her. It’s as simple as that when it comes to these matters of art vs. artist: Can you listen to the music without hearing ghosts in it?
It was inevitable but there seems to be a growing movement to “re-discover” CDs and CD players amongst some music geeks. Which is cool; I don’t judge anyone for diving into the history of physical music formats. A sub-set of that group is interested in Sony MiniDisc players. I never had one, but always thought they were super cool. This article looks back on how they worked and what made them unique.
The entire site is a cool reminder of when Sony made the greatest shit.
Finally, a modern review of Fletch.