I got a package yesterday addressed to “Alex Kidman Clown School, Inc.” It’s nice to see my editors taking me seriously, for a change…. Back to the serious stuff, though, and an analysis of this morning/yesterday’s/today’s (depending on which side of the dateline you sit) Macworld Keynote for PC Authority: Mac Authority: Business as usual: …
First story off the cab ranks, at APCMag.com. And in a shock move, it involves Apple. Well, sorta. I may well end up hearing from Apple’s army of lawyers over this one… Fake Phil Schiller: what Apple has in store for 2009: “We intercepted Fake Phil Schiller sneaking in to Steve Jobs’ carspot at Cupertino …
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I’m doing an Alison-Moyet-Listening day today, as you might be able to tell. But hey, on the on the subject of words, I have plenty published today. First of all, at APCMag.com: Mobile Firefox coming to Nokia: “Ambitious plans will see Firefox mobile ported to Symbian Smartphones, possibly by as early as April next year.” …
You've got me so confused, and there's words I could use… Read More »
More news, reviews and not-terribly idle speculation today. It’s enough to send one GaGa… First up, at PC Authority: Macworld 2009 rumour mill: Windkintosh? “Unofficial “official” WiFi drivers brings the Mac Netbook ever closer — albeit in a shady legal fashion.” And then a pair of reviews at Gadgetguy.com.au coming out of the recent Adelaide …
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A direct quote, that one, and unsurprisingly, a quote from me. You can hear the rest in this week’s Australian Macworld Weekend Edition Podcast: Episode 42 — the Meaning of Life: “MJCP talks to Tony Williams,Danny Gorog and Alex Kidman about Apple pricing policies, iPhone non-disclosure, Google’s Android/iPhone strategy, Bento 2, MagSafe and life on …
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Argh. One of the more challenging aspects to being your own boss is doing the accounting and keeping track of everything. And then trying to work out the tax implications. Which almost segues… almost… bear with me.. into a need for some money, in order to pay my accountant to make sure I’m not stuffing …
This is March to… oobely-boo, this is misc, and this is… other. Read More »
I’ve written some unusual game reviews in my time, but my latest effort, at Australian Macworld, might just contain the strangest single paragraph yet: “Racing Games: Kiss My Asphalt” :“Now, imagine, if you will, a washing machine. Now, imagine (and bear with me here) that your washing machine had a mouth and, for some improbable …
Why does Monday morning keep rolling around? Couldn’t it just, for once, keep itself to itself? I guess if the LHC does go awry, it might well do, were that not largely poppycock. Oh well. Recent illnesses have put me behind the self-promotion ball, something that needs correction right away. If not sooner. Except that, …
Son, as your lawyer, I declare y'all are in a 12-piece bucket o' trouble. Read More »
As apparently my eyebrows were “Too antennae-like”. So, in the name of getting a nice headshot done, I had the world’s tiniest haircut on my eyebrows only. Who said my life wasn’t sometimes surreal? At the same time, quality Alex writing is available for your enjoyment in print and online. Just yesterday I was trying …
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Also, 100,005, at Australian Macworld: Apple gets back in the gaming business: “Now, if I could only work out a way to line up 20c pieces along the edge of the iPhone 3G…”