Webslinger
The good: $199 8GB / $299 16GB 3G internet/voice with a minimal hit on battery life No longer has the proprietary recessed headphone jack Real GPS The bad: Aluminum backing replaced with fingerprint-happy plastic 3G data plan costs an extra $10, bringing the base monthly price to $70 Still no MMS picture messaging Overall, the … Read more
In case you missed it, the United States withdrew from the Human Rights Council yesterday. But Eric Sottas, director of the International Organisation against Torture sees it as a a political gesture. “The US has always clearly shown its opposition to the Council. This is a slightly more public way of putting pressure on it … Read more
At my College of Business job, I recently moved from the security team lead position to an application development one. I’m really happy about the switch- I’ve been trying to get into a development role for about 10 months – but now I’m entering the nitty-gritty, “oh-god-I-don’t-know-these-languages” world. It’s an all-Microsoft shop, so I’ll be … Read more
I’m seriously considering going into the Peace Corps after I graduate. The thought has occurred to me off and on for the last year or so, and some of Barack Obama’s comments on service at his Wesleyan commencement address brought it back to my attention today: I also began to realize that I wasn’t just … Read more
“Outraged” doesn’t even begin to cover it. (link to video) Delaware Dem at Daily Kos gets it right: And surely you would have known that it mattered not if you had previously suspended your campaign. Hell, even if you had conceded to Obama, and Obama died, you would have been tapped to be our nominee. … Read more