“Apple plans third Australian store.” Excellent. I’m excited to see what the CBD store looks like when they take the covers off!
Category: Computers
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Clearing the decks before vacation…
They’re renovating the office area at the shop, so I worked from home today. At first I was looking forward to it, like, “Woohoo! I get to ‘work’ from ‘home’!” But instead, I found that without the random disruptions of calls from the shopfloor, I was able to slip into a disturbingly productive mindset. Other than two quick breaks (to eat a sandwich and Skype my nephew during his dinner), I worked straight through til after 7:00 without even realizing it. I managed to add 160 new products to the TC website, including loads of new Clover knitting accessories (and Chibis!).
I’m not going away anywhere for vacation. I’m just taking a week off. I haven’t had any days off in nearly a year. Needless to say, I’m REALLY looking forward to it.
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iPhone
“Local laws could scuttle iPhone deals.” Nooooooo! But– wait. That article is stupid. I seem to recall that France had the exact same law about tying a mobile to a carrier, so Apple released an unlocked iPhone. So they’ve done it before! There’s a precedent. I refuse to give up hope. (That was the #1 Google result for “iPhone France”, by the way. You’d think these fancy pants QUT researchers could’ve turned up that little gem. Shoddy journalism.)
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RSS Feeds
I put RSS feeds on the Tapestry Craft website today, so now you can see whenever I upload new products. There are even category-specific feeds, so you can subscribe to just knitting yarns or cross stitch kits or whatever. Huge thanks go out to the Snook, who helped me with some decidedly non-trivial coding issues. He rocks.
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Apple Store Sydney
Ooh, the Apple Store Sydney looks like it’s going to be amazing! Now I just have to decide whether I’m still dorky enough to camp out for the opening.
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Ravelry and Privacy
There’s a major sh*tfight going on in the Ravelry forums today, and I’ve been watching with interest. It’s about privacy and the expectations people have when they join a social site. The owners basically announced that (as many of us hoped) once the site is out of beta, anyone will be able to visit the site and view your projects, stash, etc. You’ll still have to join in order to get your own Notebook, leave comments, send messages, or post in the forums. Fair enough. (This is exactly how Metafilter works.) The outcry is coming from folks who’ve contributed to groups and forums that they’d rather not be associated with their username (such as atheists, gays, etc.). I don’t get this. Who on the Internet still doesn’t know that you NEVER post anything in the expectation it will be private? It boggles the mind. And I don’t get their insistence that making the site password-protected will matter. Once they open sign-ups, anybody that wants to can join and “stalk” you that way. So what’s the point? *sigh* I’m just glad that Cassidy and Jess aren’t turning Ravelry into livejournal or Facebook. Down with closed communities!
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Google court case
Needless to say, I’m watching this Google court case pretty closely.
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glassonion
“Sometimes I think of myself as a glorified mechanic…”
Oh yes, you HAVE to watch this video. I know, I know; it looks like your basic wannabe-edgy Web 2.0 viral marketing crap, and it is. But this is viral marketing crap starring my very own SNOOKUMS! -
Dorky Nerd Queen.
NerdTests.com says I’m a Dorky Nerd Queen. What are you?
I think it’s the “Dumb/Dork/Awkwardness” category that stings the most. Ouch! (Link courtesy of the very non-nerd Mary-Helen.)