People's Republic of Mac
(Wired News)
"It was user-friendly. It looked cooler than anything else around at the time."

(As Laosan, sinophile and dedicated Windoze lemming, woefully (or sarcastically?) observes from the mainland: Mac-love is international. This rare photo of yours truly proves what I'm talking about: how many non-Mac users take photos with their machines? My Mac, picture here is SilverSurfer, is like a pampered pet in my home. OK, so there may be some truth to the whole cult thing, and perhaps, it really is the apple from the Garden of Eden, but in the end, it's a Mac thing, you wouldn't understand. Hahaha! )

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(A few people may have been wondering what these "bugmenot" links I've been including with some recent posts are. Well, bugmenot.com is a brilliant idea for a site that aggregates generic usernames and passwords for all of those ridiculous (mostly) newspaper sites which require "free registration." These registrations are shams: now your name, age, and E-mail address are in yet another database, yet another marketing company has the ability to spam you with offers you don't want, and worse of all, these registrations don't lead to better content. All they do is put up barriers to entert of these sites and annoying potential patrons. Ancient thinking in a modern medium where the competition is just a click away. I might not speak for many here, but if the content is good, I'll pay; for instance, I'm an ESPN.com and a WSJ.com subscriber; but let me see what you've got first. For all I know the content I want could just be a rehash of AP/UPI wires. These newspaper sites would do better to build services around their content that people would volunteer to register for, than to put a big padlock on the front door. That's very inviting. Bug me not, indeed.)

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(I've been looking for something that would give me an overview of what the problem is in The Sudan, and I found this audio report on what's fueling the explosive situation. More digging is needed, but from this initial NPR report, it doesn't sound like Darfur's good place to be, especially if you're Black. Sound familiar? (Windows Media or Real Player, required) )

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(Sometimes, marketing is just sh*tty. (Registration required, or just bugmenot.) )

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