dretblog

Free iPhones!

yesterday, a german court ruled that the iPhone must be offered without contract restrictions in germany. this puts an end to the pressure that apple can put on consumers by bundling offers in a way which force consumers into buying... Read more →

XML Pumpkin

what else is there to do in the last week of october? when everybody is busy thinking of costumes and covering places with fake spider webs? in this situation, carving pumpkins is a very important activity, and being the one-dimensional... Read more →

Bike Accident on Skyline Boulevard

hey biker! in case you are googling for bike accident on skyline boulevard in oakland on sunday, october 21, i really hope you will find this page. if you were the biker pushing my bike partner so that he fell,... Read more →

Sueing for Fun and Profit

now that verizon and sprint have had their fun and profit wrecking vonage, it's at&t's turn to try to get some profit out of this. at&t claims patent infringement, as the new york times writes, over a single patent in... Read more →

Satan Crushes Newspaper!

today's new york times reports shocking facts in Tabloid Eaten by Aliens! Fake Columnist Loses His Job!. the Weekly World News , arguably world's weirdest newspaper, will cease to exist. what a bummer! just looking at the latest headline in... Read more →

Marketing vs. Information

in my post about flash and web architecture, i wrote about my opinion that flash is valid as a multimedia app technology and as a media player for audio and video (in which case it is a major overkill), but... Read more →