Linked List: July 22, 2007

Sunday, 22 July 2007

OS X 

Michael Tsai:

I just issued a refund to a customer who bought SpamSieve under the assumption that it would run on his iPhone. This was not an unreasonable assumption.

The Real Thing 

Gedeon Maheux on Coke’s redesigning packaging for Coca-Cola Classic:

Gone are the superfluous swooshes, bubbles and halftone tints that have been creeping onto Coke’s cans these last few years. In their place is one of the strongest treatments of the company’s brand I’ve ever seen.

Agreed. It’s beautiful.

I Believe in Science 

Great slogan, nice shirts. (Via the Coudal Swap Meat.)

‘Anti-Landmark’ Screenprint 

Gorgeous seven-color screenprint by Dan MacAdams, available at the CP Swap Meat.

Worst Headline of the Week 

MSN Money’s headline for article about Duke’s “It was Cisco’s fault, not the iPhone’s” statement: “Duke: iPhone Didn’t Cause Power Outages”.

Google Lobbies for Consumer Choice in Cellular Networking 

Google lobbies to make cellular networking more like computer networking — in the same way that your ISP doesn’t force you into “contracts” tied to your PC, Google wants your cellular plan uncoupled from your mobile device. Verizon and AT&T are opposed, surprise surpise.

A Sneak Preview of PyObjC 2.0 

Ronald Oussoren:

The development of PyObjC has slowed down to a standstill, or so it would seem if you look at the website or subversion repository. That’s far from the truth however, I’ve been hard at work on a major new version of PyObjC and the effort is paying off.

Jackass of the Week: Duke’s Kevin Miller 

Kevin Miller, assistant director of communications infrastructure, Duke University, last week:

“I don’t believe it’s a Cisco problem in any way, shape or form.”

And, of course, it was exactly Cisco’s problem in every way, shape, and form.

This is what’s wrong with our news media — they report allegations rather than facts. Why were no reporters skeptical about this?

Duke CIO on iPhone Wi-Fi ‘Problem’: Nevermind! 

Tracy Futhey, Duke University’s chief information officer:

Cisco worked closely with Duke and Apple to identify the source of this problem, which was caused by a Cisco-based network issue. Cisco has provided a fix that has been applied to Duke’s network and there have been no recurrences of the problem since.

Let me guess whether we’ll see as much coverage of this news as the original report that iPhones were at fault: No.