Newly Debuted iPad
This is a slice of Apple’s home page, which shows the debut of the iPad. If you click on the image and open up the larger size, you’ll see it better.
Apple is billing its new play-work-gadget-tool as “magical.” The sad thing is that some MacHeads probably believe it.
I mean, come on. Magical. Really?
And revolutionary. Magical and revolutionary. Brilliant.
The CBS.com video player requires that you see an ad served by doubleclick.net before you can watch full videos. If you are having problems viewing videos on CBS.com, then I recommend you disabling any software feature that blocks doubleclick.net from serving that advertisement.
In my case, I had blocked doubleclick.net at my router. To view CBS videos, I had to permit the ad to be served.
The reason seems to be that the CBS player integrates the ad, so that if the ad doesn’t play, then the start of the video will not trigger. This appears to be different than some of the other network sites, where you can block their ads while the featured video still plays.
I haven’t looked into a way of still blocking the ad served before CBS videos, but I suspect it can be done. Perhaps the ads could be blocked in Google Chrome or Firefox with some javascript modification while allowing the featured video.
I have been thinking more about text messaging and its use by attorneys to communicate with clients. It seems there is a large subset of lawyers who believe that text messaging should not be used to communicate with clients. I can understand why, but I am not sure that I agree.
The argument against lawyers text messaging their clients is several-fold:
I’m certain this is not an exhaustive list. But it is a hefty enough list to dissuade lawyers from using text messaging technologies. Some of the concerns, I think, are legitimate (or at least borderline so), while others I am more skeptical of. (more…)
If you’re getting the so-called ‘black screen of death’ as described in the BBC News article here, then try this workaround.
When you restart your computer after a black screen incident, try pressing F8 repeatedly right as the machine turns on.
Normally, this would allow you to boot into the various operating system start options (like safe mode). I have found that this allows Windows to start normally, though it leads to another unusual bug where hammering F8 boots up the machine normally instead of giving you the system start options.
I’ll see if I have a few minutes to post a video on it later. Good luck.
The following is a real (and redacted) conversation amongst several lawyers (including me) on the topic of text messaging and instant messaging. As you can see, the opinions fall primarily along two lines—those who embrace the technology and those who are skeptical of the technology. As I say in my bit below, I think there will be a generational change where lawyers a decade or two from now will use IM and txting the way we currently use e-mail and voicemail. In other words, without blinking an eye.
Without further ado:
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