wacky app

Disney has an app for Disney World and Disneyland that shows wait times, directions to attractions, etc.: "Mobile Magic".  And you won't find it.  Why?  Because you are almost certainly looking in the iOS app store.  This app is for certain Verizon phones only.

To see the app, you can look here.  I wonder what Steve Jobs has to say about this (or, perhaps, this was done to show that Disney does not overly favor Apple).  Not having it on the (true) app store more than a year after its Verizon release is startling.

airplay theory on daring fireball

I really like Daring Fireball.  But one post today didn't really make sense.  Mr. Gruber posits that the reason iPhone may not be able to push recordings from its video camera to Apple TV might be because "the iPhone doesn’t have the processing power to compress movies" tight enough.  He knocks down the theory on other grounds (because the same video streams just fine after being imported) but I would note that the iPhone seems to compress video on its own anyway - remember how an emailed or uploaded video gets compressed.  Perhaps he meant high quality compression (not the grainy stuff in emails).  Just a small note and of no consequence as the theory was rejected anyway.

What is Pastore's background?

I just read a remarkably well written piece.  The substance wasn't important (open table, market power, and restaurant finances).  But I was struck by how well it was written (to be clear, I'm not claiming I have any skills here - I'm not a qualified judge or practioner).

So, I was wondering what Pastore's background was.  I could look it up but am too lazy.

Rangel

I'd like to be like Charlie Rangel and walk out of things just because I feel like them.  And I wonder if his lack of money to pay counsel will somehow, magically, be consistent with a comfortable lifestyle in the coming years.

Liar and buffoon.  A truly evil guy.

a crazy idea

Is the reason Apple, in a surprise, is streaming the keynote because they are showing off their new delivery capabilities?

3x3 mystery apple screen

Is this screen for a new remote? 

handle for the iPad

I've been waiting to see if a third-party flip-down handle will be released for the iPad (or if the next generation will have one) because I can't yet see a comfortable way to hold it with one hand.  But I do like the thumb-hole idea.