Lucid Points

This one is a little harder, but it is still free money. Until 5pm tomorrow, I will give out $1 to each person that gives me the secret password in person. Previous winners need not apply.

Until 5pm CDT today, if you see me in person and ask for one, I will give you a $1 bill. The contest ends when $10 is gone. You have to keep it a secret and not tell anyone else about this post. I mean it – I will know who told because I can [...]

I ran across a post today with a link to the Wozniak 280ZX commercial from the early 80s. Woz owned a black one, I had a red one. Just a little reminiscing – I miss that car.

Wow, this is really bad software. After the most recent update, I get this error: “Your phone has reported that it cannot synchronize now. If you are performing an “Over the air” sync or backup please complete this first and try again.” I found a solution here, but it is a real kluge to a [...]

Well, there is some bellyaching over the incredible price drop of the iPhone, especially by those that already bought one.  However, the real story is the major pooch-screw of pricing it too high to begin with.  The sales did not live up to their forecasts, and now they are having to drop it to a [...]

Get this article in PC World and this one from Ars Technica (who should know better) – they “might” be working on an iPhone competitor. This gets an article?!?! Well, guess what? I might be too. The difference is that I don’t have billions in the bank. When is the last time Microsoft had an [...]

Here it is, their idea to have a video download service, just after they closed their doors on their music download service that could not compete.

I play golf. Ok, I play golf when it is convenient. Ok, ok — I play golf when it is convenient, the weather is perfect and the course is great and/or cheap. So what that really means is that I drink beer while riding in a golf cart and I get out long enough to [...]

Wow. Is he reading my mind? An entertaining summary of much of what I feel about the Borg.

I’ve written here, here, and here about Microsoft’s blunders, issues, and possible coming demise. Oh, and here, here, and here. There are others – trust me. I am not against Microsoft at all. What I am against is their failure to adopt new business paradigms, their total lack of respect for users (product activation failures), [...]