THERE IS A LITTLE PONY IN THE APPLE STORE. What the hell? A beautiful little pony, with a flowing mane, the likes of which my sister would have killed to get for Christmas when she was 7 or 8. And, NOONE is looking at this thing.
Delightful story from Frank Chimero (tip o’ the antlers to Rod Knowlton).
Nobody ever bats an eyelash when a man/Mac/antelope walks into one, either.
Humans are weird.
Happy iPad Day, everyone! While you’re waiting in line, waiting at home, or taking yours for a test drive, let’s hear from the detractors.
Grrrrr.
Edit: Strange. It seems limited to Google Reader. Anyone who has any clues, feel free to comment.
Edit 2: That’s better. Still don’t get it, but deleted two extraneous files and reinstalled WordPress.
Plush Jobs (tip o’ the antlers to Macworld:
Plush Jobs is not for children. Unfortunately he is a choking hazard. Please be 18 or older to handle Jobs responsibly.
Question: Is Apple scared of RIM? (Tip o’ the antlers to the Rat Boy via email.)
Answer: No. (Tip o’ the antlers to Daring Fireball.)
A quarter Two months early [that's sales to-date, not as of the end of last quarter]. Just announced on the quarterly conference call, not that it’s surprising unless you’re a jackass. And you know who you are.
The Macalope is thrilled – THRILLED! – to announce that starting, well, now he’ll be doing a weekly piece for MacUser. You can read the first riveting installment here.
See? The horny one always lands upright. He’s like a furry, antlered Weeble.
The piece will largely be a weekly roundup of stories from the Macalope’s unique perspective. He’ll still be punching out a few of the usual jackasses here but, frankly, there’s going to be less of that. Truth be told, it’s simply exhausting trying to play whack-a-mole with people who simply do not care whether or not they’re accurate in their “reporting” about Apple. There are too many Todd Sullivans out there that are simply not worth the time (and the Macalope credits a number of commenters for pointing this out).
If there is a major publication that decides to let a silly pundit fly his anti-Apple freak flag, the Macalope will surely take it on. But no more generating free traffic for people whose blathering would otherwise go unheeded.
Onward and upward.
Microsoft to cancel Jerry Seinfeld ads (tip o’ the antlers to Daring Fireball).
No, seriously.
???
Can anyone explain ???
OK, the Macalope didn’t really get the ads. He chuckled a little bit at them and admired Gates’ willingness to make an ass out of himself. But as the horny one said in an upcoming interview, these were image ads and was image really Microsoft’s problem? Most of Vista’s problem has been the difficult upgrade choices it forces users to make. And the brown and furry one doesn’t know if you’ve read the papers lately, but it’s not exactly an ideal time for corporate customers to have to take on an expensive conversion from XP to Vista.
It’s a darn shame, though. Seinfeld really needed the work.
Gates, too, come to think of it.
UPDATE: ???????????? (antler tip to John Gruber, but on Twitter this time).
Here’s the money quote:
The campaign illustrates “a strong desire” among Microsoft managers “to take back that narrative,” Mr. Webster said…
That’s not taking back the narrative. That’s conceding it.
The Macalope is pleased to announce that starting immediately, he’ll be blogging for CNET.
“Well, I know you cant work in fast food all your life
But dont sign that paper tonight,” she said,
But its too late.
This is a great opportunity for this mythical beast to gain a higher profile and, well, start making a little scratch for his troubles. According to the agreement, CNET bloggers retain responsibility for their content so you should not suddenly start seeing a bunch of puff pieces about how awesome companies that just happen to be CNET advertisers are.
Although, by the way, they are really, really awesome.
Yeah, I dont remember what I read,
I dont remember what they said,
I guess it doesnt matter,
I guess it doesnt matter anymore
But, even so, why would you like this? What do you, the Macalope’s lithesome yet virile reader, get out of it?
For starters, the fact that the horny one is now getting paid something reasonably resembling his worth (no offense to the fine folks at Rogue Amoeba who took a chance on a relatively untested mythical creature on their own initiative) means he has an incentive to write more.
Sell out, with me, oh yeah, sell out, with me tonight
Record company’s gonna give me lots of money and
Everythings gonna be all right
Also, there is, you’ll have to admit, a certain poetic irony in the Macalope blogging for the company that owns the company that George Ou blogs for.
What does that mean for this site vis-á-vis the new blog? Well, the Macalope’s not sure yet. He suggests continuing to subscribe to this feed as it may become the Macalope “after dark” as it were — a place to post those posts CNET might think are a little “too blue”.
No more flippin’ burgers puttin on my silly hat you know
I dont want that no more,
I didnt ask when we get paid, I quit my day job anyway,
I guess it doesnt matter, I guess it doesnt matter anymore
One piece of bad news is that CNET does not currently provide full RSS feeds. They provide the first 100 characters which should at least take care of the primary complaint the Macalope heard which was having to click through for short posts. Also, it’s the Macalope’s understanding that they’re not completely wedded to this structure so if you’d rather see full feeds with ads or full feed without ads or full feeds without ads and a free beverage, let them know.
I dont think itll be so bad
I know it wont be so bad
‘Cause the man said thats the way it is
And the man said it dont get better than this, no, no, no
Again, it’s the Macalope’s sincere hope that his good fortune is your good fortune.
Lyrics to “Sell Out” by Reel Big Fish.