Why Didn’t Anyone Tell Me About This?
posted on December 29th, 2008 by Lawrence Miller
So, apparently, Apple rejected an iPhone app that made good (and dare I say, obvious) use of its motion sensitivity: iBoobs. This is exactly the problem with Apple’s theory that people want to be protected from dangerous, unapproved apps; I cannot imagine anyone at all, man, woman, or child, not wanting to have an accurate boob jiggle simulator on their iPhone. Nothing I’ve seen, by the way, suggests that the boobs would be unclothed, and every kid with a game console already has at least a half-dozen games with life-like or hyperbolic jiggle physics, so I don’t really buy any hypothetical “won’t somebody please think of the children” argument (not that anyone’s made one).
Boo Apple! Hooray Boobs!
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Roger Ebert’s Unofficial Review of “Expelled”
posted on December 28th, 2008 by Lawrence Miller
…Can be found here. I’m referring to it as “unofficial” because Mr. Ebert posted it on his blog, not the more usual site for his reviews. I have written previously about evolution, Intelligent Design, and the movie “Expelled”.
Mr. Ebert posted this particular blog entry on December 3rd; there are now over 1000 comments. It’s a very good read.
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On Trust, Fairness, and the Auto Industry Bailout
posted on December 11th, 2008 by Lawrence Miller
The proposed bailout for the big three domestic auto makers upsets me. Nobody is rushing to the aid of workers in the not-for-profit sector, despite the fact that a) there are many of us, and b) the economic slowdown isn’t our fault, either. Other auto makers who manufacture and sell cars in the United States aren’t asking for handouts. So why does an industry that has been run terribly inefficiently deserve a bailout? The rant continues…
