Monthly Archives: January 2011

I keep thinking Apple will enter the “netbook” market. However, today Tim Cook says Apple is not interested and the position Apple takes as been interpreted as they suck. I think the position that “they are limited in what they can … Continue reading →

Education Week has an interesting issue revisiting the “Nation at Risk” report. I am presently reading Fertilizers, Pills, and Magnetic Strips by G. Glass. Among other topics, this book is critical of the data arguing that the U.S.A. is under-performing … Continue reading →

Check this resource from Slate – further down on the page you will find a map that shows trends in unemployment over the past couple of years.

Here is a link to info regarding the use of linux on netbooks. In a previous post, I complained that this option seemed to be disappearing. This article disagrees. My thanks to D. Stangl for this link.

This Washington Post link outlines the position of ISU (my alma mater) psych prof Douglas Gentile on video game addiction.

This from Wired on why Apple should also team with Verizon to offer the iPhone. Bring the iPhone to North Dakota.