I have no idea if the designer(s) of Apple's famed logo had this in mind when at the drawing board, but considering Apple's attention to detail, I wouldn't be surprised if this was meticulously planned out. :-) Via I Love Charts....
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Remember how earlier this year, we canceled cable in addition to our land line? Since then, our cable company has been trying its darndest to win back our subscriptions. When we first moved into our home, we had signed up for their Triple Play package, which included cable, internet, and phone for about $100/month for the first year. After the first year was up, our bill went up to about $160/month, which we had continued to pay faithfully until we canceled cable and phone. Now, we are paying about $50/month for just the high-speed internet. The first few months after we had canceled cable and phone, we regularly received notices that they would reinstate the $100/month promotional price for a year. Four months ago, that price...
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I used to be a huge fan of Firefox, but made the switch to Chrome two years ago and have not looked back. :-) I continue to use Firefox and Safari for certain secret agent web missions, and am consistently reminded over and over again why Chrome is a better fit for me (faster, lightweight, and handles my bazillions of open tabs better) — but I certainly understand how others may prefer Firefox, Opera, or Safari over Chrome. What I don't understand is the large number of internet surfers who are still using IE7, nevermind IE6! (I have had hundreds of visitors browsing this blog with IE6 in the last month alone.) The below infographic is pretty funny and accurate, if I must say...
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...blogging takes a back seat. For today, I met up with this lovely lady... To attend a fancy bloggers' reception hosted by this tech company... Wherein we learned about a bunch of new products and ways to share media, met some cool people, grubbed on yummy catered food, and enjoyed an open bar (but only Sprite for this preggo). More on what I learned later — I promise! Then I grabbed some take-out Korean fried chicken to bring home to the hubs, only to discover while waiting for my order that there had been an earth-shattering (well, at least to us geeks) announcement made in the few hours I was away from home... We'll miss you, Steve, you patron saint of perfectionists....
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