We desperately need the rain, and hurricane Don will be a drought-buster. Hurricane Don doesn't sound very threatening, does it? It's like hurricane Bob or hurricane Suzie.
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6 comments:
You can delete this stupid story if you want.
When I was a senior in high school I went to Vegas (fake ID and all - not that I ever got carded) and saw Don Rickles - probably one of the funniest hours I have ever spent in my life. The most raunchy show ever - anyone in the front row was a victim at sometime during the show.
Good memory.
Yep. Buddy Hackett was the same way... we saw them on TV and in movies like Herbie the Love Bug, and in the real world of Las Vegas their act was quite different. Kinda like Bob Saget.
Hey Lou,
Long time lurker - first time commenter. Are you ever going to eat your humble pie over this post? (I saved it when you first posted it and just ran across the file)
TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 2010
iPad: Today's Edsel
Apple's iPad is available in a few days (maybe). It will be a colossal flop. Students of marketing and computer design will study the iPad catastrophe for decades, particularly Steve Jobs's "Gosh! Gee whiz! Aren't we just the cleverest, most revolutionary people ever?" keynote back in January.
Their pricing model is wrong... few will pay 4-5 times more for the same (but larger!) app you can get for 99 cents on the iPhone. Few will pay $19/mo for an online publication. (Hint: iPad won't save your local newspaper.) Most importantly, people will be reluctant to purchase and carry around an iPad (or any other tablet) once they start hearing stories about people dropping it and shattering the screen. (A smartphone is a computer that you can easily carry around in your pocket. A tablet is a fragile device that will need a separate case.) And no camera?
Apple's gushes about the "incredible, amazing, and magical" iPad sound really desperate. They remind me of Michael Jackson's La La Land interviews with reporters when he thought he was King of the World but didn't realize that everyone was tuning in to see a freakshow.
Apple's Newton was a pimple on an elephant's rear end compared to the disaster about to be unleashed.
POSTED BY LOU MINATTI AT 9:08 PM
I eat plenty of crow right here every January 1, Blushing. I am not ready to yet.
iPad will probably evolve into an eBook reader.
Thanks so much for your post, pretty helpful information.
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