Surreptitious charges. AT&T is acting like your typical credit card company and there’s no incentive to change behavior.
Archive for July 2nd, 2009

Simple solutions often work better
July 2, 2009FP:
Via World Politics Review, Nepal has devised a strategic intervention to cut down on corruption among its airport employees: take away their pockets.

iPhone/iPod Touch – the new laptop
July 2, 2009Journalism school first, now a pharma school. Wonder when this requirement will make its way to pre-school:
Some freshmen at the University of Florida are required to start school with an iPod Touch in hand.
Officials recently put “important notice” up red text on the College of Pharmacy website to warn the fall class of 2009 that they must show up for class with an iPod touch or an iPhone.
The 8G model, which will set freshmen back $229 unless they get it with the back-to-school offer, meets the minimum requirement.

News to Apple users
July 2, 2009Users are complaining that the device is plagued with WiFi connectivity issues, which is a prerequisite to using the device.
What the hell is that thingamajig from the left?

It’s an ethernet port. So, a wifi connection is not a “prerequisite”.