The View from Down Here

The musings of an Aussie seeing the world from waist high.... from a wheelchair

Month: June, 2009

Steve Jobs is back at work, Apple says – CNN.com

This is very good news. Mostly for him. Apple still needs him, and not just behind the scenes. Phil and the others did ok at WWDC but the charisma was not there nor was the sparkle.
They probably do need to start thinking about “the next step” though

The hard rock bottom of my drive

I am writing this post on the iPhone app for Wordpress. It is 1 am on Monday morning and I have had a bad tech week!
I am sitting here watching a fairly clever graphical representation of my hard drive bring scanned and (hopefully repaired) by Disk Genius 2. A set of cats hair like they [...]

Amazon wish list

I was browsing Amazon and Dymocks Booksellers websites for ideas for upcoming birthdays, and decided that I have a potential weakness for all book-related websites.
As a result, and as a small project that will hopefully resolve the “what can I buy you for ….?” question (mostly from family) I’m going to build a book-centric [...]

Activists demolish Steve Jobs’s house plans

Apple boss housing issues
It seems to me that if the heritage of a house that is in such a dire state can still legally require an owner to maintain it because it is considered a landmark, then the same level of responsibility must be required to provide access for people for disability.
Californian law prohibits historical [...]

Quote of note

In oculis animus habitat
The soul dwellis in the eyes.
via Classical bookworm

Soccer balls and Portuguese chicken

What makes a chicken Portuguese?