Martine Pagé

During the time Steve Jobs has run the company, Apple has been hostile to truly independent journalism about its products and policies. This current attack on journalism — and that is precisely what is going on here — reflects the side of Jobs that will someday lead the company back down from its current heights. He is a genius, no question, but he is a control freak who doesn’t seem to care whatsoever that he’s infuriating some natural allies.

I’m writing this on a Mac. If I were buying a replacement today, I’m not at all sure I’d make the same choice again.

From Dan Gillmor’s blog, Grassroots Journalism, etc.

As it is often the case with blog posts, the truly interesting part is in the comments following Gillmor’s opinion.

Le m�le, tout le monde en parle ces jours-ci. Voil� que le magazine montr�alais Urbania s’int�resse aussi aux gars, avec un questionnaire qui vous « aide » � d�finir quel genre d’homme vous �tes ou quel genre d’homme vous aimez fr�quenter. Le questionnaire ET les r�sultats sont amusants! J’ai bien aim� l’interface avec les gars � l’urinoir en guise de choix de r�ponse.

Le magazine sollicite votre opinion sur le m�le pour un prochain num�ro enti�rement consacr� � ce sujet.

D�foulez-vous.

Here’s a cat story which should make Laurent very happy.

A man cooking in his kitchen was shot after one of his cats knocked his 9mm handgun onto the floor, discharging the weapon, Michigan State Police said.

From Salon.

I think this is exactly what Spiff wants to do to me since we’ve brought The Mini home. I better go hide the knives.