Now, back to the glitch. We’ve posted tunes from Charlie Yin’s Giraffage before, but he’s just sent us this brand new track “Moments” which will appear on his debut LP Comforts which is set to be released at a yet to be determined date in Fall 2011. This track makes me want to hear it all yesterday.
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So now the transfer window has slammed shut and all the teams know exactly what they have to work with for the rest of the season (well at least until January). Despite there undoubtedly being some paperwork that has arrived but not yet confirmed publicly who have emerged the winners and who are the losers from this round of transfers.
Here I have selected five winners and five losers during the transfer window.
Source: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/830029-transfer-news-deadline-day-winners-and-losers
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? Duke University point guard is top NBA pick
? Irving: 'I've got some big shoes to fill'
The Cleveland Cavaliers selected the Duke point guard Kyrie Irving with the first overall pick in the NBA draft, as they set about rebuilding a team that set new standards for sporting failure last season.
A slick ball handler with size and speed, the Australia-born Irving is expected to be an immediate contributor when he joins a Cavaliers team that crumbled last season after LeBron James spurned them to sign with the Miami Heat.
It is unlikely that Irving will make the jilted Cleveland fans forget James but he may be able to help erase the embarrassment of a 26-game losing streak last season that secured the Cavaliers the No1 overall pick.
"I didn't have any doubts about going to number one," Irving said. "I was looking to the organisation to pick who they felt was the right choice.
"I've got some big shoes to fill. Number one picks, they have a lot of expectations on them and I plan on exceeding them. I'm really not looking to replace LeBron honestly, just try to be Kyrie Irving and just contribute to the Cleveland organisation as much as I can."
Irving played in only 11 games last season after suffering a toe injury but the Cavaliers saw enough to convince them that he was a player to build their team around.
He averaged 17.5 points, 3.4 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game in his shortened season, and also caught the attention of Australian basketball officials, who hope to have the guard leading the national team in future.
"Right now I'm in discussion with the [Australia] head coach Brett Brown and we have been talking for a while about me transitioning from the USA to playing for Australia, but it's a position that's not going to be made right now," said Irving.
"Like I said, we are in conversation ... that will be a decision that I will make further down the road."
The Minnesota Timberwolves used the second pick to select the Arizona forward Derrick Williams before the draft quickly returned to an international flavour with the next five picks coming from outside the US.
With a potential industrial dispute looming, international players were expected to figure prominently in this year's lottery with several highly rated American college prospects choosing to remain in school and ride out the potential strike as the NBA and the players' union negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement.
The Utah Jazz took the Turkish forward Enes Kanter with the third pick while the Cavaliers looked north with the fourth selection to claim Canadian forward Tristan Thompson.
The Toronto Raptors, already one of the NBA's most cosmopolitan teams, added the Lithuanian Jonas Valanciunas to their diverse roster while the Washington Wizards went with Czech Jan Vesely.
The Sacramento Kings took Congo's Bismack Biyembo but shipped the forward to the Charlotte Bobcats in a pre-draft three-team deal to make it six foreign players claimed in the first seven picks.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jun/24/cavaliers-kyrie-irving-nba-draft
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Astute TUAW readers may remember a story from two weeks ago about a prototype 2007 MacBook Pro with a 3G antenna built into the side of the LCD screen as well as a SIM slot. The device was being sold on eBay and had received bids in the neighborhood of US$70,000 before Apple requested that the sale be stopped. Now Apple wants the prototype back from its current owner.
CNet contacted the seller, Carl Frega of North Carolina, who had purchased the unique machine from someone on Craigslist. The machine wasn't working, so Frega sold it again on Craigslist. This owner brought the machine to an Apple Store Genius Bar. When the machine was opened up, Apple refused to repair it as they noted that almost every part inside the device was "third party" -- the main logic board, optical drive, display, hard drive, and top case were all non-standard.
The second buyer was miffed that Apple refused service and, thinking that the machine was a fake, took Frega to small claims court. Frega was forced to return the buyer's money and got the one-of-a-kind MacBook Pro back, after which he tried to sell the device on eBay to see if he could recoup his losses.
Apple has now contacted Frega to recover the MacBook Pro, and the fate of the machine rests in the hands of the powers-that-be in Cupertino. It's too bad that this one can't be photographed for the Shrine of Apple.
Apple called: They want their prototype 3G MacBook Pro back originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Source: http://www.tuaw.com/2011/08/31/apple-called-they-want-their-prototype-3g-macbook-pro-back/
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The Miami Dolphins need Tim Tebow. Tim Tebow needs the Miami Dolphins.
It?s a match made in heaven and the Denver Broncos are currently playing Scrooge for Timmy and his fans.
The Dolphins are inexplicably going to be honoring the 2008 National Champion Florida Gates on October 23, according to Yahoo Sports? Shutdown Corner?s MJD. Never mind the fact that it doesn?t make a lick of sense for the Dolphins to do it, but they are actually going to honor the Gators prior to their meeting with?you guessed it, the Broncos!
Wow. So you?re going to honor a college team prior to your professional football game and you?re going to do it with the star player from Florida representing your opposition for the afternoon?
Doesn?t the Dolphins organization realize Tebow and his Broncos are preparing to dismantle them? The only logical reason behind such a jaw-dropping ceremony would be for the Dolphins to woo the Broncos into trading Tebow prior to the trade deadline. The trade deadline is conveniently the Tuesday of Week 6, one week prior to Miami hosting Denver.
Is anybody else floored by how perfect the setup is for a blockbuster trade!?
At this point, why wouldn?t the Broncos trade Tebow for the right offer? They clearly have no respect for him and don?t view him as a franchise quarterback. He?s setting behind former first round bust Brady Quinn on the depth chart for crying out loud.
Tebow is the perfect fit for Tony Sparano?s smash-mouth, run first offense. With Tebow at quarterback, the Dolphins could essentially run the Wild Cat formation ever down. The Dolphins formed an impressive supporting cast of skill players this offseason, but they desperately need a quarterback.
Tebow is the ideal candidate to inject life into this franchise. They would be able to honor him and the Gators at their first home game with Tebow on the roster. It?s a fairytale yearning to be told. The ball is in your court to make it happen, Denver. At this point, you have nothing to lose.
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GeekTool is a system preferences module that lets you display information like specialized calendars on your desktop via plugins. GeekTool also has a shell mode that lets you launch custom scripts or commands and an image mode to watch common system parameters such as CPU load and memory availability. The app is targeted towards advanced users with knowledge of unix and shell commands. If you don't want to write your own script, there's a variety of scripts (geeklets) available here.
GeekTool landed in the App Store a little over a week ago and is available here for free. If your desktop is boring and empty, check out GeekTool and put that unused screen real estate to good use.
GeekTool available on the Mac App Store originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Source: http://www.tuaw.com/2011/08/30/geektool-available-on-the-mac-app-store/
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Today's daily iPad app is Highlights, an app that lets you find new and interesting places around you based on crowd sourced recommendations from check-in services Gowalla and Foursquare. The app works by scanning Gowalla and Foursquare reviews and then processing them through Highlights' ranking systems.
The results are then presented to you on an interactive Google Map. By default the app works by using your current location, but you can enter almost any address on the globe to get recommendations. This is especially handy for when you're planning a trip to another city.
Highlights also features a "recommend in this area button." When tapped you'll see a list of the top spots in your currently viewed area divided into categories like culture, religion, arts, education, entertainment, food, hotels, nightlife, great days out, and more.
As with other apps that spotlight cool areas around you, Highlights lets you narrow your search by category. It also offers basic translation of reviews into some other languages -- a nice feature for international travelers. Also besides the ability to search and browse places around you Highlights offers a planner feature that allows you to save those places to an itinerary. It even offers you pre-made itineraries via Gowalla Trips.
Highlights' user interface is clean and easily navigable with large icons representing the categories of discovered venues. The app is also universal, so it runs on both the iPad and iPhone. The only immediate improvement the app needs is the ability to convert kilometers into miles. Though the metric system is far superior and easier to use, many in America may be put off by only having distances measured in kilometers.
Highlights has found a permanent spot on my iPad and iPhone home screen. It's available in the App Store for US$0.99.
Daily iPad App: Highlights originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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I’ve never listened to Balam Acab before. But this song makes me want to.
Balam Acab – Motion by TriAngleRecords
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What do Marilyn Monroe, Brigitte Bardot, Farrah Fawcett, Pamela Anderson, Angelina Jolie, and Megan Fox have in common?
They are all sex symbols.
But what about sports? There has to be many women in sports today that have enough sex appeal to be considered sex symbols, right?
Not only are there many but I found 50 of those women and put them together for everyone out there to enjoy. Here is the 50 Hottest Sex Symbols in Sports Right Now.
Source: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/826229-50-hottest-sex-symbols-in-sports-right-now
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In the days since the resignation of Steve Jobs as CEO of Apple, Inc., we've seen an amazing outpouring of love for the man and his legacy. But none of those tributes has had quite the impact of marathon runner Joseph Tame accomplished with an iPhone (actually two), the Runkeeper app and service, and his own two legs.
Tame ran a half-marathon around the heart of Tokyo with a specific route in mind -- one that approximated the shape of the Apple logo. The run took Tame about two hours, and the end result was the Runkeeper GPS plot seen above. In case you're wondering, the bite out of the Apple is the Imperial Palace.
TUAW has featured Tame's exploits before: he's also the creator of a rig that allows him to carry four iPhones, an Android handset, and an iPad while running so that he can live stream his marathon runs. Tame told New Launches that the iPhone "really has changed my life here in Tokyo. It means I can go anywhere without getting lost, I have all my data with me at all times, I'm potentially in touch with thousands of friends and family members around the world at all times, and I have access to any information I might need to do what I need to do."
Joseph Tame definitely knows how to say "Thank You, Steve Jobs" in style.
Runner's 13-mile trip is a tribute to Steve Jobs originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Source: http://www.tuaw.com/2011/08/29/runners-13-mile-trip-is-a-tribute-to-steve-jobs/
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Stem Innovation, the same company that brought iOS device owners the TimeCommand alarm dock and accompanying Stem:Command software, now has a new product out that looks like a winner. The iZON Remote Room Monitor (US$129.95) is a Wi-Fi connected, app-based video camera that can be used to keep an eye on a child in another room or a house on the other side of the planet.
As with the TimeCommand, setup of the iZON appears to be drop-dead simple. The company recommends using an 802.11n Wi-Fi network, and the tiny cylindrical camera (which weighs only .74 oz) takes less than 10 minutes to set up. Compare that to the hours it took for me to set up a Foscam Wi-Fi camera -- I had to use Windows running under VMWare -- and the extra $40 or so for the iZON looks like a great investment.
In addition to connecting to your local Wi-Fi network, the iZON also connects to the Stem servers for video monitoring over EDGE, 3G and remote Wi-Fi networks for up to 5 minutes per session. It's possible to set up motion sensitivity with the camera so that you receive an alert through push notification whenever something within the field of view moves.
There's also an audio monitor built into the camera, and the same alerts can be enabled when an audio level is exceeded. The video stream is encrypted for your protection, but can be recorded in 30-second bursts to a free private YouTube account.
The iZON camera is available at Apple Stores and some Best Buy locations, or can be ordered directly from Stem Innovation. TUAW will have a full review of the iZON in the near future.
Stem Innovation's iZON Remote Room Monitor is Apple friendly, easy to set up originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Source: http://www.tuaw.com/2011/08/29/stem-innovations-izon-remote-room-monitor-is-apple-friendly-ea/
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Filed under: Reality-Free, TV News, Fall TV
It's a 'Miss Guided' reunion on 'Two and a Half Men' this season as it's been announced that star Judy Greer has signed on for a recurring role on the comedy.
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Source: http://www.aoltv.com/2011/08/30/judy-greer-to-play-ashton-kutchers-ex-on-two-and-a-half-men/
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Filed under: Reality-Free, TV Replay
William Shatner is 80 years old and a legend. He's so iconic, he's surpassed any of the famous characters he's played and become a character himself. That pretty much means he gets to do anything he wants, which is exactly what happened on 'The Late Late Show' (Weeknights, 12:37AM ET on CBS).
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Source: http://www.aoltv.com/2011/08/30/william-shatner-rides-craig-ferguson-like-a-horse-video/
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Steve Jobs has stepped down from his role as Apple's CEO, and Tim Cook has stepped up to the plate. The web has gotten most of its reminiscing out of its system, so now it's time for the wild-eyed and empty-headed analysis! Huzzah!
Tim Cook said nothing at Apple is going to change under his leadership, but that hasn't stopped "analysts" from compiling wish lists for Apple's future anyway. Today the tech sector is pretty much bursting at the seams with dunderheads whose advice for Apple ranges from merely misguided to downright tragic. I've singled out five whose advice for Apple's future is so monumentally bad that it's like telling your gullible cousin he should brush his teeth with dog food. I've arranged them in rough order of lunacy.
1. Apple should make a QWERTY iPhone
ZDNet's Matthew Miller seems to think that Steve Jobs's departure from Apple means the company will abandon the design philosophy behind its most successful product ever and tack on a physical keyboard. Why? "I think there are millions out there that would love to see an iPhone with a QWERTY keyboard and if Apple can design one as well as it designs the iPhone then it could be the best physical QWERTY keyboard ever and there would be a lot more people who would jump on an iPhone." Umm, okay.
This is just a guess, but I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that "lacks physical keyboard" hasn't been a big factor in the extremely low adoption rates of the iPhone so fa- hahaha, sorry, I couldn't keep a straight face for the rest of that sentence. If you're holding your breath waiting for Apple to slap a physical keyboard on the iPhone, well, I hope for your sake you're not underwater.
Putting a physical keyboard on the iPhone would be a back-pedalling decision from a design perspective. Apple's not known for slapping extra things onto its products if it doesn't think most people will need that feature, and gumming up its flagship product with a physical keyboard would set a dangerous precedent. If you're going to do that, why not put a "real" keyboard on the iPad, too? And how about five USB ports, and a 3D camera, and a built-in handle, and a cupholder, and some fuzzy dice?
Leave design decisions to the designers.
2. Scott Forstall should run Apple, not Tim Cook
From the Department of Insensitive Headlines comes Ed Oswald's "It was time for Steve Jobs to go." I'm not going to dwell on his analysis of the timing of Steve Jobs's departure; instead, let's look at Oswald's plans for Apple's future. "I'm not the biggest fan of Cook at the helm of Apple. I don't really think he is the right person long term," Oswald says. Well, you're entitled to your opinion, I guess, but why not? Oswald says it's because Tim Cook doesn't take center stage the way Jobs did, and from there he decides that means Apple will be run by committee from now on and plunge into the same chaos that doomed it in the 1990s.
Who would make a "better" CEO according to Oswald? "If you ask me, I've always been a fan of iOS chief Scott Forstall. The man has impressed me in his increasing number of public appearances at Apple events: he has the charisma, and shares Job's [sic] vision and knows how to express it well. Forstall is the next long-term CEO of Apple, and not Cook."
So this is how we gauge a CEO's potential performance: not on the real numbers he turns in, but by his stage presence? Oswald's "analysis" would be a lot easier to swallow if fellow betanews writer Joe Wilcox, who's wrong about Apple far more often than he's right, hadn't pointed out that Apple's revenue has more than tripled in the past two and a half years under Tim Cook's guidance as Chief Operating Officer. Cook has already been in charge of the day-to-day at Apple for a long time, and the company has been more profitable than ever.
If Steve Jobs thought Forstall was the better CEO long-term, why did the Apple board (and Steve) build a succession plan around Tim Cook instead? Maybe because Steve Jobs and Apple's board knew far better than Ed Oswald who'd be able to successfully helm Apple once he stepped down? Apple also just awarded Tim Cook one million shares of Apple stock if he stays on until 2021, so there's that.
Strap into your safety gear, because it only gets dumber from here.
3. Apple should become less secretive
Popular Mechanics' take on the matter is the opening salvo in a trifecta of wooly-headed calls for more "openness" from Apple. According to Glenn Derene, the company "must be more open about upcoming products. And to be honest, it's not even clear that Apple's secrecy gives them any tangible business advantage."
You're absolutely right. I'm sure that pre-announcing products months in advance, then being forced to delay the shipping date later is a far better business strategy. I mean, look how well it's worked for Microsoft! And given that companies like Samsung are already shamelessly aping Apple's designs, I'm sure that problem won't get worse at all if Apple lifts the veil of secrecy surrounding its future products.
Derene also advises that Apple should be less "vindictive" from here on out, and of all things, he cites Apple's blacklisting of Gizmodo as an example of that vindictiveness. Gizmodo, the outlet that paid several thousand dollars for stolen property, dismantled it for the world to see, blackmailed Apple into admitting the device was real before returning it, and then had the gall to publicly humiliate the engineer who lost it in the first place. If enacting media sanctions and pursuing legal action against them is "vindictive," Derene probably would've called me genocidal if I'd been in any position to pursue my own ideas for punitive actions against Gizmodo.
For an encore, Derene says Apple should "stop being so full of itself," and basically attacks every facet of the company that gets people excited about its products. Sure, Apple could stop advertising itself and its products as "special" to its customers, but why should it? It is, and they are.
4. Apple needs to open up
Proving once again that she's never met a free/open source (and legendarily consumer-hostile) operating system she didn't like, PCWorld's Katherine Noyes says "Rather than maintain its completely closed and locked-down approach to the technologies it makes, the time is right for Apple to open up." I know to a Linux enthusiast every nail looks like it needs to be pounded with an open-source hammer, but does that really mean you have to cite MacDefender as evidence that Apple needs to be more "open" than it is?
You remember MacDefender, right? The harbinger of the end of Apple's "free ride" when it comes to malware? I know my antivirus logger on my Mac has been going nuts since then -- wait, no it hasn't. And let's not forget that the "open" mobile platform Android has been getting slammed with malware, while the "locked down" but equally popular platform iOS has -- wait for it -- absolutely none. Kind of kicks that "security through obscurity" argument right in the chestnuts, doesn't it?
Noyes also argues that Apple's vertical integration has worked against compatibility and interoperability. I apologize if you just did a spit-take all over your keyboard. I'm sure she can't be talking about interoperability amongst Apple's own products, because that's unassailable even by the thickest of skulls. Instead, she's probably talking about interoperability with PCs, which leads me to think she's stuck in that late-90s world that so many pundits seem to be trapped in, where Macs can't read .doc files and can't network with PCs in any meaningful way -- you know, the kinds of legacy issues that haven't been actual, current problems for the better part of a decade.
She also argues that Apple's "closed strategy just isn't going to be sustainable over time" without providing a single number for evidence. I've got some numbers for you to go look up when you've got some free time: Linux's profitability as an "open" platform versus Apple's profitability with two "closed" platforms. Linux's marketshare among non-server consumers versus Apple's. The amount of money "open" Android has made for Google (not handset manufacturers) versus the amount iOS has made for Apple.
I don't know where the Linux guys and gals picked up the idea that "free as in beer" would somehow translate into billions of dollars, or that "free as in speech" would mean greater platform security, but the past decade or so of evidence is not exactly on your side.
A drum roll now for the worst advice I've heard today, and possibly all year:
5. Apple should license iOS
I'll let Ken Goldberg speak for himself before I beat him with a shovel refute his points:
Extending the reach of iOS beyond iPhones and iPads is a real opportunity to dominate the ecosystem of appliance devices. It would unleash the creative force of thousands of developers who meet secretly all over the world and perform monthly druid rituals hoping to influence the Spirits to open up iOS. The fire wardens are getting testy, Tim. Let's just get this done! Make iOS even more pervasive, and make your mark!
You know that old saying, "Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it?" Do you remember what happened the last time Apple licensed its OS to third parties? It damned near killed the company. It's arguably the worst decision Apple made in its entire history. Once Mac OS was available on cheap, crappy clones, guess what happened? People stopped buying Macs!
It's been a while since I've heard the "Apple should license (x)" argument. It used to be a regular thing with Mac OS X, but that's died down in the past couple years. Even in the early days of iOS, before Android started taking off, people were clamoring for Apple to license its mobile OS to third-party handset manufacturers. And really, why shouldn't Apple undercut its own hardware business by allowing its OS to run on less expensive and inferior products? After all, it's not as though Apple's low PC marketshare is doing it any favors (other than being the most profitable company in that market), and it's not like the iPhone is bringing in any money for Apple compared to what Android's bringing in for Google. Right?
But for the sake of argument, let's say Apple follows Goldberg's advice and licenses iOS to third parties. Here's what happens next:
Apple is a hardware company. Unlike Microsoft's software hegemony, Apple makes the overwhelming majority of its profits on selling tangible products: iPhones, iPads, and Macs, in roughly that order. How much money does Google make off of Android? Considering it doesn't charge anything to license Android, virtually all of Google's mobile platform profits come from advertising. In a year, those profits are roughly equal to what Apple makes in three months, just from the iPhone. Meanwhile, Google has recently paid $12.5 billion to acquire Motorola, probably in order to shield itself from patent attacks on Android. This means that as of today, Android is essentially a net loss for Google and will be for years to come.
That's the company strategy Goldberg wants Apple to emulate. I'm gonna go with "No" on this one.
Here's my advice for Apple and its new CEO: stick with what you've already said. Don't change a thing, and for all our sakes, don't listen to any of these people telling you what you "should" or "must" do, because it's five slices of wrong in a dipstick sandwich.
5 armchair CEOs whose advice would destroy Apple originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Source: http://www.tuaw.com/2011/08/26/5-armchair-ceos-whose-advice-would-destroy-apple/
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With the impending roster cut downs looming as the NFL season approaches, many names and players that are released may quickly find homes with other teams.
This is a list of some offensive free agents that have some value and some that are salvageable from the scrapheap that could bring something left to a team in need.
It is commonly known that these players are considered damaged goods or past their prime but every now and again there can be a diamond in the rough.
Here's a look at the field and where they could be best served.
Despite the "bad boy" label, Owens is the cream of the crop as far as currently available players are concerned.
Owens still possesses the ability to compete and offer his services to a team looking for an answer to a receiving problem or to provide depth at the position.
Teams that could benefit from his services are Buffalo, Cleveland, New England, Baltimore and Denver, as he could be a solid No. 2 receiver in most scenarios.
He is considered "over the hill," however at 29 years of age, Portis could still have gas left in the tank.
Portis is a tough competitor that can bring much needed depth to the right team and perhaps offer a role as a third-down back.
He could benefit teams looking for to add someone that is expendable and help immediately in Tennessee, Arizona and Jacksonville or to a team that loses a running back due to injury.
Moss is best when he plays with a chip on his shoulder and something tells me that he retired from the league in a fashion that doesn't stroke his ego.
With that said, if Moss is enticed to return to the NFL he could easily make an impact in the passing game as his big target and ability is still worth something for a team in need.
If Moss was to return I could easily see him bringing experience and depth to teams like Baltimore, Carolina, Denver and Tampa Bay. The question is, will his ego allow him to go to a non-contender or a team that is average?
If he can steal the spotlight it may be something he would think about.
Mark Clayton
Clayton is coming off a torn patella tendon and has worked out for the Patriots.
Clayton has expressed that he would like to return to St. Louis, but the addition of free agent Mike Sims-Walker has that as a long shot.
Clayton is an adequate receiver who is a super value for the money he would command and the fact that he is coming off an injury would also keep the price tag down.
Clayton could benefit teams looking for depth and a second or third option like Cleveland, Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, Tennessee, Denver, Buffalo and Kansas City.
Fred Taylor
The "old man" is somewhat limited here as he is endured a lot of abuse at the hands of defenses around the league all the years he played in Jacksonville.
Taylor would be a limited back but could still add something to the right team. His best home would be in a place like Cincinnati, Arizona or Tennessee.
Mike Bell
Strictly a situational back and not a starter by any means, Bell—recently released from Detroit—could find a home on a team strictly looking for a back to give its starter a break and possibly in the return game.
Bell could find some work for a low cost with teams like Miami, Arizona, Seattle or Kansas City if someone wants insurance or depth.
Rounding out the grouping of free agents would be Brett Favre.
The only way this happens is if the money is there and Favre would be called by a contending team that had a devastating loss to its starter and needed the veteran to come in and save the day.
I love Favre, but let's face it: His ego is the size of Jupiter and this is the only way he would consider returning.
The other factor is if his wife would let him out of the dog house.
It remains to be seen if any of these players will find a home, and when we see the pool of player grow after final cuts, it should change the landscape a bit.
Either way, these players offer something unique given the right situation and you never know if a gamble will pay off in the NFL.
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Steve Jobs has stepped down from his role as Apple's CEO, and Tim Cook has stepped up to the plate. The web has gotten most of its reminiscing out of its system, so now it's time for the wild-eyed and empty-headed analysis! Huzzah!
Tim Cook said nothing at Apple is going to change under his leadership, but that hasn't stopped "analysts" from compiling wish lists for Apple's future anyway. Today the tech sector is pretty much bursting at the seams with dunderheads whose advice for Apple ranges from merely misguided to downright tragic. I've singled out five whose advice for Apple's future is so monumentally bad that it's like telling your gullible cousin he should brush his teeth with dog food. I've arranged them in rough order of lunacy.
1. Apple should make a QWERTY iPhone
ZDNet's Matthew Miller seems to think that Steve Jobs's departure from Apple means the company will abandon the design philosophy behind its most successful product ever and tack on a physical keyboard. Why? "I think there are millions out there that would love to see an iPhone with a QWERTY keyboard and if Apple can design one as well as it designs the iPhone then it could be the best physical QWERTY keyboard ever and there would be a lot more people who would jump on an iPhone." Umm, okay.
This is just a guess, but I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that "lacks physical keyboard" hasn't been a big factor in the extremely low adoption rates of the iPhone so fa- hahaha, sorry, I couldn't keep a straight face for the rest of that sentence. If you're holding your breath waiting for Apple to slap a physical keyboard on the iPhone, well, I hope for your sake you're not underwater.
Putting a physical keyboard on the iPhone would be a back-pedalling decision from a design perspective. Apple's not known for slapping extra things onto its products if it doesn't think most people will need that feature, and gumming up its flagship product with a physical keyboard would set a dangerous precedent. If you're going to do that, why not put a "real" keyboard on the iPad, too? And how about five USB ports, and a 3D camera, and a built-in handle, and a cupholder, and some fuzzy dice?
Leave design decisions to the designers.
2. Scott Forstall should run Apple, not Tim Cook
From the Department of Insensitive Headlines comes Ed Oswald's "It was time for Steve Jobs to go." I'm not going to dwell on his analysis of the timing of Steve Jobs's departure; instead, let's look at Oswald's plans for Apple's future. "I'm not the biggest fan of Cook at the helm of Apple. I don't really think he is the right person long term," Oswald says. Well, you're entitled to your opinion, I guess, but why not? Oswald says it's because Tim Cook doesn't take center stage the way Jobs did, and from there he decides that means Apple will be run by committee from now on and plunge into the same chaos that doomed it in the 1990s.
Who would make a "better" CEO according to Oswald? "If you ask me, I've always been a fan of iOS chief Scott Forstall. The man has impressed me in his increasing number of public appearances at Apple events: he has the charisma, and shares Job's [sic] vision and knows how to express it well. Forstall is the next long-term CEO of Apple, and not Cook."
So this is how we gauge a CEO's potential performance: not on the real numbers he turns in, but by his stage presence? Oswald's "analysis" would be a lot easier to swallow if fellow betanews writer Joe Wilcox, who's wrong about Apple far more often than he's right, hadn't pointed out that Apple's revenue has more than tripled in the past two and a half years under Tim Cook's guidance as Chief Operating Officer. Cook has already been in charge of the day-to-day at Apple for a long time, and the company has been more profitable than ever.
If Steve Jobs thought Forstall was the better CEO long-term, why did the Apple board (and Steve) build a succession plan around Tim Cook instead? Maybe because Steve Jobs and Apple's board knew far better than Ed Oswald who'd be able to successfully helm Apple once he stepped down? Apple also just awarded Tim Cook one million shares of Apple stock if he stays on until 2021, so there's that.
Strap into your safety gear, because it only gets dumber from here.
3. Apple should become less secretive
Popular Mechanics' take on the matter is the opening salvo in a trifecta of wooly-headed calls for more "openness" from Apple. According to Glenn Derene, the company "must be more open about upcoming products. And to be honest, it's not even clear that Apple's secrecy gives them any tangible business advantage."
You're absolutely right. I'm sure that pre-announcing products months in advance, then being forced to delay the shipping date later is a far better business strategy. I mean, look how well it's worked for Microsoft! And given that companies like Samsung are already shamelessly aping Apple's designs, I'm sure that problem won't get worse at all if Apple lifts the veil of secrecy surrounding its future products.
Derene also advises that Apple should be less "vindictive" from here on out, and of all things, he cites Apple's blacklisting of Gizmodo as an example of that vindictiveness. Gizmodo, the outlet that paid several thousand dollars for stolen property, dismantled it for the world to see, blackmailed Apple into admitting the device was real before returning it, and then had the gall to publicly humiliate the engineer who lost it in the first place. If enacting media sanctions and pursuing legal action against them is "vindictive," Derene probably would've called me genocidal if I'd been in any position to pursue my own ideas for punitive actions against Gizmodo.
For an encore, Derene says Apple should "stop being so full of itself," and basically attacks every facet of the company that gets people excited about its products. Sure, Apple could stop advertising itself and its products as "special" to its customers, but why should it? It is, and they are.
4. Apple needs to open up
Proving once again that she's never met a free/open source (and legendarily consumer-hostile) operating system she didn't like, PCWorld's Katherine Noyes says "Rather than maintain its completely closed and locked-down approach to the technologies it makes, the time is right for Apple to open up." I know to a Linux enthusiast every nail looks like it needs to be pounded with an open-source hammer, but does that really mean you have to cite MacDefender as evidence that Apple needs to be more "open" than it is?
You remember MacDefender, right? The harbinger of the end of Apple's "free ride" when it comes to malware? I know my antivirus logger on my Mac has been going nuts since then -- wait, no it hasn't. And let's not forget that the "open" mobile platform Android has been getting slammed with malware, while the "locked down" but equally popular platform iOS has -- wait for it -- absolutely none. Kind of kicks that "security through obscurity" argument right in the chestnuts, doesn't it?
Noyes also argues that Apple's vertical integration has worked against compatibility and interoperability. I apologize if you just did a spit-take all over your keyboard. I'm sure she can't be talking about interoperability amongst Apple's own products, because that's unassailable even by the thickest of skulls. Instead, she's probably talking about interoperability with PCs, which leads me to think she's stuck in that late-90s world that so many pundits seem to be trapped in, where Macs can't read .doc files and can't network with PCs in any meaningful way -- you know, the kinds of legacy issues that haven't been actual, current problems for the better part of a decade.
She also argues that Apple's "closed strategy just isn't going to be sustainable over time" without providing a single number for evidence. I've got some numbers for you to go look up when you've got some free time: Linux's profitability as an "open" platform versus Apple's profitability with two "closed" platforms. Linux's marketshare among non-server consumers versus Apple's. The amount of money "open" Android has made for Google (not handset manufacturers) versus the amount iOS has made for Apple.
I don't know where the Linux guys and gals picked up the idea that "free as in beer" would somehow translate into billions of dollars, or that "free as in speech" would mean greater platform security, but the past decade or so of evidence is not exactly on your side.
A drum roll now for the worst advice I've heard today, and possibly all year:
5. Apple should license iOS
I'll let Ken Goldberg speak for himself before I beat him with a shovel refute his points:
Extending the reach of iOS beyond iPhones and iPads is a real opportunity to dominate the ecosystem of appliance devices. It would unleash the creative force of thousands of developers who meet secretly all over the world and perform monthly druid rituals hoping to influence the Spirits to open up iOS. The fire wardens are getting testy, Tim. Let's just get this done! Make iOS even more pervasive, and make your mark!
You know that old saying, "Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it?" Do you remember what happened the last time Apple licensed its OS to third parties? It damned near killed the company. It's arguably the worst decision Apple made in its entire history. Once Mac OS was available on cheap, crappy clones, guess what happened? People stopped buying Macs!
It's been a while since I've heard the "Apple should license (x)" argument. It used to be a regular thing with Mac OS X, but that's died down in the past couple years. Even in the early days of iOS, before Android started taking off, people were clamoring for Apple to license its mobile OS to third-party handset manufacturers. And really, why shouldn't Apple undercut its own hardware business by allowing its OS to run on less expensive and inferior products? After all, it's not as though Apple's low PC marketshare is doing it any favors (other than being the most profitable company in that market), and it's not like the iPhone is bringing in any money for Apple compared to what Android's bringing in for Google. Right?
But for the sake of argument, let's say Apple follows Goldberg's advice and licenses iOS to third parties. Here's what happens next:
Apple is a hardware company. Unlike Microsoft's software hegemony, Apple makes the overwhelming majority of its profits on selling tangible products: iPhones, iPads, and Macs, in roughly that order. How much money does Google make off of Android? Considering it doesn't charge anything to license Android, virtually all of Google's mobile platform profits come from advertising. In a year, those profits are roughly equal to what Apple makes in three months, just from the iPhone. Meanwhile, Google has recently paid $12.5 billion to acquire Motorola, probably in order to shield itself from patent attacks on Android. This means that as of today, Android is essentially a net loss for Google and will be for years to come.
That's the company strategy Goldberg wants Apple to emulate. I'm gonna go with "No" on this one.
Here's my advice for Apple and its new CEO: stick with what you've already said. Don't change a thing, and for all our sakes, don't listen to any of these people telling you what you "should" or "must" do, because it's five slices of wrong in a dipstick sandwich.
5 armchair CEOs whose advice would destroy Apple originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Source: http://www.tuaw.com/2011/08/26/5-armchair-ceos-whose-advice-would-destroy-apple/
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I love Glasser, and I love Delorean. This remix is so distincly Delorean that it hurts, complete with big buildup into big beat drop. It brings me back to my fond memories in Barcelona last month, where I was fortunate enough to see the band live on their home turf along with about a hundred of my closest Spanish hipster friends.
Glasser – Treasury Of We (Delorean Remix)
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