Cringely suffers from gray cell imbalance

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What an irony if the “relatively simple and straightforward” treatment for Steve Jobs’ hormone imbalance revealed this week is for the lifelong vegetarian to eat meat. I have no way of knowing that’s his treatment, of course – the idea just sprang into my head.

But given the press and stock market reaction to details of Jobs’ health problems, I’d say he’ll make a cameo appearance at Macworld a few hours from now even if he has to send his good twin to do so.

I further predict that Apple will make a substantial product announcement or two. This won’t be the minimalist Macworld that people had feared. If Jobs won’t be doing […]

By |January 5th, 2009|Uncategorized|75 Comments
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Don't be a Facebook whore

Facebook AdvertisingJust in case you ever sue me, you should know that I have every e-mail I have ever sent or received since 1992. That’s crazy from a legal standpoint, I know, but I can’t help myself. I’m obsessive-compulsive that way. But having a clear view of 16+ years of mail amounting to more than four gigabytes of mainly ascii text gives me a sobering sense of how poorly e-mail does the job lately compared to its glory days of, say, 1999.

More than ninety percent of my mail today by volume is spam. Back in 1999 spam was about 15 percent of my mail. Of course I am in large part to […]

By |December 28th, 2008|Uncategorized|168 Comments
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The Missing Link

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It’s the day after Christmas so of course sales have started and whatever you thought you bought for a good price is suddenly available for a lot less, especially electronics. But this isn’t your normal after-Christmas sale, it’s after-Christmas during one of the worst economic recessions in decades, so prices are lower still. Add to this, at least in the U.S. market, the pending shutdown of analog broadcast TV in February and there ought to be a feeding frenzy of digital set buying. And there will be I’m sure. But it could be a lot better except for a missing link, one small bit of technology the lack of which is costing TV manufacturers […]

By |December 26th, 2008|Uncategorized|164 Comments
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Have a Buoyant Holiday!

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Mary Alyce, Bob, Channing, Cole & Fallon Cringely

By |December 25th, 2008|Uncategorized|69 Comments
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My Other Life

blogpicSome people have hobbies, I have blogs.  This is the mortgage blog I started quietly a few weeks before leaving PBS.  It reflects my discoveries and thinking about an area that directly affects about 51 million U.S. families.  What has YOUR mortgage done for you lately?  Not much, eh?

Take a look at the site, which in theory you can reach by clicking on jumbo there.  Otherwise it is at http://blog.cringelysmortgage.com/blog/.

By |December 19th, 2008|Uncategorized|47 Comments
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