Without (or too many) Words

For snarking: 100 quotes from intolerant Christians. I'm kind of tempted to do the inverse list -- Democratic Underground is always there for me -- but even so, wow.

(From gconnor.)

Michigan Predictions

Romney, McCain, Huckabee; it sets up a three-way race as we head for the South, with Huckabee trailing the other two slightly. The money should coalesce behind either McCain or Romney, in the end, but I don't know who and it might be decided by Super Tuesday.

The excitement at this point is seeing if Romney and McCain can split the delegates enough to keep Huckabee significant post-Feb 5th.

Keynote Breakdown

1. Time Capsule is neat technology; if I hadn't bought external hard drives for our Macs for Time Machine already, I'd want it. It'd be nice to back up the laptops as well. But alas, I have already invested. Still, very cool, very well done. Will it serve as a print server and can you plug more hard drives into it?

2. New iPhone stuff is as per expectation. I like it. It's not mindblowing but it's cool.

3. Apple movie rental is hot. A little expensive on a per-movie basis; unless Blockbuster has gone up in cost, this is pricier. Are the operating expenses higher or lower than storefronts? I'm not sure. Still: hot, and it's in HD. The new Apple TV is a good match at a superb price -- note that it's significantly cheaper than a Blu Ray DVD player.

Amazon Unbox needs to announce HD format very soon.

4. MacBook Air is neat, but I don't need one. If I was still traveling a lot, I would, but I no longer wrestle a laptop every couple of months so the three pounds isn't significant to me. I may buy one the next time I upgrade my laptop. It's not the subcompact handheld notebook I was hoping for, more like the Eee PC, but that's OK. Maybe next year.