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The case for a visor in the NHL. This is unconfirmed. It’s also a terrible invasion of privacy if confirmed. Mark Fraser’s CT Scan after being hit in the face with a puck in Toronto (unconfirmed)

Big. Damn. Spider.

From Gawker. Apparently, this spider is “the size of a human face”

The Fine Line between Good and Great – Adam Sadowski « Ad.am

parislemon:

Brian X Chen:

The iPhone with a two-year contract on AT&T, for example, costs $200 for the handset and then upward of $90 a month for the plan; over two years, including the cost of the phone, customers pay at least $2,360. With a prepaid plan on Virgin Mobile, which is owned by Sprint, the iPhone costs $650 for the handset, and then $30 a month, including unlimited data (the type of data plan that people are happier with, according to J.D. Power). Over two years, that would cost about $1,370.

It’s a tactic that has worked for decades: trick people up-front and screw them in the rear. Short-term gain, long-term pain. Etc. The carriers thrive on this.

But it’s still pretty jarring to see it laid out in such simple terms: if you’re willing to pay $450 more upfront, you’ll save about $1,000 over the next couple years. 

Why I buy my iPhones:

That’s what happened to Elvis (Taken with Instagram at Loblaws)

parislemon:

Apple’s stock took a dip today back below $600 a share. Some are citing concern that carriers will cut the subsidies they pay Apple for the iPhone as the reason for the drop.

There hasn’t been much in terms of tangible evidence that this is even a possibility, but the writing does seem to be slowly appearing on the wall. The carriers are all still extremely profitable and they do very well selling the iPhone, but they do better on a per-device basis selling other phones because of the subsidy they must pay Apple. 

Because the iPhone is the most popular single device across the carriers, they’re all seeing certain numbers slip as a result. The question becomes do the three U.S. carriers with the iPhone (Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint) have enough leverage to push back and make Apple take a lower cut? 

I don’t know, but I do know the leverage they will try to use: Android.

But the fact that Apple has a fourth carrier, T-Mobile, chomping at the bit to pay them the same subsidy, doesn’t speak well for this strategy. Collectively, they all still need the iPhone more than Apple needs any one of them. So unless they team up (collusion?) to put Apple in a position with no carriers willing to pay them what they want, I just don’t see things changing.

Sadly, I still think the carriers will keep on screwing with customers (rate hike here, rate change there) before they screw with Apple.

Maybe we’ll have the same conversation about iTV and cableco’s in 2015?

parislemon:

One word: iPad.

I’m sitting here on my couch watching the Masters live — not on my television, but on my iPad. And I can switch to other video feeds depending on which players/holes I want to watch. 6 different feeds are live right now.

I can watch highlights right after they happen. I can check…

It’s still golf though. The iPad can’t fix that. Does NHL.com let you camera jockey a live game?

NOW this should be easy. Thanks Steve Blank (Taken with instagram)

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A 22-month old girl is in better shape than me. Super toddler!

There is little I have ever read that makes me more thankful for what I have.

To use a stupid baseball analogy, compared to what this guy endured growing up in a North Korean prison camp, I was not just born standing on third base. I was born on the third base line, headed for home plate, with the ball still being bobbled in the outfield. We all need to stop acting like we’ve hit an inside-the-park home run and make the most of what we’ve been given.

This guy is likely one of the bravest and luckiest human beings on the planet. Amazing.