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Counting down the days

Football season is almost here and I’m moving back to Tuscaloosa. Fall camp starts on Wednesday. I move into my new apartment on Saturday. Sounds great, right? The only problem is that I almost feel like a bad luck charm for the Alabama football program. My four years in college were an overall disappointment. Of course, it has more to do with Shula’s ineptitude than my presence in the city.  Will Alabama be able to make a title run with me in residence?

I hope so. I want to see the shitstorm that was Tuscaloosa after the BCS Championship this past January.

So I’ve been thinking about “Antennagate.” First thought: stop fucking calling every scandal “-gate,” for Christ’s sake.

Next thought: so what’s the scoop here? Biggest problem in the history of all of mobile phones, or minor issue blown way out of proportion by the tech media? Neither, of…

Marketed as “the strongest visual birth control.” I agree.

Some people are addicted to sex or drugs

I’m addicted to buying Apple gadgets and supporting accessories. For example, my newest desire is the updated Mac Mini to go with my new HDTV monitor. Sure hooking my old trusty Macbook up to the display is more than adequate but it doesn’t have such a small footprint. I need it like a sinner needs Jesus.

Also, I think that if Ikea’s online store actually shipped to home 90% of the products they list that I would become addicted to their office furniture too. Thankfully, they expect my ass to drive all the way to Atlanta to buy a 70-dollar desk.

There’s a tonne of posts today about the slick new Safari Reader feature I linked to yesterday. As someone who enjoys reading decent content online, I totally welcome it. I’ve used readability / Instapaper bookmarklets for some time - both on my Mac and iPhone - and, if I’m honest, I’m surprised…