Tag Archives: apple

Taxi driving: conferences + tourists = seasonal demand

Posted on June 12, 2008 by kfarr

My shifts were busy and lucrative this past weekend. Two big conferences were in town: the Apple WWDC and some sort of diabetes convention. Two special events — the Haight Ashbury Street Fair and the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon — … Continue reading →

Posted in taxi, work | Tagged alcatraz, apple, ashbury, ball, bocce, boules, cab, cabbie, conference, demand, diabetes, driving, escape, fairs, France, french, haight, obama, pétanque, san francisco, sf, street, summer, taxi, taxicab, tourists, transit, triathlon, visitors, wwdc | Leave a comment

Last.fm + iPod = Profit?

Posted on May 14, 2008 by kfarr

Last.fm is a top-rate music streaming service that suggests music based on your previous last.fm plays, songs you play in iTunes (“scrobbling”), and songs your friends like. But, it’s frustratingly tied to your computer. You have to listen to via … Continue reading →

Posted in internets, media, tech | Tagged app, apple, applet, based, browser, cast, classic, download, feed, flash, ipod, itunes, last.fm, mac, mp3, music, online, pc, pod, podcast, rss, scrobble, scrobbler, scrobbling, stream, streaming, tied | 2 Comments

New music Monday — on a Friday

Posted on February 8, 2008 by kfarr

I like Steve. I like music. I like Nintendo. But, in my wildest dreams I never imagined the combination of all three. Now my non-existent wildest dreams have come true! Steve posted his first musical creation last week. It may … Continue reading →

Posted in media | Tagged 8-bit, album, apple, arcade, art, band, bit, cochrane, digital, ending, garage, happy, indie, indy, label, mac, mix, mp3, music, nintendo, record, song, songs, sounds, steve | 1 Comment

Does San Francisco suffer from hippie conservatism?

Posted on January 25, 2008 by kfarr

I’ll admit: I’m relatively new to San Francisco. I’ve only lived here for about a year and a half. In that short time I’ve seen a puzzling set of behaviors in the City that troubles me. Our City suffers from … Continue reading →

Posted in econ, politics | Tagged apple, board, chain, conservatism, conservative, democrat, democratic, gavin, hippie, mayor, newsom, republican, richmond, san francisco, sf, starbucks, stores, sunset, supervisor | 5 Comments

More proof that Microsoft hates Apple: Office on Mac OS X sucks.

Posted on December 27, 2007 by kfarr

Microsoft Office for Mac OS X sucks. Everyone knows it. Let’s count the ways: It’s a system resource hog. Loading Microsoft Word takes forever. Look MS, this is a friggin’ rich text editor. You don’t need to load the entire … Continue reading →

Posted in tech | Tagged 2004, apple, computer, design, entourage, excel, goofy, gui, mac, mac os x, microsoft, ms, office, office 2004, os, os x, poor, silly, software, suite, word, x | 20 Comments

Antitrust idiocy rises again — now it’s Apple’s turn!

Posted on November 7, 2007 by kfarr

Engadget reports that a class-action lawsuit has been filed against Apple claiming that its iPods are illegally tied to its iTunes software. In essence, the plaintiff claims the Apple iPod/iTunes ‘ecosystem’ locks out competitors. Non-Apple music players cannot play music … Continue reading →

Posted in econ, internets, tech | Tagged antitrust, apple, browser wars, econ, economics, ecosystem, european antitrust, ipod, itunes, microsoft, music | 9 Comments