While there might’ve been some problems for people on Thursday trying to buy, activate, load software AND sync everything – it all went pretty smoothly for me – 24 hours later on Friday. First, make sure you are running 10.4.11 for Tiger users (PPC or Intel chip) and the latest Leopard 10.5.4 (I always prefer […]

“Steve AKA: Poppa” pointed in a recent comment that the HK couple seems to be taking pre-orders for another 28-ish Motor Speedway of the South set. Most interesting. Real, Fake, Counterfeiting or Something else? As we noted in our Top 10 Rarest Post, this is an interesting new phenomenon in collecting. Back in the old […]

Of course, if you bought the Motor Speedway of the South set, you now have 36 Piston Cup Racers … not counting duplicates. If you’re collecting them only as they are released, you should have 14 of the Piston Cup Racers: Lightning McQueen Chick Hicks Dale Jr. Gasprin The King Leak Less Nitroade No Stall […]

Gigaom sums up a McKinsey Quarterly feature on Brad Bird’s management style & thoughts at Pixar. Steve Jobs hired him, says Bird, because after three successes (Toy Story, A Bug’s Life, and Toy Story 2) he was worried Pixar might struggle to stay innovative. Jobs told him: “The only thing we’re afraid of is complacency—feeling […]

It would be hilarious if it weren’t so sad. NPD’s report that Apple Mac’s market share of $1,000+ personal computer is 66% is not really subject to interpretation – except apparently for the last dying gasp of PC fans. Here’s how this works. Of the people who had and were willing to spend $1,000 on […]

Yep, it’s real and it’s almost here. Clear your calendar and your credit cards. Make sure your broadband bill is paid and you have a backup generator come May 20, 2008. Make sure the cat or dog hasn’t frayed your keyboard USB connector. West Coasters like me will have to have our caffeine injected and […]

Yes, we are are edging closer to an actual release date for the Motor Speedway of the South set with REAL evidence of the set. The “Sneak Peek” photos are up at the Hot Wheels Collectors Club (in the Red Line Club Sneak Peek section). Only PC users can see the photos so they are […]

Appropriately, a web site called Fudzilla is reporting that Microsoft is going to open retail stores. It’s time for shareholders to weep a little more. Everytime, Microsoft has a brainstormin’ meeting, it’s more money down the drain: Let’s buy Yahoo! ($45 BILLION) Let’s launch a DAP/MP3 Player! (3% marketshare) ($1 BILLION) XBox – The Xbox […]

Even if the numbers of a million iPhones being unlocked are correct, that’s a MILLION iPhones walking around all over the world as FREE marketing and advertising for Apple – the most effective advertising of all – because it gives those users the cachet of doing something “not quite legal.” That they are “above the […]

It’s pretty amazing the number of journalists who don’t look at a situation before just plowing ahead and writing words and “a conclusion.” They either choose to ignore the real world or they simply don’t understand it. Either way, it’s appalling. Yes, Amazon’s entry into the “unlocked” DRM free Mp3 market will affect Apple & […]