Yes, yes I read that. Don't make mobile web *apps*, make mobile web *sites*. Performance for mobile web sites is, or can be, fine.

Of course they should not have an app. Use the goddamned web site! That is what we invented the web for! And we fought long and hard for web standards, so it works on any platform! But everyone wants to throw that away and have native apps for *every* *single* *site*, just so we can have more animations or whatever.

Exactly!

Personally, I wish all mobile apps for websites would die horribly. Mobile web works, and works pretty much everywhere.

How about Grignr?

I had no idea any major locations were still doing analog cable. Seattle and Corvallis, OR are all digital for years now. I figured if Corvallis was, most places were.

You have to pay the cable/satellite bill if you want to keep them...

This sounds like the story in, where was it, Ohio? Where "Internet Cafe" was basically slang/cover for "illegal casino".

Good post, too bad I have no mod points right now

I think there are more suitable sources than Wired or Discovery News. Geek.com, Gizmag and Techcrunch I don't have enough info.

>And he was one racist mofo

Uh, evidence? Aside from "The Sixth Column", he was paid to rework Cambell's story on that one. He tried to reduce the racism, but it is pretty integral to the story... He never agreed to another contract like that.

And they have a stupid gimmick and really annoying ads all over FB (at least if you are in Seattle)

Heh, Heinlein was interested in a lot of things. Have you read his late stuff? (Time Enough for Love, To Sail Beyond the Sunset, etc...)

For 100+ year old stuff, I would say it is a lot less than 10%. 10% may have been good at the time, but some % fails to age well.

And yes, I like Twain and Doc Smith's writing.

I am far from a teenager (31), but while I agree most modern bestsellers are junk, I certainly can't say I appreciate most of the "classics" over 100 years old. There are exceptions sure, like say Don Quixote (the first sally, especially). Genre fiction, and usually not from the (general) bestseller list, is usually the best place to go if you want something good to read.

I like music a number of decades old (as well as bit of new stuff), but
>Same thing if you think classical music is boring.

Really? No. Classical music is pretty much the definition of boring. Sure it can sound nice, and it can be good for going to sleep, or for background music at a fancy restaurant or something. But it is definitely boring.