All this talk, so I decided to dig through my GMail accounts and find a hotmail account I created long ago. I created it May 5, 2009. I used it for a month or two and haven't logged in (hundreds of spam in a brief time) since. I tried to log in now, reset the password, etc., and it says there is no such account. So I think they fixed their spam filters by just deleting my account. Miraculous!

OMG, I went to Slashdot.org to watch some videos and they are not loading! Amazon is really pissing me off.

I guess I'll go to Nintendo.com next so I can try to check my email. If that doesn't work, boy am I ever going to post about this on the Internets.

Also, see the GoogleTV vs many of the content providers web sites when GTV first came out. They were rushing to get all sorts of fixes to viewing their content on things there were not a traditional computer.

Say you want to go to some restaurant. You type it in to Google to find the closest one near you. Then, you see that a long time ago, your grandpa put up a post about how he got E Coli there. He recovered, so that isn't on your mind anymore. Now you see it and it sparks your memory. Do you still want to get directions there?

It can be a handy thing depending on the situation. If you are just searching for the history of the Statue of Liberty, then you wouldn't want to do the social search.

Like anything in life, you have to learn how and when to use it.

Yes, Gore only challenged and wanted recounts in the counties of major cities. That was his first mistake.

That, and the Florida constitution said all counties must submit their final count by the end of one week after the election. The state supreme court overrode that line of the constitution without giving a reason. So, that's where the US Supreme Court overturned it, after asking the state court again to give a justification, which they let lapse.

Does the 3GS not have a microphone? Or is it just not capable of transmitting the recorded voice over a network connection the the Siri master computers?

More serious though, can developers program extensions to Siri? Say I have an app that manages a grocery list. Can I add a hook to let the user say "Add A, B, and C to my grocery list" and do it?

How about timeliness? This has "revamp" been going on for a few months. One of my less-used accounts had it turned around Thanksgiving. Aha, I've found a nice article on ti going back to November 29.

Overall, Google has been "Plus"-ifying most all it's services. It's not unexpected.

That sounds just like this Youtube bit. Protesting for the sake of protesting, pretty much.

No. I have seen the number of Android phones increasing around my workplace, especially among women. Never once have I heard a complaint about ads in their Angry Birds or whatever. Just like banners on web sites, you just get used to ignoring that area.

It really is a moot point among 99.99% of ordinary users. Those of us who get in a tizzy about ads are smart enough to know how to get around them.

The SDK is still Mac only? So, on top of the $99 per year, you'll need to shell out for a Mac computer if you aren't hip enough to already have one.

I figured after all these years, there'd be more options. I guess I misunderestimated Apple.