iPhone Mania
Megan McArdle and Peter Suderman camped out overnight in front of a Washington, DC Apple store in order to be among the first to get one of the new iPhones. Megan assures us that this is a mere sociological exercise for her: "I feel no desperate urge to get my hands on one of the VERY FIRST 3G IPHONES, but ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on July 11, 2008 08:10
McCain and ‘Privatizing’ Social Security
Quite a few commenters are accusing John McCain of flip-flopping because he favored privatization of Social security in 2004 and now adamantly rejects the insinuation that he supports it now: This is a clumsy rhetorical game rather than a policy shift. Then and now, McCain's position is that Social Security would remain as a government program but that younger workers ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on June 14, 2008 09:17
Reggie Love: Barack Obama’s Body Man
Reggie Love was a standout wide receiver and basketball player at Duke that the Dallas Cowboys, for some odd reason, unsuccessfully tried to turn into a pro linebacker. Love was occasionally flat on his back in his college days. He's landed on his feet, working as the body man for the presumptive Democratic nominee for president. Ashley Parker has ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 27, 2008 13:58
When Taco Trucks Are Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Have Tacos
Los Angeles County has strengthened its law against taco trucks and other mobile food vendors at the insistence of brick-and-mortar restaurant owners, Jonathan Gold reports. Last week, led by Gloria Molina, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors passed a law basically outlawing taco trucks, making it a crime for them to linger at one location for more than an hour, punishable ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 4, 2008 07:24
Perils of the iPhone
Via the LAT: The risk for iPhone users: They know too muchWhen she whipped out her iPhone, Erica Sadum could feel her husband's eyes roll. But she had a point to prove. And in less than a minute, she was able to report to the skeptics around the dinner table that Menno Simons, whose followers are known as Mennonites, ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on March 22, 2008 08:02
Weekend Caption Jam
Weekend Caption Jam Linkfest. . . Rodney seldom hears a discouraging word. Wizbang has the diabolic duo. Wyatt Earp previews the next hot toy item for X-mas. Public Pondering has the Koran in 3-D. Cowboy Blob thinks some assembly is required. Right Pundits interviews Gunga Din. The Gone Rick Motel is honoring local customs and garb. Blonde Sagacity visits the DNC ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on March 1, 2008 10:46
Apple Drops iPhone Price, Apologizes
Apple has dropped the price of its 8GB iPhone from $599 to $399, making many people happy but generating "hundreds of emails" from angry early adopters. CEO Steve Jobs explains that, "It benefits both Apple and every iPhone user to get as many new customers as possible in the iPhone 'tent'." Moreover, [T]he technology road is bumpy. There is ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on September 7, 2007 08:34
What’s a Phone For?
To over-40 types like Kevin Drum and myself, the primary function of a telephone is self-evident: Talking to other people. Young whippersnapper Matt Yglesias reminds us, though, that mindset is so 20th Century: Personally, I don't like talking on the phone very much. My old Razr's primary function was sending and receiving SMS messages. My new iPhone's primary function is ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on August 15, 2007 15:27
Stop iPhone Tyranny Now!
Salon's Farhad Manjoo notes the fight of one brave lawmaker to end the impossible tyranny of Apple and AT&T over the Must Have Gadget of the Century, the indispensable iPhone. Edward Markey, the Massachusetts Democrat who chairs the committee, began the affair by holding up the phone and hailing its "sheer brilliance and wizardry," noting that "undoubtedly consumers will cherish this ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on July 18, 2007 16:13
Plan B Sales Surge Due to Availability
WaPo fronts a seeming non-story: Now that Plan B is available over-the-counter rather than requiring a prescription, its sales are up. Shocking, that. Next they'll tell me that sales of iPhones are way up over this time last year. More interesting is the reaction. "This is exactly what we hoped would happen," said Susan F. Wood of the ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on July 13, 2007 13:03
