Due to AIM spambots, I don't respond to newcomers saying merely "hey." If you wish to chat, pls start w/ a specific Q, intro, statement etc.

A lot of clients/readers have asked about this, and the short answer is that your privacy is not at imminent risk. More analysis to follow.

Re iOS 4.x logging location data on 3G iDevices: the file exists, but appears secure for now. Talking to friends in Cupertino about details.

If he or any of my other friends who might know how to contact him can reassure me, I'd feel a heck of a lot better. Thanks. شكرا

Haven't heard from a certain Bahraini friend since the drama there; don't want to burden him w/ controversial talk, just make sure he's OK.

Wait, everybody and their grandmother didn't know that Google tried to hire away Steve Jobs as CEO years ago? Dang, I'm not doing my job....

Who writes these things?! Must be the same people who shove most web articles out the door w/zero editing or even a first look (no less 2nd)

Could it be more obvious that AOL bought the Huffington Post? Suddenly breaking news notifications are all caps: "GOV'T SHUTDOWN AVERTED"

My daughter Rachael Aurora turns 3 today....so little and so big at once.... Don't grow up *too* fast, sweetheart!

"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it." -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe