Last night, the legendary Detroit Tigers announcer told the world that he was suffering from inoperable cancer. He’s an icon. His loss will be felt.
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We thought it was true so we printed it without checking. … We didn’t know the Onion was not a real news site.
The Daily Manab Zamin associate editor Hasanuzzuman Khan • Describing the thought process that led to his Bangladesh-based paper printing the false-on-its-face story “Conspiracy Theorist Convinces Neil Armstrong Moon Landing Was Faked,” which the Onion put online earlier this week. Total feather-in-cap situation for The Onion, we’re sure. • source
Oh, whatever. The big controversy facing our country right now? Apparently Obama wants to make a speech telling kids about the value of education, and some parents are freaked that Obama might use the opportunity to indoctrinate their kids on issues he holds dear. Yo, right-wingers: BOO! Didn’t see that one coming, did ya! So, what’s it like living in a self-created climate of paranoia? source
Many of you have been with me for so many years, and I just cry when I think that so many people will be leaving the company. It is my belief that immigrants bring prosperity to any economy.
American Apparel CEO Dov Charney • In a letter to employees. The letter is one of those things that could come off like some jerk CEO just saying nice things, but instead it comes off really sincere. In the letter, he notes that his grandmother worked as an immigrant in a clothing factory, and his grandparents later paid seed money for him to start his company. He’s also offering priority to laid-off employees in getting new jobs with the company once their immigration status is straight. Charney gets lots of criticism from the press, but this screams “class act.” • source
This is the Vista of Apple’s history. Not that much. I know – I’m misconstruing the gravity of it, but this is kinda the closest thing to Apple’s Vista.
CNET’s Brian Cooley • Describing the various incompatibilities created by the new version of Mac OSX. On top of many programs not working (100 is a number being thrown around), it includes ancient versions of Flash and Java, and has bricked some machines. Hmm. And one thing we noticed: Dragging and dropping to the dock doesn’t work right anymore. The result? NERD RAGE. • source
