Canada Day Beer

Innis & Gunn Canada Day 2011 Edition Scottish Oak Aged Beer

A Wee Dram for Fathers' Day

Complete My Album

The one big thing wrong with this picture? I already own those complete albums (and just about every other one listed) — they’re just not actually on my iPhone, since I can’t possibly put my many-hundreds-of-GBs of music onto my 32GB device.

Not a particularly useful feature.

1966 prediction of the home computer

This is both amusing and frightening at the same time. It’s as much a commentary on the cultural ideals of the sixties as it is on the visions of technology for the future.

The upside is that it’s nice to see how far we’ve come.

(via Daring Fireball)

A Month with the Nexus S

Chris Clark, My Month With the Nexus S:

Sure, it comes with a whole host of freedoms that I can exercise, like installing a third-party keyboard component to replace the system keyboard, but I didn’t exercise those freedoms because I don’t care, I’m just not that guy. I never themed my Windows installations, never jailbroke my iPhone, never turbocharged my car. I want a phoneputer that just works and lets me pursue my own goals; goals that don’t include being a sysadmin.

I went through a similar experiment last year with the Nexus One before the iPhone 4 even came out, and made some similar observations. I have a Nexus S in my possession now and have played with it somewhat, and while there are aspects of it which are appealing, I have no intention of using the Android OS as my primary phone again any time soon (if ever).

One point that Chris Clark doesn’t mention that was a huge issue for me is also the apps. There are not nearly as many Android apps available as iOS apps, and those that are available — even when built by the same developers — generally pale in usability compared to their iOS counterparts. I have certain apps on my iPhone, such as OmniFocus, for which there is no Android app that comes even close.