Jason E. Shao

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Nintendo DS: more communicator than console? | The Register

I was skeptical at first, but it would be neat to have a configurable area to display private info, especially for multiplayer games. I think this only makes sense in a portable (where clamshells help keep the device small when not in use), [...]

“(extlink)Calling JetBlue”:http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/82/jetblue_agents.html

bq. Equipping agents with a home computer eliminates the need for a large expensive call center. It also boosts efficiency and retention in a job with traditionally high turnover. It offers agents, many of them at-home moms, flexible part-time work. When call volume is down, someone on the operations desk in the Salt Lake [...]

baltimoresun.com - W.Va. reservist caught up in a storm of controversy

bq. “She shouldn’t have been processing prisoners in the first place,” her father says. “She was trained as an administrator — a paper pusher. At night, she would walk across the prison yard to go over and see her buddies. They were [...]

The New York Times - A Rent-Free Place, if You Can Find a Spot to Park

bq. A lot of my friends have kids and bills and they’re all bald,Mr. Hines said. Me, I’m not living large, but life is still good. I’m living on my own terms. I have an apartment on wheels. I [...]

Semacode

bq. Simply put, a semacode is a URL barcode. Using our free software, you can scan a semacode, and with just one click the proper webpage will be loaded on your phone’s browser. The system is open and extensible, and anyone can create semacodes on their own computer.

This is a phenomenal idea. I “saw [...]

Mac News: Enterprise : The Challenge Apple Faces in Enterprise Computing

bq. Unfortunately, that kind of expertise, in which the wrong people apply inapplicable experience to make wrong decisions, perpetuates its own reality and thus defines the challenge Apple faces in the enterprise computing market — explaining why spotting an Apple X-serve and RAID array amid [...]

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Disney ‘blocks’ Moore documentary

bq. Moore, who won an Oscar for Bowling for Columbine in 2003, questioned whether in a “free and open society” Disney should be making such a decision.

While much of “(extlink)Michael Moore’s work”:http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0601619/ has been excellent, I think he takes it a bit far when a company [...]

The Seattle Times: Business

bq. An example: When Vermeulen first joined Amazon, he, his wife and their two kids moved to Issaquah. But they decided they liked Corvallis better and returned to their previous home. So he took the train to get to work. Then he drove. Then he hired a sky taxi. [...]

My Opera Forums - Opera for Mac

bq. Opera Software today released the beta 1 of version 7.50, redesigned from the bottom up for Windows, Mac, Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris. Today’s release marks the first time that upgrades for all desktop platforms have been released simultaneously, with Opera now bringing its Mac browser up to par. [...]