Lion's out

I can't believe I beat John Gruber to the news, but Apple's new OS called "Lion" has been out for about half an hour now.

John Siracusa does an excellent job of reviewing the OS for the highly technical folks -- his review came out 3 minutes ago. For the rest, see what's new at Apple.com.

I highly recommend John Gruber's advice on installing.

Be aware that Rosetta's not supported anymore with Lion, so if you're using old PowerPC apps your time is up.

Wealthy getting wealthier?

Everyone should read this.

If you didn't think #1 was the right answer from the start, I'd love to hear what your first thought was.

Modern Android

A very good review of the Nexus S Android phone.

Love the last paragraph.

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.

Our grandparents lived through this

Always good to remind ourselves why dictatorships shouldn't have nuclear weapons.

Faith will always remain a matter of choice

Terryl L. Givens on the FAIR podcast:

If we were to ever reach a point in our lives where we felt the evidence -- for, or against, Christ's divinity or the Book of Mormon, or Joseph Smith's prophetic calling -- were overwhelming, then there would be a kind of intellectual compulsion involved, and our faith would not be a matter of choice.

I've been trying to put that thought to words for almost 2 years. My experience so far has been that whenever I feel like the evidence weighs more heavily on one side than another, it's only because I haven't looked hard enough for the counterpoints on the other side.

But why faith? Because this life is principally a test of spirit. Sure knowledge eliminates the wrong answers from the test, and it ceases to be a valid test for the spirit, and instead becomes a simple test of will, which is interesting, but insufficient.

Russian soldiers in WWII who ran from the front line were shot by their own men -- how do you award medals of honor when valor is forced on you?

Japanese Earthquake

I had heard it was bad, but I hadn't seen this...

Mountains out of molehills?

Good thing we're all worrying so much.