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Finally got an Apple Watch, it’s okay

an old fashioned alarm clock with an illustration on the face of people on the moon — Image from the San Diego Air and Space Museum Archives, on Flickr Commons

I am late to every technology party, so let me talk about being late to this one. The Apple Watch came out in 2015 and I got mine (a used one, from someone local who had upgraded) for $75 a few months ago. The tipping point for me were two specific things. Continue reading “Finally got an Apple Watch, it’s okay”

Apple sort of censors the dictionary

Posted on 05Aug09 by jessamyn

Noted without (much) comment: “Apple requires you to be 17 years or older to purchase a censored dictionary that omits half the words Steve Jobs uses every day.” Please feel free to cleanse your palate of the bad taste in your mouth by reading this old article form The Atlantic Monthly which includes my favorite dictionary joke (ah yes we librarians have dictionary jokes…) punchline: ‘So you have been looking for them, Madam?’