AT&T is desperate to keep iPhone customers
On a scale of 1to10, AT&T is scared to death of losing their iPhone customers to Verizon.
In a very visible, transparent, and elucidative email to their current customers, AT&T is making a blatant plea to current subscribers to stay on board at AT&T. Touting their well publicized advantage of web browsing while on the phone, AT&T has sent emails to their customer base (and even dedicated portions of their website) to building a sandbag dike against the flood of Verizon-bound customers.
The ad says it all (look right dude).
On a scale from 1to10, this smacks of desperation. Nevertheless, if you got it, flaunt it. It’s an advantage, albeit a fleeting one, and they need to keep all the subscribers they can. Go get ‘em. Er, keep ‘em.
On a scale from 1to10, the 
I’ve had my eye on a Drobo for a long time. For the uninitiated, Drobo is a type of external storage solution for consumers, semi-pros, and commercial data backup. The name comes from Data Robot. I’ve hemmed and hawed for a long time, because these are not cheap devices. 
On a scale from 1to10, the new Apple TV is a 
I think this is because no one likes set-top boxes. They’re clunky, take up space on the media console, take up an HDMI input on your receiver or TV, add a remote control to your coffee table, and cost extra $$$. Lots of companies are focusing instead on embedded devices, including 
I don’t know why this bothers me. I’m an admitted Apple fanboi. I’ve had three generations of iPhone, own several iPods, am on my second Macbook, and want to get an iMac. I might even get an Apple TV – it looks sexy. Doesn’t change the fact that it’s a set-top box, and I think it should be labeled (pigeonholed) as such.
On a scale of 1 to 10, the 
Comfort is the (only) area where the Smart Alec falls a little short for me. I’ve been looking for a bag that suits all purposes, which is admittedly a patently unfair criteria. I use it for walking around conferences, for car commuting, and for commuting on my bicycle. The bicycle commuting was the only issue for me – the backpack straps were a little thin and hurt my shoulders a bit. This is when I’m loading the bag fairly heavily (macbook pro, charger, clothes, shoes, notebook and a cup of coffee), and riding a relatively long time (45-55 minutes.) With that load and over that length of time, I found that the bag hurt my shoulders a bit. Not unduly, but not cushy either.
On a scale from 1to10, I just can’t decide what this means.
I can’t do as good a job as they did in interpreting what Shooter was aiming for, why it’s important politically, socially, or to the annals of Country (and other) music. What’s more, I don’t really care to analyze it that way. I like Shooter’s music, particularly his 2007 album, 
Today, all most of these networks have a place. Obviously Facebook is kicking ass. MySpace still has tens of millions of users, many some of them active. Even Friendster, for instance, is insanely popular in the Philippines. Orkut, Google’s social network is very big in Brazil (though Facebook’s presence is growing there.) But what has become of Tagworld? Nothing good.
What’s interesting is that some people do seem to still visit Tagworld – to me though, the site seems effectively dead. If you visit the home page, you’re greeted with a stunning bit of verbiage (look to the right.) To me, between the lines this says: “we’re over it – if you want to keep using it, run it yourself.” Some members do seem to visit and update their profiles – many of the public profiles on the homepage have updates newer than the last 24 hours. 
