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Bloomberg just can’t help trashing Apple, no matter how hysterical or wrong-minded it is.

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The human palate is arguably the weakest of the five traditional senses. This begs an important question regarding wine tasting: is it bullshit, or is it complete and utter bullshit?

There are no two ways about it: the bullshit is strong with wine. Wine tasting. Wine rating. Wine reviews. Wine descriptions. They’re all related. And they’re all egregious offenders, from a bullshit standpoint.

Just like many of us suspected.

Sex, Cigars & Booze Lifestyle Magazine:

A new poll finds that Americans are twice as willing to go without sex for a week than a smartphone.

“Our poll shows that the tech revolution has changed our culture to the point that too many Americans seem to derive more pleasure and satisfaction from their smart phones and text lives than from their relationships and sex lives,” said Ron Sachs, President and CEO of Sachs Media Group.

If you choose a smartphone over sex, you’re doing sex wrong.

I like Marissa.

Jim and Dan talk about CocoaConf Alt, the status of Apple Displays and Macs at WWDC, spider bites, laptop bags, Spock vs. Spock, 100 million copies of Windows 8, and Megadeth.

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No company wants to be compared to New Coke. Ever.

Ray Harryhausen, the pioneering special effects master behind some of the 20th century’s most astonishing creature effects, has passed away at the age of 92.

Wow!

Zachary Quinto and Leonard Nimoy – the two Spocks – star in a viral video from Audi. The results are hilarious, if you’re a Star Trek fan.

He is Iron Man. Tony Stark, I mean.

Best of luck to MG.

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Harry Marks’ “My Valiant Return to Reading” is hilarious. Clearly making fun of some people that quit the Internet.

Triage is for people who struggle to stay on top of their inbox. It doesn’t try to replace your desktop mail client, but lets you use your downtime to quickly remove the noise and stress.

I tested Triage and loved it. It was released while I was traveling, so I didn’t get a chance to post about it. It’s a brilliant idea to help you keep on top of your email quickly and easily.

This article was posted last November, but there are some great lessons to be learned for anyone that is building a product or company.

Horace Dediu talking about analysts:

So paradoxically, the opinion of those who are highly paid should be treated with suspicion while the opinion of those subject to peer review should be treated with respect. It brings to mind the difference between highly paid fortune tellers and pundits whose methods are obscure vs. poorly paid graduate students whose methods are open to all. Whose opinion is worth more?”

I have a great deal of respect for Horace.

Jeff Bewkes, CEO of HBO’s parent company Time Warner, said on Wednesday that the company has no plans to offer HBO GO without a cable subscription.

This will make a lot of people very unhappy.

I was hoping it was a drinking contest, but they are looking for ideas that appeal to drinkers over 60-years-old.

Jim and Dan discuss Jim being driven to strike someone at a Metallica concert, tarantulas and june bugs, a Volkswagen Beatle with an iPad dock, and more.

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Jeff Hermes wrote a great article about the media’s tendency to wrongly report that someone is a suspect in a heinous act.

Willie Nelson auditions to be Gandalf.

Wow, they must be doing very bad.

Much respect.

James Thomson says this is the biggest update to the app since its initial release.

Seriously?