The lesson learned here is not to leave a bowl of SpaghettiOs unattended when Tabascus is around.
Tabascus is the name of this red-headed kitten, given by a six-year-old boy.
California Defines Sexual Consent on College Campuses
From Time’s article:
The bill will head next to Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk. If enacted, it would make colleges adopt a student conduct policy requiring “affirmative, conscious, and voluntary agreement to engage in sexual activity,” as a condition for state funding. The bill defines consent to sex as the presence of a “yes” rather than the absence of a “no,” a cultural shift that victim’s groups have long advocated.
How do you proof the presence of a “yes” when it could easily become “his words against her words” case.
I guess we need a notarized love contract.
Apple “Wish we could say more.” Special Event on September 9, 2014.
Save the date. Apple has sent the invites to September 9, 2014 special event, subtitled: “We wish we could say more.”
The Bearded One, a.k.a. Jim Dalrymple posted the graphics of the invitation on The Loop.
Apple is expected to unveil the next iPhones and some other things. As always, anything that John Gruber blurted out also becomes news.
I asked firstnameatappledotcom regarding the event; and I paraphrase:
“We’re sending the usual employees to China again, and they will be back on September 8, 2014.”
Starting in February 2014, key Apple employees in charge with productions spent about two weeks out of every month overseeing production in Foxconn China factory. Sometimes between April and May, a critical design issue of a new product was found. Apple engineers were tasked to tackle this high priority issue.
Sometimes in July, 2014, Apple was reportedly created a new division that works exclusively with iOS device. It is unclear what iOS device this division is responsible for.
Comes September 9, 2014, we all will see the new products from Apple.
Apple seeds OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 build 13F24
Apple seeds OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 build 13F24.
It is likely that OS X 10.9.5 would be released sometimes in mid September, 2014.
Random Pick: Synology DS412+ Network Attached Storage
Just a few weeks ago, I set up a Synology DS412+ Network Attached Storage with four Hitachi Deskstar NAS 4TB drives.
Using Synology Hybrid Raid, total storage available is about 11 Terabyte spanned across the four hard drives.
Amazon to Acquire Twitch
From Amazon.com Press Release (August 25, 2014):
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 25, 2014– Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Twitch Interactive, Inc., the leading live video platform for gamers. In July, more than 55 million unique visitors viewed more than 15 billion minutes of content on Twitch produced by more than 1 million broadcasters, including individual gamers, pro players, publishers, developers, media outlets, conventions and stadium-filling esports organizations.
According to TechCrunch, Amazon acquired Twitch Interactive for $970 Millions in cash.
From Twitch CEO, Emmet Shear’s letter:
Today, I’m pleased to announce we’ve been acquired by Amazon. We chose Amazon because they believe in our community, they share our values and long-term vision, and they want to help us get there faster. We’re keeping most everything the same: our office, our employees, our brand, and most importantly our independence. But with Amazon’s support we’ll have the resources to bring you an even better Twitch.
Congratulations to Twitch on getting acquired.
Now, let’s get to the serious part of this news. Back in May, 2014 there were rumors of Google’s intent to buy Twitch. Remember that it is a rumor of an acquisition. On July 24, 2014, VentureBeat ran a story with headline: “Google’s $1B purchase of Twitch confirmed — joins YouTube for new video empire” – link to the Internet Archive version.
“Confirmed”
No other news site reported this, just VentureBeat. One would think that Google would leak this news to Kara Swisher than VentureBeat. I did not buy it at all.
Every time someone cited @VentureBeat, I rolled my eyes. That’s because Venture Beat is less reliable than Supermarket Tabloid.
For the next two weeks, many speculations abound. On August 6, 2014 I tweeted this:
Wonder why no one else is calling bullshit on @VentureBeat 2014-07-24 story about @Google’s $1 Billion purchase of @Twitch?
Confirmed???????
Comes August 25, 2014, it is apparent that VentureBeat is an example of bad journalism.
Firefox 32.0 Beta 9
Firefox 32.0 Beta 9 is now available for download.
The latest build of Adobe Flash Player 15 Beta from August 20, 2014 is also available.