Excellent.

slacktory: This gif of how a zipper works is oddly calming. You are now relaxed. You will have a great day. This zipper gif’s got you covered. via reddit

slacktory:

This gif of how a zipper works is oddly calming.

You are now relaxed. You will have a great day. This zipper gif’s got you covered.

via reddit

(Reblogged from ntrnts)

My dog has a dark past

Scooter just got home from the vet. He had been limping for over two weeks, so that’s why we took him.

My dog is currently very, very sedated. We learned that he has an injured tricep, but also that a BB pellet has been in his shoulder for over a year! What sick person would shoot this?!

Scooter has a pretty dark backstory that no-one really knows anything about.

Scooter came to Colorado from Joplin, Missouri. We got him last summer from a foster family. The entire thing was coordinated through Rocky Mountain Lab Rescue. My family had to go through a big process to prove that we were good dog owners. We had to submit pictures of our house and yard, fill out lots of forms, etc. It was totally worth it, as Scooter is a really good dog. However, he’s survived a tornado, being shot, and an inflamed tricep! Wow.

The iPhone Once Again Outsold All Verizon Android Phones *Combined*

parislemon:

Verizon sold 6.3 million smartphones last quarter. The quick breakdown using my math skills:

3.2 million iPhones.

3.1 million non-iPhones.

Android is still winning by some metric, I’m sure. Ridiculous phones sold with styluses, perhaps? Wait, no, that’s AT&T.

Also note that 3.2 million iPhones is a drop from the 4.3 million iPhones Verizon sold last quarter — which isn’t a surprise given that last quarter was the holiday quarter and the first quarter the iPhone 4S was on sale. These numbers seems in line my iPhone sales prediction.

But, as Eric Slivka notes, the iPhone 4S also went on sale in China and on China Telecom for the first time last quarter. This may offset the holiday drop-off in the U.S. We’ll find out next week.

(Reblogged from parislemon)

topherchris:

Original photoset.

Heh.

(Reblogged from topherchris)

The Upcoming iPhone Carrier Fall Out?

parislemon:

Apple’s stock took a dip today back below $600 a share. Some are citing concern that carriers will cut the subsidies they pay Apple for the iPhone as the reason for the drop.

There hasn’t been much in terms of tangible evidence that this is even a possibility, but the writing does seem to be slowly appearing on the wall. The carriers are all still extremely profitable and they do very well selling the iPhone, but they do better on a per-device basis selling other phones because of the subsidy they must pay Apple. 

Because the iPhone is the most popular single device across the carriers, they’re all seeing certain numbers slip as a result. The question becomes do the three U.S. carriers with the iPhone (Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint) have enough leverage to push back and make Apple take a lower cut? 

I don’t know, but I do know the leverage they will try to use: Android.

But the fact that Apple has a fourth carrier, T-Mobile, chomping at the bit to pay them the same subsidy, doesn’t speak well for this strategy. Collectively, they all still need the iPhone more than Apple needs any one of them. So unless they team up (collusion?) to put Apple in a position with no carriers willing to pay them what they want, I just don’t see things changing.

Sadly, I still think the carriers will keep on screwing with customers (rate hike here, rate change there) before they screw with Apple.

(Reblogged from parislemon)

Deck, Dog

I just had the most panicky 5 minutes of my life.

I was letting my dog Scooter into the yard, and the moment I opened the door he sprinted towards my deck. He started rooting around and poking his nose under the wood. Then, he climbed under the deck. This was really odd behavior, so I called him. It’s really narrow under there, so I was afraid he had gotten stuck, not to mention the risk of him getting hurt by nails or sharp rocks. I called him, and he didn’t come. My dog is well-trained, so I started to freak out.

Turns out, that idiot had wedged himself between the deck and the ground. Fortunately, a lot of squirming on his part freed him. Phew!