Kyle LeBoeuf

In case you didn’t know, I’m currently doing some mission work in Alaska and I haven’t had time to keep up with tech topics. Keep yourself up-to-date with my goings-on here in Alaska at http://blog.kyleleboeuf.com

Kyle

Lately I’ve been thinking about moving the website to a new host (MediaTemple). It’s expensive, but I think it will be worth it in the long run. I’ve been wanting to leave 1and1 for a long time, but back when I setup my web space, they were running a decent package at an extremely cheap price, so I made the switch.

But lately, I’ve been having a lot of problems with 1and1. Every now and then when I make changes to the website, my entire web space will go down (that includes other domains which I own). Its an annoyance nuance thats been driving me crazy for the past two months, and I’m tired of it. MediaTemple hosts quite a bit of big name websites and I have heard nothing but good things from the people who use MediaTemple.

But, like I said, the only caveat I have is the price…yuck.

Kyle

Logged into Gmail this afternoon and decided to switch on Gmail Offline. Shortly after it started syncing, a link popped up under the status bar saying “Go into Flaky Connection Mode”.

With most software and services you usually see official-sounding terms and it all looks boring, but Google, in typical Google-fashion, thankfully speaks to us in easily understandable terms.

Screenshot:

I wish every company would do this.

Kyle [at] kyleleboeuf.com

So, as most of us know, the Palm Pre officially drops June 6th, and the blog world is buzzing about it, but I think deep down inside, we all know what will happen to the Palm Pre.

Yes. I will be destroyed by the Apple iPhone monster.

I am making bold claims, I know. But think about it. Neither Sprint nor Palm has the brand awareness of Apple. One of the biggest reasons the iPhone sold so well, was that it was leveraging Apple’s brand awareness brought on by the success of the iPod.

There’s also the bit about the Pre being able to sync with iTunes (possibly even paid content). That’s not going to last. I seriously doubt that Apple gave Palm the permission to do this. Either someone is going to get sued, or the Pre is going to be locked out of iTunes with an update that’s not too far down the road (or both).

Either way, this thing is going to be a dud. Palm is going to release next Saturday and it will then be completely dwarfed by the release of a new iPhone.

Mark my words.

Kyle [at] kyleleboeuf.com

Working on fixing a problem I’ve been having with the website,

As a result, you may see some downtime. Apologies for the inconvenience.

Kyle LeBoeuf

UPDATE (10:25 AM): We’re back. That was a lot quicker than what I thought. The ad code is apparently embedded deep in the files somewhere, so I had to reinstall the theme. Thanks to Daniel Weber and Ben Spell for helping me solve the problem.

I just discovered this

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This morning I sent my 2000th Tweet. Holy cow!

Here’s the proof (Click for full size):

Maybe I tweet too much?

…nah.

As it turns out, it runs great. Its snappy, it doesn’t take long to boot, and I can go pretty fast even with all of the eye candy running.

(It’s still not as good as OS X)

Unless you live under a rock, you’ve probably heard about the ads that Microsoft recently released, targeting what tech-pundits call the “Apple-tax”, or the high premium on Apple products when compared to products from other companies that are released to the same markets. 

There clearly is a premium involved when purchasing Apple products, but the problem with accusing Apple of jacking up prices for better margins is that most people are aware of the premium for Apple products.

Something that many tech-pundits and big tech companies do not understand, is that the customer is always right.

Always.

People pay a premium for Macs because customers of Apple products claim they are a superior product. If someone wants the reliability that a Mac affords, they are going to pay the premium. Someone buys a Mac because they are willing to pay the price what they want

These ads make it seem like the premium a veil before people’s eyes. It isn’t.

Hey Microsoft: how about working more on making your product not suck, instead of wasting marketing dollars on crap like this? Someone in Microsoft forgot about the EPIC FAIL that is Windows Vista.

This ad from Apple says it all:

disclosure: I am an Apple Certified OS X Support Professional 10.5 and am employed by an Apple Value-Added Reseller and Authorzied Service Provider.

So as of Friday, I’m officially an Apple Certified Support Professional.

Problem is, I do not have a Mac.

I work for an Apple Authorized Service Provider (and Value Added Reseller), and am hoping to move up in the company. figured that would be a good way to start.

Funny isn’t it?

Update (4-6-09): Yeah I definitely did not proofread this post before I threw it on here. My apologies.