OQO: outstanding and disappointing; Laws in France kick Apple’s pants

* Gearhead: OQO: outstanding and disappointing * Backspin: Laws in France kick Apple’s pants * The past 7 days on Gibbsblog

Gearhead: OQO: outstanding and disappointing

Over the last few years Apple raised the bar for cool product design and, in our unhumble opinion, few companies manage to get anywhere close. But a product we’ve had in our hot, sweaty hands for a few days is a great example of outstanding engineering that approaches Apple’s design quality, but just misses.

To read this week’s Gearhead in its entirety, click here.

Backspin: Laws in France kick Apple’s pants

I don’t think Steve Jobs said “Non!,” but it captures the essence of Apple’s position on a digital rights management bill making its way through the French law-making process.

To read this week’s Backspin in its entirety, click here.

The past 7 days on Gibbsblog

Geek Gift #1 (Pi Plate)

I need one of these! A Pi Plate!

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Geek Test #1

Web 2.0 or Star Wars Character? I got 31.

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Time Sink #8

I apologize for this one up front … DO NOT press the red button.

[Thanks Anne Marie … thanks a lot.]

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Why Your Cell Coverage [ is | is not ] Good …

http://www.cellreception.com/ … enter your ZIP then select towers to see a Google mashup map showing where they are.

[via The VoIP Weblog – as a comment points out, the tower database is incomplete in some areas.]

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Outstanding Mac Desktop

If you revel in your Mac then you have to check out OSXplanet. This program creates a view of the earth or any of the other planets in our solar system as your OS X desktop.