links for 2008-12-19

"What Apple cares about is whether or not you’ll be buying whatever gewgaw or iBauble it releases next (all designed, of course, to make you immediately dissatisfied with whatever Apple equipment you currently own). Let's face it: the people crying foul the loudest about Apple’s Macworld Expo plans are also the kind of people that will buy whatever Apple comes out, with nary a moment’s hesitation.

"The harsh reality is that Apple isn’t your friend—and even if it were, it'd probably be the flaky guy who never returns your phone calls." Scott nailed this one, and the headline is a killer.

SHOMER FUCKING SHABBOS! I sure as shit don't ROLL ON SHABBOS!

"Yahoo! makes a lot of structured data available to developers, primarily through its web services. These services require developers to locate the right URLs and documentation to access and query them which can result in a very fragmented experience. The YQL platform provides a single endpoint service that enables developers to query, filter and combine data across Yahoo! and beyond. YQL exposes a SQL-like SELECT syntax that that is both familiar to developers and expressive enough for getting the right data. Through the SHOW and DESC commands we enable developers to discover the available data sources and structure without opening another web browser." The sad thing is that Yahoo! didn't keep the business end going behind its awesome nerdery.

Yep.