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Robert X Cringely is such a solid individual. I love every word that he says.

I haven't yet watched the video, so I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic... but I vividly remember a time in undergrad when I read Cringely regularly. I'd get all excited about these huge claims (e.g. "Mac Mini is built just for taking over the living room"[1]) and would start talking to anyone who would listen about these big, exciting possibilities. Then I realized it was just a gripping style of writing and the ideas weren't particularly earth-shattering... or correct. THEN, I found out the guy's a liar: "In 1998, it was revealed that Stephens had falsely claimed to have received a Ph.D. from Stanford University and to have been employed as a professor there."[2]

Haven't read much Cringely since. Should I?

[1]: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2005/pulpit_20050120_0008... [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_X._Cringely

I've got one for you. Sometimes he'd write about tech that was twisted enough to raise a few eyebrows and bring a chuckle or two. I was surprised to see this on pbs:

http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2005/pulpit_20050414_0008...

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