Well, it's happened – I have a cheap ripoff! As you may know, I have an iPhone application called ThisDay, which shows “today in history,” holidays, famous birthdays, etc. The database for this took a while to put together, what with editing for interestingness, verifying things, writing the actual entries, etc. Now, someone has released a cheap, half-assed copy with almost exactly the same name (“This Day,” with the space). It has “today in history” lists copied verbatim from Wikipedia! No effort whatsoever. Also, having gone through Wikipedia's lists, I can tell you that their accuracy is often questionable. This...
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So, the ABC series Life On Mars is being canceled. I love this show. It was easily the best new show of the season. But, the folks at ABC decided that they hate having good shows, and they would rather be known for ridiculous nonsense like Dancing With The Stars. Yet another good show isn't given a chance past the first season, but idiotic crap like The Bachelor will, no doubt, live on. Now NBC is nuking their entire 10pm weekday lineup and sticking Jay Leno in there. They think I'm going to sit down at 10pm every night to...
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I am pleased to announce that my long-awaited (by me, at any rate) iPhone app, ThisDay. This application will tell you everything you want to know about today: holidays, today in history, famous birthdays, moon phases, etc. Read all about it and, you know, buy a copy!
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