iPad iOS 4.2 downloading. Am amazed at bandwidth Apple’s servers deliver despite everyone hammering at once — 4.2 must be Akamaized.

@fiberguy Official word is that 4.2 will be made available at 1000 am PST. It is now 818 am PST.

RT @johnmnbarnes BBC – Diagrams that changed the world http://bbc.in/cQlGAr Wise lessons here for verbose industry analysts! (via @cmendler)

Mod for TSA protest day to keep traffic moving: wear a radiation badge into the backscatter scanners and tweet results. (via @JeffreyBreen)

iPads now gain multitasking a la iPhones via iOS 4.2. This is a big upgrade for iPad owners. http://bit.ly/aJhvqP

This $99 tablet demonstrates clearly that Android does not replace the need for good hardware and software design. http://bit.ly/9pXNPQ

Despite being on vacation this week, I’m enjoying a new book on time series analysis. R makes so many things easy that used to be hard.

Mahler 8th in Nashua was wonderful; we speculate it may have been the first professional performance of Mahler 8 in New Hampshire ever.