The power of huge consumer demand and a big cash horde: AAPL buys up most air freight capacity from China for iPad. http://t.co/Ipy5is6l #yg

NYT disses tablets for reading books. My view: ebook/paper bundles would let readers choose their reading method. http://t.co/3u2thBEH #yg

Great piece in the FT Magazine: The new frontier of finance: you are competing with algorithms, not people. http://t.co/DbE6xPLO

I’ve installed Windows 8 under Parallels. It still is constantly “Preparing Windows”. Wasn’t Windows ever a boy scout?

Red-winged blackbirds were chattering in the snow at the Acton train platform. They were grumbling more than the commuters.

Son David is having what so far is a unique 2012 experience: he is enjoying a school snow day.

RT @datamarket: Slides from #strataconf talk “Effective Data Visualization” available at: http://t.co/uBjgUYsu

OK, I’ll say it: Facebook Premium is the beginning of the end of Facebook. Social network != Spam network. http://t.co/iuGQ1V2S #yg

Microsoft should sue Pope Gregory for the leap year bug that has brought down the Windows Azure cloud service. http://t.co/oSpXY3ZW

Invite says “We have something you really have to see. And touch.” Hmmm. That narrows it down to only most of Apple’s products. #yg