Really, really bad. Like, “Apple in 1996, except twice as bad” bad.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/28/technology/rim-delays-software-update-for-blackberry-playbook.html?src=recg

What I’m trying to get across here, I think, is that things at RIMM are bad, and going to get a lot worse this winter.

New Stephen King book sounds pretty neat. Lots of plot lines to chase.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/31/books/stephen-kings-11-23-63-review.html?_r=1&hp