[Selected post on Carnival of Mobilists] Recently, I read about the military considering deploying iPads in the field. Soldiers love their iPods. But then, I guess if Al-Qaeda used a common browser plugin for content that the iPad didn’t support, intelligence would be pretty much up the creek. They’d be the non-universal soldier. Al-Qaeda would have an engima machine. And imagine if they don’t deploy their Chaos apps to the iTunes store. If you have to rely on a device to see web content from combatants and competitors, wouldn’t you want it to be open?

But a better question is: will unfriendlies nicely fall into an appropriate subscription or monetization model? iKid.

Steve Jobs has been fighting the good fight to get back in the pink of health. We all wish him well. As he sought out the most superior ways to build himself up,  we know the real reason Steve Jobs went to Memphis Tennessee was for the soul food. Nothing will build the chi more than collard greens, cornbread, and sublime barbeque.  Except maybe some great chicken and peach cobbler.