September 2009
11 posts
Garmin nuvifone G60 coming to AT&T →
I seriously thought this project had been discontinued.
Microsoft's grinning robots or the Brotherhood of... →
cleversimon:
It’s not like I’m objective here. The length and girth of my boner for Apple is a matter of public record. But come on:
I don’t like Apple products. And the better-designed and more ubiquitous they become, the more I dislike them. I blame the customers. Awful people. Awful. Stop showing me your iPhone. Stop stroking your Macbook. Stop telling me to get one.
Really? Really?
“Call this an unfair generalization if you must, but old people are no good at...”
– Moe Syzlak, The Simpsons
Why You Can’t Get a Good Phone With Verizon →
My beef with Verizon started long before the iPhone ever came out. I think I may have left in 2002. The reason was because these superior devices were coming out on other networks that did really cool stuff with Bluetooth. Verizon didn’t have a single Bluetooth-enabled device on their network. When they finally got one, I believe it was a Motorola 710 or something, the Bluetooth was disabled...
The New Yahoo Mail
I logged into Yahoo Mail this morning to find they made some updates. From an aesthetic standpoint I was less than enthused but when I started poking around I thought they really added some useful features.
One Gripe
My quick gripe is with the new controls. Nothing marries up to one another the way it should. It may be that they didn’t test on Safari but that’s really an...
The Deterioration of Frank Reynolds
One of the things I find especially hilarious in It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is the steady deterioration of Frank Reynolds (played by Danny DeVito). This character was introduced in the first episode of Season 2 as Dennis and Dee’s dad. In that episode he was put together, obviously successful, but getting a divorce. By the time you get to Season 4, the character has taken a...
“We’re sorry you may have had trouble watching instantly via your Xbox
...”
– This is from Netflix this morning. Last night, I was watching a TV Show and it disconnected. Then I couldn’t get back on. I figured there was some technical issue since I was still online so I just shut off the Xbox. And this is the email I get today. Not from a service that I depend on in any...