Posts with category: Tech
Schmidt stonewalls reporter that flew cross-country for interview
It’s not too often I directly relate to CNET reporters (they’re often doing different things in different ways than us), but I totally feel for Elinor Mills — the way Eric Schmidt treated her as a member of the press is pretty weak. But worse, I’d say, is that his PR / handlers didn’t make [...]
Veronica plays meta-Rock Band with Jonathan Coulton
Still Alive was unironically one of my favorite songs from 2007, so you can only imagine how mind-poppingly awesome I find the real-life on-stage combination of it, one of my favorite games (Rock Band), Veronica, and Jonathan Coulton, as they belt it out along with Leo Laporte and Merlin Mann. Even better was how Veronica [...]
Gross animated gif metaphor for format war’s finale
Remember that far simpler time when most of the internet’s themes, memes, and viral philosophies could be expressed in animated gif form? I do miss those days — and this one really takes me back in its oh-so-subtle metaphor for the format war‘s impending finale. Definitely have to find a way to use this on [...]
The iPhone’s long-missing two-pane email client
So I was looking over my Macworld 2007 keynote coverage the other day and noticed something just about everyone — myself included — glossed over as the months passed between its January introduction and June launch: the iPhone once had a two-pane email client. (You can even see the view mode selector up top! This [...]
Ten Macworld 2008 predictions
I can always tell the holidays are closing in when it becomes such that a day doesn’t goes by I’m not asked at least a few times what inside dope I’ve got on what Apple’s introducing at Macworld. My stock response is (and always will be), “Everything I know is published on Engadget.” Now, I’m [...]
Kindle: the unpublished review
So I’d intended to write a review (on top of the rest of the coverage) of the Kindle, and finished about 80% in the first week or so. But, as sometimes happens, I got crazy busy with a bunch of other projects and wasn’t ever able to totally polish it off. It’s still not complete [...]
Leopard: disable “Open with” previous versions of applications in Time Machine?
So Leopard does this really clever thing where, if you don’t exclude it from making backups of your Applications directory, it will let you do a right click / “open with” and select previous versions of apps Time Machine has backed up. The rub: you can’t turn it off, and if your Time Machine drive [...]
CompUSA closes for good
Yep, WSJ confirmed my story: CompUSA is closing for good. And as a former employee, can I just say good riddance? I know, a lot of people are losing their jobs (and that really sucks), but it had to be said.
Congress intros PRO IP act, guess what it’s about!
You know what this country needs? A brand new office of the government! One that exists only to enforce IP laws, targeting stiffer penalties and larger fines for sharing media. Oh, and to manage mass seizures of private citizens’ equipment, that’s a good one too. While we’re at it, what about a new IP division [...]
Carrie Brownstein vs. Rock Band
Worlds collide: Carrie Bownstein from Sleater-Kinney — a real band I used to be oh so totally obsessed with (and will always love) — meets Rock Band — a super geeky game I’m currently totally obsessed with — rips it a new one, then learns to like it. Kind of. Ok, not really. Still fun [...]
Co-founder of 
