August 30th, 2011 I’m hardly the first person to weigh in on this, but I thought that I’d point out this delightful little story from Stephen Hackett at forkbombr.net. The long and short of it is that Stephen called out douchemonger extraordinaire Seth Weintraub, along with his pathetic little ass-minion Mark Gurman over their horrifically tasteless coverage of Steve Jobs’ health. Seth, in a move that is sure to make Mike Arrington proud, registered forkbombr.com and proceeded to redirect it to a variety of sites. As of the the writing of this post it currently points to a page displaying the message “do onto others”. Continue reading On the Infinite Shittiness of 9to5 Mac
August 27th, 2011 In my last post I refered to an article by the Macalope that was behind the Macworld Insider paywall. The Macalope’s (free) weekly column is now up with that content.
August 26th, 2011 I was debating joining my mythical compatriot the Macalope and adding my own frothing rage over this vilely offensive pile of syphilitic jackal dung when I made the mistake of meandering down into the comments. I was not surprised to find the usual collection of “hur dur Apple is so evil” bullshit, but what really caught my eye was a magnificent example of the art of utter what-the-fuckery by some jackass with the handle of “joblot”. Continue reading What the Literal Fuck (Steve Jobs Resignation Edition)
August 25th, 2011 It seems unlikely that anyone reading this would be unaware of the news, but Steve Jobs announced his resignation as Apple’s CEO yesterday afternoon. The glaring idiocy is already spewing forth from the fucktards in the pundit class, but I’ll save my vitriol for a later point. If nothing else I’m sure me and the two other jackasses will rant about it on the next Angry Mac Bastards Old Timey Revival Hour. For the time being, however, I’d just like to thank Mr. Jobs for the amazing work he has done at Apple. On behalf of everyone who just wants their computers and gadgets to get the fuck out of their way and let them get shit done; we appreciate how Apple, under Jobs’ leadership, has made computing suck a little bit less.
August 19th, 2011 Chad Olson wrote a nice little article today deconstructing yet another stupid iPad 3 “news” report. One thing at Chad wrote jumped out at me because it’s something that I’ve been meaning to rant about for some time. Chad asks: How is it news that Apple is working on a new iPad anyways? Do people think that Apple just slaps the thing together the weekend before announcing it? Continue reading Pundit Product Life Cycle
August 19th, 2011 Great googly-moogly this week has been one hell of a ride. What with Google announcing plans to buy Motorola Mobility, and now with HP announcing that they’re exiting the PC business and killing off their WebOS hardware. While I can’t say I’ll shed a tear for the PC hardware, I am a bit saddened by the apparent death of WebOS. For one thing, I honestly believe that there should be a decent competitor to iOS in the market. In my mind WebOS was the best suited to take that role. Secondly, I have always had a soft spot for the erstwhile Palm OS. I was an early adopter of Palm handhelds, and I used a Palm device until the day I bought my first iPhone. I’m going to have to dig out my old Tungsten T3 and have a drink with it.
August 16th, 2011 I’ve given the kids over at TUAW plenty of crap over the years, especially concerning coverage of pre-release Apple operating systems, so good on Chris Rawson for making a point that I’m constantly hammering on. Unless you are a developer or an advanced user who knows exactly what the fuck they are doing — do the world a favor and don’t install Apple beta OSes.
August 15th, 2011 This is an obscenely bad idea.
August 15th, 2011 Jesus tap-dancing Christ, I go off on a four day bender and come back to find that Google has up and bought Motorola. What in Satan’s name is this world coming to. Most of the punditocracy seems to think that this is a play for Moto’s patent portfolio. I’m not of the mood to put much thought into the whole thing, so I’ll just link to Nilay Patel’s analysis of the patent implications. Now, excuse me while I go break the news to my old Moto RAZR. Continue reading And Then That Happened
August 10th, 2011 In order to combat the fact that my co-workers are thieving scum, signs have been placed on the two refrigerators in out microscopic break room. Instead of saying something sensical, such as “Stop stealing shit you thieving assholes,” they read: Stop. Do not take items that you did not purchase. This confuses me. Am I not allowed to take the home-cooked meal that I brought. Alternately, can I just take whatever I want and leave some money behind. Sometimes it’s better to just say what you mean.
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