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Fuck Me — Actual Journalism?

The Angry Drunk — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:41:16 +0000

Everyone and their cousin has linked to or blogged about this article in The New York Times about the rise of foreign manufacturing but I think it’s still worthy of pointing out. It’s a rare treat to read an article on this topic that doesn’t appear to be written by complete fucktards. By all means, use Apple as an example of the issue — but don’t pretend that some hyperbolic screed in ZDNet blaming all ills on Apple or some jackass online petition is going to change shit.

But real change takes work, and working is hard.

Drink With the Bastards

The Angry Drunk — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:31:48 +0000

I mentioned before that the Angry Mac Bastards would be performing live at Macworld | iWorld again this year (details here). In addition I’m happy to announce the inaugural Angry Mac Bastards Drinkathon. If your going to be in town on Thursday, January 26th we’d love to get you shit-faced.

Really?

The Angry Drunk — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:16:41 +0000

Really BGR? Are you shit-bags so desperate for fucking table scraps that you’re going to actually run with Jeremy Horwitz’s bullshit claims that he’s seen an iPad 3? Congratulations fuckwits, that swishing you hear is the sound of what tiny bit of credibility you had left flushing down the toilet.

Boy Genius indeed.

AMB at Macworld | iWorld

The Angry Drunk — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:16:23 +0000

For the third year running Angry Mac Bastards will be doing our schtick live at Macworld | iWorld. If you’re coming to the show, stop by and say hello. We promise to be only mildly abusive.

The “No Comments” Circle-Jerk

The Angry Drunk — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:52:29 +0000

It’s once again the season when the hipsteratti regale us poor plebes with the glories of not allowing comments on their precious blogs.

I get it, not allowing comments make you feel all hip and edgy — but for the love of sweet Minotaur Jesus stop crowing about it like you just discovered the fucking secret of N.I.M.H.

Consistency

The Angry Drunk — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:20:55 +0000

John Martellaro today regarding the inevitability of Apple producing a 7 inch tablet in response to the Kindle Fire:

It’s just plain rare for a company to sit back and excuse itself out of a market and potential earnings.

John six days ago regarding the future of the Mac Pro:

The Mac Pro will be discontinued. Apple is all into the consumer market, and there’s just no future for this aging, heavy, awkward Macintosh. But that’s not to say the Mac mini can’t gain a lot of CPU oomph. I’m expecting the Mac mini to grow a little and get a lot more powerful.

Is it too much to ask for a little consistency?

Note: This is essentially a repost of the comment I made at the four misanthropes of the apocalypse in response to a much more thorough drubbing of this foolishness.

Viva Telecommuting

The Angry Drunk — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:16:45 +0000

My brother in arms Peter Cohen on the push back against telecommuting:

I’m perfectly willing to compromise on pay and a cushy workplace if it means I’m able to stay home and work at my pace in my environment. But expect me to work for coolie wages and drive to the office every day? You must be joking.

I couldn’t agree more.

A few companies ago I spent three years working from home after the local office closed. Those were the three most productive years of my career. In that time we rebuilt a Quality Assurance department from the ground up, including developing new QA and Customer Satisfaction capture, evaluation and reporting systems from whole cloth.

My current company, however, refuses to allow telecommuting even though I have a 25 mile one-way commute, I’m the sole person in my office in my department and the rest of my team is on another continent. It’s fucking insane.

Legitimatin’

The Angry Drunk — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:31:51 +0000

I’m somewhat amused by the members of the chattering class who’ve insisted from the outset that Apple’s primary, if not only, motivation for iTunes Match was extract $25 from people to “legitimize” their ill-gotten music collections who have now gone on to write reviews of iTunes Match showcasing their vast collection of non-iTunes Store media. So what you’re saying is…

Don’t Let the Door Hit You on the Way Out

The Angry Drunk — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:40:24 +0000

Warning: Political Content Ahead

Booyah! My friends over in Mesa actually did the right thing and booted out the fascist piece of human garbage Russell Pearce. Combine that with Democrat Greg Stanton defeating Tea Party friendly Wes Gullet in the Phoenix mayoral election and this is a decent day for Arizona politics. Combine that with the wins in Mississippi, Ohio, Maine and elsewhere and it’s a pretty good day for sanity overall.

My Thoughts on the Steve Jobs Biography

The Angry Drunk — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:51:11 +0000

Haven’t read it.

Ain’t gonna read it.

Don’t fucking care.