The Angry Drunk

I missed the initial hullabalo surrounding the recent Google Reader fiasco (link goes to the Slashdot discussion).  But I may as well add my thoughts.

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Today’s particular hangover has blunted the all-encompassing rage a bit; so even I have to admit that this piece by Cory Doctorow in InformationWeek is dead on.  It probably explains why I have a grand total of 6 MySpace friends; and of those, one is mythical proto-hominid and one is a presidential candidate.  Or it could [...]

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I have neither the time nor inclination to rant about the Amazon Kindle.  But I am amused that every bit of commentary pointing out its many flaws is met with a flurry of comments from the Nerdistani defending it.  You chumps would line up for an ass-reaming by a n 800 lb gorilla on meth [...]

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Freetards, I love it. 
via Fake Steve Jobs.

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Wow, usually my complete and utter apathy results in my rants being horribly late; but for a change I was ahead of the curve. Go ahead and commence to fellating each other you mighty Prophets of Nerdistan. Your whining and complaining has slayed the mighty dragon that is Steve Jobs. He has heard your pronouncements [...]

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In Part 1 I proposed the theory that Apple is in the business of selling a branded lifestyle, rather than any specific products. And that it is that very fact that causes the extreme reactions from the nerdistani community whenever Apple does something that the average nerd considers to be “wrong.” In the course of [...]

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I’ve been taking in all the wailing and gnashing of teeth from the tech pundits regarding the so called “bricking” of hacked iPhones with the 1.1.1 update; and I came to a realization about just why the Nerdistanis get so fucking worked up over every last thing that Apple does; and as a corollary [...]

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