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Facebook’s New Interface

Facebook loosed their new interface this week.  Thus far, there is nothing “live” about it.  This makes me very sad. Honestly, if Facebook doesn’t introduce AJAX-y live update goodness to their...

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Damn It, Twitter!

All goddamned day I’ve been getting this goddamned whale on Twitter. I’ve also been trying to change the background of my stream, but although it always reports successful (when it doesn’t fail due to...

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The Wobbly World of Corporate Tweeting

Update: Please see the bottom of this post for the latest. I am feeling spurned.  I used to follow my local news station, Central Florida News 13, on Twitter.  A few days ago, I realized that I wasn’t...

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VONAGE SUCKS BALLS!

I signed up for Vonage in November.  We have Vonage ads on OSNews, so I thought I’d give them a shot.  I signed up for the $25/mo plan.  The problem is, they use recycled numbers, so we got tons of...

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I’m Kicking the Apple Habit

I just sent this letter to Apple via their feedback form. Those of you that know me know that this is a big deal for me. I am the owner of many generations of Apple products. From iBooks to Macbook...

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AT&T Suckage

AT&T’s network has improved dramatically in the last year or so.  I’ve been really happy with them lately.  So it pissed me off a little extra today when I called to get a number blocked and got...

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My Thoughts on Phish as 2012 Closes

It’s been a year since my last blog post. A year. A lot has happened in that year, my life is very different than it was as I wrote “My Thoughts on Phish as 2011 Closes.” I’m a different person, and...

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Slashdot: Slowing Rotting from the Inside Out

Sometime ago, say, 1999, Slashdot was the king of the online tech world. In fact, from a “hits” standpoint, they may still be, if not second to Digg. Slashdot has always been the first big blog-style...

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The Problem(s) With American Idol

EW.com is running a piece on possible changes to American Idol. American Idol is – as we speak – jumping the shark. Everyone is trying to predict why. I’m going to give you all the reasons right now....

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American Idol: Worst Season Ever

Must the judges continue to lick David Archuleta’s balls after every single song this “Aw shucks!” nerd delivers? His silky smooth voice hasn’t found its niche, except perhaps as a second rate Michael...

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I Entrust My Data to… Microsoft?

I used to love my iPhone, because it kept me all up-to-date and synced.  See – on my mac, Address Book and iCal were fully matched up to my calendar.   But then I realized that I really don’t need to...

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Overdue Thoughts on Apple

It’s been a long time comin’. Apple has engaged in plenty of really lame behaviors lately, and it’s time I sound off on them. Let’s take it section by section, shall we? I’ll break this down into the...

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iPhone 2.2: More Stuff We Don’t Need

I posted an article recently called “Apple’s Jobs Gives iPhone Customers What They Don’t Want” that discussed the upcoming 2.2 firmware and its new features.  iPhone firmware appears to give us Google...

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Apple Support

Today is NOT my day when it comes to Apple products.  I bought Mobile Me, the ridciulously overpriced service Apple offers, specificaly for its photo album capabilities, but I cannot activate it....

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So Lame

Dr Pepper needs a new web host.  I tried getting through for several hours minutes on Sunday to no avail.  So the offer was extended, and now I get this, crappy availability on a crappy Windows server....

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