What is the purpose of facebook?
I’ve been on facebook for a while now and I really don’t want to log in anymore. I’m just not sure of the purpose. Tonight I stalked some of my old high school friends and tried to stalk some of my old college friends, but I just felt dirty. I didn’t learn anything interesting except [...]
Mac News Web Site Love
Two of those most popular Apple fan news sites, AppleInsider and MacRumors, have been engaging in an absolute love-fest as of late. Quoting each other’s stories and congratulating each other. Only with Apple would such bizarre behavior occur. And on the day we find out about Al Gore’s Nobel Peace Prize, no less. (Al Gore [...]
The End of Closed Source Code
Just a quick note. With the notorious 1.1.1 iPhone update Apple also took the aggressive step of encrypting the iPhone OS to prevent “tampering”. Well, it’s already been cracked, and good for them! Somehow this number is proof that they’ve done it, I don’t know how. 358bf0bd1f1024ed25fa69ced23dab90 For the non-techies who read my blog that [...]
The Corporatization of Digg
I mostly love Digg. It’s the best way to keep up with what’s going on in the tech world in both products and opinions despite the flaw I’m about to point out. The thing about Digg, though, is that it’s easy to cheat. If you have enough “friends” (employees) you can get any story enough [...]
The iPhone 1.1.1 Update Situation
For those of you who don’t know, here’s a quick synopsis of the current drama that’s going on with the iPhone. Some very well-known and respected members of the Apple community are criticizing Apple for a few reasons. The iPhone does not support 3rd party development, therefore preventing innovative, useful, and fun apps from being [...]
Mac Software
There are so many reasons why the Mac is going to really start getting big and taking over. Aside from the almost complete incompetence of Apple’s competitors in all sectors, the Mac is a much more attractive platform for developers for a number of reasons. Apple encourages its developers with their own products by promoting [...]