September 17th, 2007
Man in China dies after three-day Internet session - Yahoo! News
It’s charming how quickly the Chinese government blames video games and pornography for the death of internet “addicts”. Me, I think it’s a sign that life just plain sucks in China. You don’t hear about “internet deaths” anywhere else… not even tech-happy Sweden and their 100mbit residential broadband.
There’s a lot of things I think the Chinese government does poorly (like running a country * Ahem!), but at least they’re good for one thing: warning the rest of the world!
September 8th, 2007
Ahh, computers… That’s why you’re here, right ? That’s how you got here, too!
With the recent release of ‘new’ iMacs from Apple a few weeks ago, there has been much buzz around the blogosphere about quality and value. A lot of whiney ignorants like to hear themselves say that Macs are expensive because they are built with high quality components, but really how can you gauge the quality of a piece of computer hardware ? Is there really that much variance in quality from one brand to the next ?
Billco says NO!
First of all, Macs are… Read the rest of this entry »
September 5th, 2007
TheRecord.com - Business - Meet IvanAnywhere
Now this is cool! Ivan Bowman is a developer at some company in Waterloo, but he “telecommutes” - god I hate that word - he works from home, in Halifax. Hundreds of thousands of people do that already, but what’s neat about Ivan is he has a robot serving as his eyes and ears in the office, and it’s all remote-controlled over the internet. With a webcam, microphone and a touchscreen display, he can interact with his coworkers like a normal person would, with the added benefit that the slimy bitch… Read the rest of this entry »
September 5th, 2007
Apple cuts 8GB iPhone price to $399 - Engadget
And people are pissed off about it! And I’m pissed off at these people!
The same brainwashed idiots who stood in line two months ago to get a goddamned iPhone are now bitching about the price drop, whining about resale value and how they feel “insulted”. Forums are abuzz with angry socialites who somehow feel entitled to a $200 refund. If it was worth $599 to you back then, why is it suddenly worthless today ?
To me, a person that stands in line for hours to buy an… Read the rest of this entry »
