…I find it funny that AT&T has released “Mark the Spot” for the iPhone [Free - iTunes link], an application made for the sole purpose of telling AT&T when your voice or data service has dropped off the map. Somehow I think this is not going to end well for AT&T. Do you think that [...]
via Gizmodo: AT&T Comes in Last in Consumer Reports Study That Surprises No One Here’s some news anyone with an iPhone could have told you: AT&T delivers crappy service that its customers hate. But this news comes from a reputable source, Consumer Reports, instead of the usual whiny friends. Carrier exclusivity and all that.
…or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Overview. EDIT: for an update on how I feel about Mint.com these days, please see this post. I’ll freely admit that I suck with money: I spend it if I’ve got it, I can’t keep track of it very well, and budgeting is… well… one [...]
I used to be a Verizon customer – a very satisfied one as my calls would never drop. I ditched them for a device I love just like many have done. Some people claim that AT&T’s network has suffered because of users like me are taking up all the bandwidth or something. Whatever: you get [...]
It’s good to see Lifehacker focusing on backup tools. After literally years of struggling with backing up various computers and laptops I’ve owned over the years, and having learned my disaster-recovery lesson the hard way when I lost the hard drive on my desktop in 1996 or something, I’ve recently settled into a very cozy [...]
Oftentimes I look at my iPhone and wonder why I’m not enjoying it more like all those people on the commercials who link up with 27 of their closest friends in downtown San Francisco for some flashmob Titterific event… or something. And then I find an app like RedLaser. So incredibly worth the $2 they’re [...]
VirtualBox is much, much faster on my Windows 7 PC than VMWare Workstation 6.5. And cheaper. ted, the torrent episode downloader, is possibly one of the most efficient fixes to an organizational problem I’ve had in quite some time. Videora, while incredibly bloated with ads and general GUI ickiness, is very adept at getting DivX [...]
Isn’t that called serendipity or something? Before I worked for Ars, I had a pretty traditional office job. As part of my daily routine, I got up at 6:30 am, took a shower, made breakfast, and sat down in front of the computer to eat and respond to e-mail before hopping in the car to [...]
Ever look at some of the reviews of iPhone apps? Ever actually read the idiocy that people think is okay to put up there? Get a new system of ratings, or at least moderate the most stupid ones, Apple.
…just drop me a line. Apparently I had something to do with it.