Technology

Restrained myself from submitting an editorialized crash report that probably would have gotten me arrested.

A queue makes sense for @netflix’s DVD service, but not for Instant, and both of them are seriously hurting for good browsing functionality.

Inviting more than one person to an event on Facebook is kind of like playing Risk.

One thing I don’t like about the iPad is how often I fall asleep on the couch now.

Just hit @netflix’s arbitrary Instant Queue cap of 500 titles. That’ll teach those paying customers to use their service so goddamned much.

What a fantastically terrible idea.

Next time I spend twenty minutes tapping out an epic iPhone e-mail on the subway, I’ll have to remember that Save Draft is a lie.

Tried the Wired iPad app since the new issue was free. I want Sean Connery to address the creative director: “Indiana. Let it go.”

The second best selling iPad case on Amazon tells me there’s an awful lot of people missing the point: amazon.com/Kensington-Key…

Four different versions of TV on the Radio’s new album on @amazonmp3. When did Microsoft become a record label?

Trying @songkick. Looks promising, but it failed to import 50 of my past gigs from @lastfm, which is definitely the wrong foot to start on.

Just in case the Republicans weren’t making it crystal clear who they are today: nyti.ms/fYAVGD

Got snail mail from Google trying to sell me a Google Apps business account. You couldn’t find my e-mail address, Google? YOU’RE GOOGLE.

The guy next to me on the bus has his netbook’s screen resolution set to the wrong aspect ratio and I’m starting to twitch.

Does anyone else have atrociously inconsistent tracking speed with the Magic Mouse? I’ve seen fixes for slow speeds, but this is different.

Assigning descriptive genders to connectors and fasteners is helpful, but it makes Radio Shack conversations that much more unpleasant.

Heading out to Brooklyn Bridge Park for a group test of @larrylegend’s mysterious new iPhone app.

I think this guy is serious. Therefore, I think he is a tool.

“Enjoy The [Philadelphia] Inquirer online where it looks like a paper you hold in your hands but performs in ways you never imagined.” Ugh.

So, @twcable_nyc, nearly 48 hours into my area’s outage, your phone people still have nothing to say? Solution ETA, please?

Remember when Homer resorted to fishing after being ejected from the Frying Dutchman? That’s me on 3G when the internet goes down.

Comments appended to retweets are almost always redundant, and they make for ugly syntax to boot.

Spending the day in bed with philosophical examinations of technology, communication, self, and their intersections.

Back to Google Reader’s default web app after trying Reeder and Pure Reader. Still seeking the right balance of features, flow, and looks.

Hoping for a data recovery Christmas miracle. — at Tekserve gowal.la/c/35w5R

For months, Ms. Rodriguez was unable to get much traction with any of the law enforcement entities she had called as she coped with Mr. Borker’s verbal and written attacks. Now, there seems to be a competition to punish him.

The lesson here? If you want shit to get done, get the press involved.

Grabbed @MomentoApp on @stop’s recommendation. I’ve wanted a good tweet archive solution for so long, and this offers so much more. Bravo!

If desktop is cinema, mobile is theater.

Over a year later, I’m still profoundly baffled and disappointed by the removal of friends’ ratings from @netflix movie pages. So stupid.

Computers and me, we’re not getting along so well these days.

Confession: I’m still pretty clueless about pro display calibration and working with Photoshop color profiles. Resource suggestions?

Bolt Bus really ought to stop claiming it has wifi. Related: Hey, AT&T, how’s that iPhone tethering coming along? Hello?

All tweets from before 2 days ago are gone from my Twitter profile, but they’re still accessible by permalink. Anyone else have this issue?

Remember in Ghost World when the guy wants to rent Fellini’s 8½ and the video store clerk offers him 9½ Weeks? Yeah, that’s Ping.

So my iTunes database has 9+ years of data about my listening preferences, and Ping suggests Taylor Swift, DMB, Linkin Park? Really?

Snap judgement: Ping is a fucking joke. “A social network for music”? No. “A social network for people who shop at the iTunes Store”.

Nonplussed to find that my new 13" MacBook Pro omits the ¹⁄₈" audio input that my old 13" MacBook had, while the 15" and 17" MBPs retain it.

Prepping for a trial Skype video guitar lesson with @tysavias. Hope this works.

Cheers for @Twitter finally adding bios to follow notification e-mails. Jeers for offering every possible response except “follow back.”

“Look, you’re already used to Windows. Stick to what you know. Switching to Mac would probably totally freak you out.” microsoft.com/windows/windows…

Wikipedia gets a lot of shit for being so democratic, but this infographic does a good job of describing why I think it’s awesome.

Safari has been going downhill for awhile now. I might have to switch to Chrome full-time. What gives, Apple?

Since when do all devices receiving electricity need it routed through an enormous brick? I could build a house with what’s under my desk.

Ugh.

Okay, I love Apple and I love Philly, but this is madness.

Not that they owe it to me, but between @DischordOrders and @amazonmp3, guess who let me re-download the MP3s I lost to hard drive failure?

Does a hard drive failure ever happen while one is actually keeping up with his backup schedule? Neat trick, cosmos.

Scratch that Facebook chess complaint. Chess.com is now integrated with the FB app, and the frame I saw was a transition hiccup.

Oh, cute, now the Chess app on Facebook just loads Chess.com in a scrolltastic frame. What an excellent idea.

UI customization hacks aren’t usually my thing, but if there’s a way around iOS 4’s icky folder icon system, I’m in.