Apple Admits iPod Touch Screens Are Faulty
Forget the fact that the iPod Touch screens are faulty, did Apple just admit to something being wrong with their products? Wow. Amazing.
Anyway, if you’ve been surfing around in the blogosphere, you’ve seen countless number of stories saying that the screen on the iPod Touch is faulty especially with how it displays blacks (you bunch of racists Apple).
Well, after all the complaints, Apple has officially announced that the screens on ’some’ of the iPod Touch’s are in fact faulty. But honestly, are you surprised? I have yet to see a 1st gen product come out of Apple that hasn’t had some type of major bug or flaw. I enjoy letting all you ‘dipshits’ (see Bill Maher below) spend your money so Apple can screw you over while anyone with a brain waits two months for the price to be cut and the product to be upgraded to at least semi-usability status.
A Semi-Coherent Rant On Originality and Ethics On The Web
As a web developer and designer, I take a lot of pride in coming up with something innovative, attractive, and useful for my clients and users. I spent countless hours tweaking and perfecting even the smallest aspect of anything I do.
So you can understand that there’s nothing worse than browsing the web, only to find someone has blatantly ripped off your hard work. Not bits and pieces of it (which I have no problem with and actually encourage), but literally viewing your source code and copy and pasting the entire thing into their own website. With no mention of your name or linkback.
I’ve been developing websites, on one level or another, for close to 10 years. I’ve heard many stories of people getting their work copied and then passed off as another’s, but I’ve never had it happen to me…until today.
RE: Apple tells you how to use your iPod to move music onto another computer.
So I just read an article on Digg entitled “Apple tells you how to use your iPod to move music onto another computer.” After the first couple paragraphs I stopped reading and looked over at my scroll bar. Holy crap! The way I figure, on a screen resolution at 1280X1024, the process takes roughly ten and a half pages to describe (see it here). I call bull on Steve Jobs, DRM and the RIAA.
I took it upon myself to simplify the process…
Much better…
Ted Stevens Strikes Again
It seems Mr. Stevens is at again.
If you recall, last year he introduced a bill called DOPA (Delete Online Predators Act).
*Note to self…find out how to delete people from the internet. I want to delete the bastard who keeps sending me emails trying to sell me V1@gr@. I’ve told him over and over again that I already have plenty. I wonder if it has to do with these mysterious tubes I keep hearing about? Hmm…
Oh sorry. Anyway. The bill stated that all schools would have to block any and all interactive websites. This included most notably, MySpace, Facebook and Digg. The bill went nowhere and died on the steps, just being a bill.
But don’t count the T-Train out quite yet…or is it T-Truck? Anyway…
Somehow out of the ashes, our lovable, idiotic, “I need a funny quote for my blog” punching bag, Ted Stevens, has risen once again.
A Rant About Viacom and Internet Video On YouTube
There’s a saying in the internet marketing realm. If you’re not on Google, you don’t exist. I believe this same saying goes for YouTube. If you have a video that’s not on YouTube, you may as well keep it in your sock drawer next to your “One Night In Paris” videotape.
Recently Viacom has told YouTube to take down all of their copyrighted videos, which was around 100,000+. This includes anything on MTV, Comedy Central, BET and VH-1. That means all those Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart videos, poof.
Let’s rewind real quick back to “Lazy Sunday” from SNL. No one gave a damn about SNL because they’ve not had anything funny in years. They were old, stale and as much fun as Tim Hardaway at a Gay Pride parade.
Apple Recalls 1.8 Million Batteries
Not to be completely outdone by Dell, yesterday Apple Computer recalled 1.8 million lithium-ion batteries. 1.1 million of them being from the U.S. and 700,000 from overseas. If you own an iBook G4 or PowerBook G4 laptop that you purchased between October 2003 and August 2006, you are a fire hazard waiting to happen.
You can check to see if your laptop is affected by visiting the Apple Battery Recall Program Page.
Now even though it makes me incredibly happy to watch any Dell or Mac laptop burst into flames, it should be noted that the maker of the exploding batteries is also your favorite rootkit maker…Sony! Sony has stated that they will be picking up part of the tab for the battery recall in both Apple and Dell’s cases which is looking to be around $400 million.
Don’t Imitate What You Don’t Understand
Picture this…
You stay home from work one day because you aren’t feeling well. You’re lying on the couch taking a nap and your cell phone beeps. It’s a text message. From who? Your boss, telling you you’re fired.
This scenario was real life for a 21 year old sales assistant at Blue Banana, a body-piercing and jewellery shop in London. The text message simply said “We will not require your services anymore…Thank you for your time with us.” Wow. Who was the ball-less nut-job who thought that would be a good idea? Grow some kahunas you chump.
What’s even more disturbing is the statement by store director, Ian Besbie trying to defend the companies irrational and absurd decision to fire an employee by text message.
“We are a youth business and our staff are all part of the youth culture that uses SMS (text) messaging as a major means of communication.”
What Is The Point Of Tech Support?
Anyone who owns a computer and has been on tech support with some guy named Farquar who lives in a mud hut somewhere near Thiruvananthapuram (it’s real, trust me), knows the agony that I have felt the past two weeks.
It started out during my trip to Montana, which I ended up spending half of, fixing computers. A good friend’s mom (we’ll call her Jane for the sake of the article) was having trouble burning cds on her brand new Dell XPS system. No problem. Shouldn’t take me but maybe 10 minutes to troubleshoot the problem and be supporting music piracy in all its’ glory. Wrong.
I played around with the drive and different software and media types for about 20 minutes when I thought maybe she was using the wrong media (using a “-” instead of a “+”). However, upon closer inspection of the drive, I realized that it was suppose to support all types of media available.
Sent Any Internets Lately?
So I had a hunch that the everyday US computer user may be just a little bit computer illiterate. But good Lord. Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens has not only proven my point, but taken it to a whole new level.
Recently a net neutrality bill was being voted on in the Senate. If you are not aware of net neutrality, I could sit here and describe it to you all day, and not only would you be lost, but I may confuse myself. Basically the telcos want to create a “tiered-internet” providing a fast lane for people who pay. An example would be if Comcast slowed down VoIP on your computer if you were using Skype, but if you used their VoIP service, it would work just fine. The committee ended in an 11-11 deadlock.
Enter Ted Stevens.
Maybe The Funniest Headline Of The Year
A report by Fox News was released about a week ago. The heading?
“Man Robbed by Teen Girls, Thought He was Meeting MySpace Friend”
Give me a minute to stop laughing.
Ok…hahaaa…sorry. What an idiot.
The victim was a Jacksonville man who said he was chatting with someone named “Natalia” on the popular social networking site MySpace. He stated her profile showed sexy photos of her with the quote “just lookin’ for something fun.” They talked for about two weeks and she said she wanted to meet. The man went to the woman’s apartment and knocked on the door, but there was no answer. He then called her, still no answer.
