Yesterday, Apple released an update to its iPhone/iPad operating system, iOS 5, alongside its new backup/syncing/interweb thing, iCloud. iOS 5 iOS 5 is beautiful. You can read a complete list of new stuff elsewhere, but some of the new features really improve the devices that iOS powers. Notifications were a useless mess before, but now [...]
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Review: iOS 5 = Win, iCloud = Fail
Posted in technology on October 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Evolution’s Failures
Posted in general science, philosophy, psychology, technology on July 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I think it’s hilarious to imagine evolution’s failures. Think of how our digestive systems are able to function no matter which way we’re sitting or lying, carrying food to the right place in a peristaltic wave, even if it’s going against gravity. Think of the pre-human who didn’t get that gene. He’s all like, “check out this [...]
Spoiled
Posted in media, technology on September 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Apple TV etc.
The Emotional Ramifications of Bleeps and Bloops
Posted in psychology, real life, technology on August 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The iPhone needs more options for the new text message sound. There are only six beeps, bongs, and honks available, with no ability to add new ones. I say this not out of a vain need for customization, but for the emotional well-being of iPhone users. This is modern life: You meet someone you like, [...]
Book Review: Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card
Posted in book reviews, technology on July 7, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Review of Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card.
Podcamp London + Contemplative Goose
Posted in psychology, real life, technology, writing on May 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Re: Podcamp London, and a goose I am now friends with.
Me in Maclean’s. Also: Nuts.
Posted in media, real life, technology, writing, tagged coffee, maclean's on April 7, 2010 | 2 Comments »
About that one time I was in Maclean’s Magazine.
Play TV Canada Pwned: Going Off the Air March 26th
Posted in media, misc, technology, tagged call tv, fraud, global television, play tv canada, playtv, scam on March 21, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Play TV Canada is going off the air March 26th, thanks in part to our efforts. Nice!
The Endless Cycle of Checking Stuff
Posted in media, technology on September 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My use of the internet has reached a critical point. A point where, if I’m not careful, it becomes a self-perpetuating cycle that is nearly impossible to escape. It used to be, I’d wake up, check my email, respond if needed, then get on with my day. Maybe check my email again an hour or [...]
The Mathematics of Wrong Numbers
Posted in psychology, technology on June 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What the hell is with wrong numbers? Who’s dialing them?
