When I purchase a new mobile phone on a contract, one of the little footnotes so handily provided is a minimum total cost disclaimer. For instance, in February, the document I signed for a new phone stated “Minimum cost over 24 months … is $1,920″. It’s easy to enter into a contract with …
In most lines of work, there’s a word we use to describe people who consistently fail at their jobs. Whether it’s a system administrator who constantly does the wrong thing and crashes servers, or a checkout assistant who breaks eggs every time he places them in a bag, or …
“They were Gods once, but their worshippers either died out or were converted to the worship of other Gods. They wail and flutter around the edges of reality without substance or even thought. All they have is need.” (“The Hidden City”, David Eddings.) I’m not much of a David Eddings …
Oh no! Apple only released the iPhone 4S, not the iPhone 5! It’s the start of the end of the world – it must be, man! It’s like 2012 the movie is real! There must be lots of extra neutrinos hitting the planet now, except instead of starting with earthquakes …
You want to go on a rant about how one platform is better than the others and that anyone who believes otherwise is a mindless zombie captured by the marketing forces of the company you currently loathe? I’ve got news for you, fanboy. Yes, fanboy. You’re a fanboy. You use the …
I do enjoy my Apple products, but I have to say OS X’s behaviour with DNS leaves me in a permanent state of annoyance. This is not a problem I have with any other hosts on my local network. All the Windows, Linux and Solaris machines in my environment, with …
I actually quite like Fairfax, generally. They’re somewhat left-wing in their outlook, and as such represent added balance in an oft-times boganised Australian media landscape. However, when it comes to consumer tech stories, I honestly wouldn’t piss on them if they were on fire. For years, they’ve beaten a big …
I’ve been using the Apple Magic Trackpad since October 2010; it had already been out for a few months, and I was vacillating as to whether I’d get one or not. Sure, it looked nice, but I was already using the Magic Mouse (the most superb mouse I’ve ever …
It’s time for the PC folk of the world to understand that Apple has won the computer war. It didn’t win by becoming the dominant computer manufacturer – there’s a big difference between winning a battle and winning a war. It won the war through the simplest of strategies: understanding …
Apple has become so powerful it distorts time itself. How else can you explain the periodic appearance of messages in my inbox from another time? I know that’s an extra hour in the day, because I also get messages from 00:xx – No wonder Apple is able to run rings …
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