... The German, with a heavy accent, asks Tim in broken English, "wahn kahn ik pey myna bahr drink mit apple pey in Deutschland?" The Jew, who is also the bartender getting ready to start his shift, turns to Tim, greets him by showing him the red dot on his new Apple Watch, and says, … Continue reading A German, A Jew, And Tim Cook Walk Into A Bar
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Getting Some Tech On
Subtitle: How To Get Some Tech Freedom With SBC As previously mentioned here, I've been dabbling of-late in the world of SBC (Single Board Computing). Reason? I'm on a long and curvy path to weaning myself from/of Apple and its hellacious eco-system. In fact, I'm currently fiddling around with the idear of getting off the … Continue reading Getting Some Tech On
From New To Old Or Skipping What’s In-Between
Subtitle 1: E-Book reading. Looks like there's no turning back (for worst-moi). Subtitle 2: A pseudo-review of e-readers. I first started e-reading on a Kindle 2. I loved the design of the Kindle 2, especially the analog page change buttons and the odd but fully functional keyboard that enabled the best note-taking (at the time) … Continue reading From New To Old Or Skipping What’s In-Between
Apple v Pi Or How I Slowly Got My Computing Future On
I tried to become a watch-nut once. Not a real watch-nut, mind you. Of course not. A real watch-nut spends lots of money on watches. Heck, I don't even like money. Anywho. A watch-nut knows what a complication is. In fact, that's the only thing that made watches interesting to me. The simpler the complications, … Continue reading Apple v Pi Or How I Slowly Got My Computing Future On
The Wrong Of Success In The Land Of Free To Be Stupid Because Rest Of World Is Even Stupider
Here's the latest greed-mongering-magazine's list of top corporations in the world ranked by whatever-$$$ (I guess). I came across this list because, as an Apple pseudo-fan-boy, my favourite company-to-hate was recently downgraded. How can that be--especially after I just took advantage of a battery replacement program for my ageing phone that was probably the best … Continue reading The Wrong Of Success In The Land Of Free To Be Stupid Because Rest Of World Is Even Stupider
Kudos To The Best Of The Worst
One of the world's most greedy corporate CEOs (I mean, come on worst-reader, it is all about greed and not achievement or merit or the like, right?) has found a moment to put a few degrees between what he represents (über-greed) and what the worst of the worst represents (stupid-greed). Pretty much from day one … Continue reading Kudos To The Best Of The Worst
Apple’s Spinning Wheel Of You Suck
https://youtu.be/LFlTx3UyWWo Don't you hate it when that happens? This particular wheel lasted for well over ten minutes--until I forced a restart on my MacBook Air 7,2. This is but another reminder of how much I'm gonna enjoy making this my last Apple hardware purchase (I spitefully hope). As far as MacOS goes, Apple has really … Continue reading Apple’s Spinning Wheel Of You Suck
Wait. Remember When…
In an attempt to figure out Apple's really, really krappy cloud service, iCloud, I finally hooked up with icloud.com today. Seriously. I've never been to this part of the Apple universe before. I guess I always preferred to do all my stuff mostly through a Mac and every once-a-once my phone. I had two reactions … Continue reading Wait. Remember When…
Bad Apple, Bad Apple. Now Go In The Corner For Your Time-Out.
Oh my, dear worst-reader. Since confiscating my better-half's 2016 12" MacBook--and she going full iOS as of late 2017--I've been enjoying this little über-fantastic device which has even made me forget my beloved 2015 13" MacBook Air with that friggin i7 processor and that fan that randomly interupts everything all day long--and wants to burn hole … Continue reading Bad Apple, Bad Apple. Now Go In The Corner For Your Time-Out.
Not Only In #Trumpland Does Disinformation Serve The Agenda. Would You Believe Corporations Use Smoke Screens Too? Duh!
Worst-writer has been wielding an iPhone 6s for well over two years now. It's my second "smartphone". Worst-writer has never been a fan of Apple's iOS. In fact, most computer operating systems suck. On top of that, the whole smartphone thing bores me. Reason? These things can do so much more. Here's my worst-dream for … Continue reading Not Only In #Trumpland Does Disinformation Serve The Agenda. Would You Believe Corporations Use Smoke Screens Too? Duh!
Typing On The New MacBook, The Joy Of Butterfly
I can't feel a thing. Well, actually I feel a small click. Yes. It's a click where there should be movement. And I'm not talking about the trackpad? Yet, so similar are these new input and control gadgets on Apple's new MacBook. Comparatively, there is much more movement of the keys and the trackpad of … Continue reading Typing On The New MacBook, The Joy Of Butterfly
Pseudo Review: Followup Of Newly Confiscated 2016 12″ MacBook
The first pseudo-review is here. A third is here. How did I get here, dear worst-reader? How did I get to be the confiscating husband I've become? And how did I get to this place I'm at where being overwhelmed w/ tech gadgets could be so frustrating? You know, dear worst-reader, as a useless-eater, as … Continue reading Pseudo Review: Followup Of Newly Confiscated 2016 12″ MacBook
How The #neweconomy Became The #oldeconomy And #Apple #Sucks
Who loves being forced to buy new technology? I mean, that's really what's happening these days, or? If hardware manufactures somehow acted responsibly, there would then be no reason that the investment consume-to-survivors make couldn't last longer. Or are the engineers that make everything smaller and thinner really not that good after-all? Oh wait. We're … Continue reading How The #neweconomy Became The #oldeconomy And #Apple #Sucks
Pseudo Review: RasPlex + Hifiberry And Some Serious Audio On The Cheap
Kinda follow-up, update to this post here. More pseudo-review of audio equipment here. Can a non-audiophile still hear great audio? Can a music-lover of old music still get some jams through his/her head in these digital times without breaking the bank? Do those guys that spend all that money as "audiophiles" give you the … Continue reading Pseudo Review: RasPlex + Hifiberry And Some Serious Audio On The Cheap
Pseudo Review: MacBook vs Macbook Air
Gallantly playing the role of the über mindless consumer, spending the morning lazying around while on a short vacation, there's always time to 1) practice typing and 2) blog something before we head out on our last full day around Flensburg's Fjord. With that in mind, here's my pseudo review of two Apple MacBooks I've … Continue reading Pseudo Review: MacBook vs Macbook Air
Announcement: iPhone 10th Anniversary Not A Celebration But Instead Reason To Admit Defeat. Or. The iPhone Represents How The Old Economy Won.
The thing I remember most from Steve Jobs presentation of the iPhone ten years ago wasn't the device itself. No. The thing I remember most were three words that he said: "Internet Communication Device." Nothing else in that iconic corporate presentation remains with me. I don't care how the thing looks, what colours it comes … Continue reading Announcement: iPhone 10th Anniversary Not A Celebration But Instead Reason To Admit Defeat. Or. The iPhone Represents How The Old Economy Won.
Prince v Metallica, Deposing The Middleman, Boxsets In Heaven
First A. This post is NSFW. First B. The window of opportunity has closed. We are screwed because moneyed interests are the new Gods of art, creativity and life. Or. I would really like to see a change in the music industrial complex now that Prince is gone. Second. I am a child of two … Continue reading Prince v Metallica, Deposing The Middleman, Boxsets In Heaven
How/Why Your Vote Doesn't Matter: Money Is (Above) The Law.
Read some legislation this morn. I guess I woke up feeling patriotic. But that soon waned. Indeed. Get a load of this krapp. A couple of Senators--you know, those guys in government that are the dirty hands and unwashed feet of the corporate and military industrial complex--have drafted yet another useless bill that is supposed to … Continue reading How/Why Your Vote Doesn't Matter: Money Is (Above) The Law.
At Odds With Our Government
For posterity's sake below is worst-writer's transcription of Tim Cook's tell-all, ask-all and all-around cute little keynote speech before he starts hocking gadgets to the world and thereby protecting the bottom line, March 2016. I've listened to this speech several times. Each time I listen it gets under my gander more and more. But enough of my … Continue reading At Odds With Our Government
Designed In Ain't Made In #Americant
Upon his death (or joining Elvis) Steve Jobs left behind one of the most successful companies the world has ever known. Almost five years later Apple Inc. is still a behemoth of cash and profits. Which begs worst-moi to ask the following: is it me or does it feel like Apple is riding on laurels? Every … Continue reading Designed In Ain't Made In #Americant
Everyone's Day In Court Will Never Come
Subtitle: Juxtaposition of Hope v Change v Consuming v Survive v Gee, I don’t know, …Orwell? You know, recently, before our move to India, I floated the idear that we should probably update our ageing digital devices. My wife’s iPhone 5S was looking pretty beat up and my iPhone 4S was almost a brick due to … Continue reading Everyone's Day In Court Will Never Come
This vs That And Something Above The Snowball(den) Effect
https://youtu.be/SGCSy2Ogoa4 As usual, dear worst-reader, worst-writer is shocked. (But I'm not surprised.) I'm shocked that #americants once again just don't get it. I mean, come on. Do you really believe that Blackberry died such a tragic death because the Canadians are so bad at managing a corporation? Or could the whole demise of Blackberry have something … Continue reading This vs That And Something Above The Snowball(den) Effect
Backdoor To Your Frankenstein
The grand question goes like this, dear worst-reader: who owns you? In the case of the individual and her/his desire to lead a digital life, your owner is your hardware supplier. (Boy did Blackberry screw this up, eh?) But the questions don't stop there. How secure is your digital life? Worried about passwords? Worried about losing … Continue reading Backdoor To Your Frankenstein
Error 53 Or Area 51? Either Way Want More Want More
Warning: post is NSFW. §After reading article above and a few others on the same subject, I've concluded the following: Dear worst-consumer... you and your journalists don't get it. An iPhone isn't "bricked". Instead, it's controlled. It's owned. It's not yours. I mean, you don't really believe in what is printed on your dollars or your … Continue reading Error 53 Or Area 51? Either Way Want More Want More
Not If But When The End Is Nigh Or How I Miss RSS
These images were taken from my iPhone 6s a few nights ago while scanning through Apple's News app. This News app is actually nothing new. I've been using Feedly, Google News, Flipboard, for some time now. Let's just say I'm nuts for information distribution. But the problem is companies like Apple are incapable of understanding information distribution. … Continue reading Not If But When The End Is Nigh Or How I Miss RSS
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