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The Battle Royale Begins 3

Nov

13

2008

Today marks the end of my Sprint contract, and the beginning of a technological battle royale. Let’s meet the contestants! IN THE RED CORNER…. The Blackberry 8703e, better known as the Crackberry. A practically indestructible phone on a shittastic network. A phone that I’ve dropped on concrete or asphalt so many times I’ve lost count. ...

When It Rains, It Pours

Jan

22

2008

I had put my MacBook Pro on that counter before, a thousand times before. I had no reason to think last night was any different. No reason until it came tumbling down, open, about 10pm last night. And that’s when today’s nightmare began. I thought it was fine at first: Everything was working properly, no ...

Dork Dilemmas

Jan

9

2008

Being unemployed in January is probably a good thing for the average gadget geek like myself, since the twin peaks of lust for shiny things both take place during the first couple of weeks of January. The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is taking place in Las Vegas this week, where almost every electronics company is ...

Mmmm, Pointlessly Translucent 1

Nov

10

2007

If you can read this, Leopard has been successfully installed on my computer. I’ll be spending my saturday night enjoying all the hilariously pointless translucence I can handle, because I am the most easily amused person on earth. Shiny!

Unspotted

Oct

26

2007

So as my fellow Mac nerds know, it’s Leopard Day, and no, I am not in line with the rest of the fanboys. Sadly, this is not just because I really needed to save the $45 the $20 off and $25 rewards certificate I had at Amazon bought me. No, this is because I’m so ...

Because I Have Already Been Asked Several Times

Jun

29

2007

No, I am not getting an iPhone. I had a very bad experience with Cingular in college, and even though it’s now AT&T, you still couldn’t pay me to deal with those assholes again, I don’t give a shit if the iPhone turns lead into gold or whatnot. At least I’m saving myself $600!

Happy Nerd Alert! 1

Jun

25

2007

This is why you should not give nerds like me a new computer like the one that showed up on my doorstep two days early today. Because we will do shit like this: The good news is, by running a benchmark test that compares the same stuff on both computers, the new one is 5x ...

Shanghaied

Jun

22

2007

Why is my new computer still bouncing around Shanghai tonight? Why is it not in my hot little bored little hands? Oh well. At least it’s in FedEx’s hands now. I guess I’ll distract myself by continuing my Shield marathon. Edit: Yay, now it’s in Anchorage! I’m going to drive myself crazy with this.

Indecision 3

Jun

16

2007

I want to buy a new computer. I’d been planning to buy a new computer around now, until Apple pushed back the release of its new operating system, Leopard, from WWDC (which was last week) to October. Common sense says I should wait the four and a half months it’ll take for Leopard/iLife to come ...

A Minor Dilemma 5

May

15

2007

I have a bunch of TiVo rewards points, since I’m such a TiVo-hugger that I’ve influenced several others to purchase TiVos. Crappily, however, these points expire after 24 months, and a bunch of mine are about to expire. And so we come to my dilemma, what to do with my TiVo rewards points. Here are ...