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July 14th, 2010

The Android Experience: Part 1

To continue my phone saga... As the iPhone 4 was not a viable option due to shipping (and I needed a phone right then and there)... I decided to go with the HTC Aria. A Linux-based iPhone counterpart which seems a superior product based on it’s spec sheet, clear display, higher resolution camera and Facebook integration. I predict the mac to not-mac switch will be somewhat painful excruciating, but decided that it was time to make some changes and I might as well start with my phone. Anyway, you never know the best option until you’ve at least tried a few.... and I’ve been a fairly devout iPhone user since the day after the original hit the stores. Also...

  • My tech-savy almost-brother said it “shits on the iPhone”.
  • It’s lighter than the iPhone. Relevant because though gravity is a constant, a smaller mass will result in a smaller force with which it will hit the ground when I drop it... theoretically reducing potential breakage (assuming similar cost-efficient engineering)... a concept NONE of the sales people at the store seemed to grasp.
  • Being that it cost me MORE than the iPhone ($250 with tax, on Debit MasterCard), $100 mail-in rebate or not. I’m not at all opposed to paying a $35 restocking fee to get rid of it if I choose to go with $99 iPhone #7.
  • Some cute guy suggested it, kinda like him... no harm in taking his advice...

An error message popped up on the brand new screen of my just-purchased gadget as I walked out of the store... *sigh*... this will be interesting...

July 12th, 2010

From Crack to Crackberry

So after my 6th iPhone (with an already nasty crack in the screen) took an unfortunate tumble out of my gym locker (which rendered the touch screen partially inoperative), I was yet again facing the nightmare of purchasing a new phone. Fortunately the touch screen somewhat functioned for another day or two before chipping into pieces and outright declaring defeat. Fifteen minutes later I stormed into an AT&T store and exclaimed that I needed a phone... Immediately. “One that could withstand that” I asserted, as I threw the remainder of my iPhone at the salesperson’s feet (Fat Guy). The gentleman said he had just the thing, as he detached two phones (cased in something that could pass for Military-issue) from his belt clip and forcefully threw them both on the ground. The salesperson next to him (Clueless Guy) decided to join in and threw his on the floor as well. A few others approached, but were hesitant to join in. After receiving a lecture on the importance of a “protective case”¹... my shopping experience commenced. read more »

January 9th, 2009

Screw You, Steve Jobs

So I wandered over into the system properties of my iMac one day and realized that the idiot who bought me this computer got me a beautiful 20 inch display with a pathetic amount of RAM (curious if he didn’t know better or thought I wouldn’t know better), which most definitely explains why it’s taking Illustrator a minute and a half to load when I accidentally click it in hopes of getting to my adjacently docked iTunes library.

A few clicks, a few bucks and a few days later, the solution to my desktop’s lethargic demeanor is in a box on my doorstep (courtesy of crucial.com). Some random memory-installation-guide (courtesy of Google) is telling me that the installation process is a single step: slide memory into the only available slot. Great! Upon initial examination of machine, I note that all that stands before me and a faster Mafia Wars experience are 2 damn screws. Piece of cake. Steve Jobs is the MAN!

...but before I go shopping for a Thank You card to send to my friends at Apple, I grab my tools and attempt to find an appropriately shaped thingie to open this thing up. read more »

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August 12th, 2008

iSleep

To add to my already ruined day (my dog murdered my vacuum cleaner), my computer keeps misbehaving. Now, it’s misbehaved before... but lately (perhaps because of the icky weather), it’s ten times as irritating. I think most people who have owned a Mac can agree, that at times the fuckers get pretty warm. I can’t keep my MacBook on my lap unless the ambient temperature is 40! My iMac has the same problem, except it gets really warm AND sporadically slips into sleep mode.... usually when I’m mid-hand in poker... or am making a crucial upload/download.... it just goes to sleep! Nighty fucking night!

After a few tries it comes out of slumber to work for 15 minutes and off to sleep.... Nighty fucking night

God help me if I shut down! Restart only happens after you’ve completely given up, and never on the first try.... Nighty fucking night!

FUCKING UNACCEPTABLE! read more »

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