Not too long ago, I covered a topic of growing importance to me on Shop Talk: right to repair for devices. The impetus behind talking about it on Shop Talk was that Microsoft has committed to right to repair in some capacity in 2022. I don't know what that will look like and hope it…
Money. You have it, Best Buy wants it.
Best Buy has an HDMI cable which costs over $1600 (but hey, free shipping.) Motherboard has a beautiful piece on it.
Get out of my computer, you damned (government) kids!
Wired has a brilliant article attacking self-limiting PC programs and related items. It's awesome and you should read it. It pretty much destroys any argument for legally restricting what computers can and cannot do, because it's too easy to get around any safeguards you employ.
100% of the people reading this post are reading this post (and other lies about statistics)
A friend recently shared an article about the Ice Bucket Challenge that claimed only 27% of the money raised is going towards research. Here's the article. Here's the headline: ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE: ALS FOUNDATION ADMITS LESS THAN 27% OF DONATIONS FUND RESEARCH & CURES$95 Million Later: Only 27% Of Donations Actually Help ‘Research The Cure’I was pretty…
Elon Musk: World’s greatest pro wrestler? Or greatest human being?
Sadly, he is not a pro wrestler. But he is the CEO of Tesla Motors, and he just did something so awesome that he may qualify for greatest human being in the world. Let's set the brilliant title of his post aside for a moment. (Okay, giggle for a moment or two at the title.) Tesla…
Alternative to Google Reader
Kevin wrote about the end of Google Reader earlier on this blog. I can confirm that I have chosen Feedly, which is very slick and minimalist. I don't use multiple browsers like him -- pretty much 100% Chrome -- so it's perfect.
Quite a sticky wicket in the cell phone industry
Since I'm apparently an idiot and live under a rock, I originally missed this until I heard about it from Lance Ulanoff's twitter page. I have two main comments. First, I'm absolutely stunned that AT&T is surprised that nobody likes this. Let's face it, the moment AT&T lost the iPhone monopoly in the US, they…
36 Chambers - The Legendary Journeys: Execution to the max! 