A Week Inside the Yosemite Beta
A week and change running the OS X Yosemite public beta as my daily driver: the good, the font that's now too thin to read, and an iCloud Drive gotcha nobody warned me about.
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My Own Cable Company Phone Call
A viral recording of a Comcast cancellation call gone wrong made the rounds this week, and my own call to downgrade my cable plan wasnt much smoother.
The Buffering Wheel Beat Argentina Too
A personal recap of watching the Germany-Argentina World Cup final on a borrowed WatchESPN login, complete with buffering wheels, a late pizza, and a complaint about the Golden Ball vote.
Getting Nothing Done During World Cup Week
A confession about how little work actually happened this week thanks to World Cup streams taking over the office, plus a small note on Google buying Songza.
The Silva Goal Broke Our Office Wifi
Our office wifi collapsed under forty people streaming the USA-Portugal match at once, and I still ended up watching Silva's equalizer as a frozen spinner.
Watching the Game Through My Fingers
A Monday spent half-watching the USA beat Ghana 2-1 through a buffering WatchESPN stream, getting spoiled on Twitter, and a small weekend detour into Apple's new Swift language.
Swift Playgrounds and That Van Persie Header
A Saturday spent messing with the new Swift beta and Xcode Playgrounds, with the World Cup (and that van Persie header) on in the background.
Nintendo's Puppet Show and the Zelda Trailer That Actually Got Me
Watching Nintendo's pre-taped E3 Digital Event from home: painfully awkward puppets, a Zelda Wii U trailer that actually won me over, and some early skepticism about Amiibo figures.
A Weekend Wasted (Well Spent) on Swift
I spent my entire weekend messing around with Apple's brand new Swift language instead of doing anything productive, and I regret nothing.
Three Billion Dollars for Headphones I Still Don't Get
Apple just bought Beats for $3 billion and everyone's covering the deal terms. Here's my actual complaint: I still don't get why anyone pays that much for headphones that sound like a subwoofer.
Spent My Lunch Break Changing an eBay Password
eBay told everyone to change their password today after disclosing a breach, so I spent my lunch break doing exactly that, plus a tangent about a cursed old Power Glove purchase and Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 event.
The Pulitzer Book Amazon Wouldn't Ship
A Mother's Day gift, a Pulitzer-winning novel, and a two-week Amazon shipping delay that turned out to be a bargaining chip in the Amazon-Hachette dispute.