Netflix Doesn't Need My Debt Money Anymore
Netflix's Q4 earnings call this week had two things I wasn't expecting: a second CEO, and a company that might finally stop borrowing money to make TV.
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The S21 Got Cheaper and Nobody's Talking About That
Samsung's Galaxy S21 Unpacked event happened this morning, and the price cut on the base model is more interesting than any of the camera specs.
A Face Mask With RGB Lighting Is the Only CES Thing I Care About
CES went all-virtual this year and most of it was forgettable, except for Razer's Project Hazel, an N95-style mask with Chroma RGB lighting, which somehow says everything about 2021 in one object.
CES Goes Digital, LG Teases a Phone That Rolls Up
CES 2021 went fully digital for the first time ever, and the most interesting thing out of day one was a fifteen-second teaser for LG's rollable phone.
450 Cars Short
Tesla delivered 499,550 cars in 2020, missing Elon Musk's 500,000 goal by just 450 vehicles. Some notes on that suspiciously specific miss, plus a word on CES going all-digital this year.
Trying (and Failing) to Get My Cyberpunk 2077 Refund
A week into trying to get my PS4 refund for Cyberpunk 2077, and the process is almost as buggy as the game.
Sony Pulled Cyberpunk 2077 and I Got My Money Back
Sony pulled Cyberpunk 2077 off the PlayStation Store this week over its rough PS4 performance, and my own refund story explains exactly why.
The Morning Google Forgot How to Log Anyone In
A Monday morning Google outage knocked out Gmail, Drive, YouTube, and my kid's Google Classroom in one shot, and it made me notice just how much of the day runs through one login system.
45 Minutes of Google Being Gone, and a Faceless NPC
Google's login system went dark for 45 minutes yesterday and took Gmail, Docs, YouTube, and apparently some people's smart locks down with it. Also, Cyberpunk 2077 on PS4 is a mess.
Google Went Down and Took My Thermostat With It
Google went down for 45 minutes this morning and took my thermostat with it, which says more about smart home design than it does about Google.
The Dish Fell Down and All I Could Think About Was My Old Screensaver
Arecibo's instrument platform collapsed into the dish this week, and it sent me down a rabbit hole of memories about running SETI@home on my family's old Compaq back in 2001.
We Lost Arecibo
A few days after the Arecibo Observatory's platform finally collapsed, some thoughts on what we actually lost, and why it took this long to fall.