Titanfall, Cloud Servers, and a Slice of Pie
Titanfall landed this week with cloud-powered servers and a lot of hype, plus a quick aside on the once-in-a-century Pi Day that happened the day before.
Pi Day, Titanfall, and a Raspberry Pi Still in Its Box
Pi day, an office pie I missed by twenty minutes, a Titanfall weekend that ate my sleep schedule, and a Raspberry Pi that's been sealed in its box since December.
Titanfall Is Great, the Server Queues Are Not
Titanfall finally showed up on my doorstep and its brilliant when it works, but the always-online requirement turned launch week into a lesson in patience.
Titanfall Launch Night Was a Mess (In a Good Way)
Titanfall launched yesterday on Xbox One and PC, and between the missing server browser and my Origin connection dropping twice, launch night was a mess in the best way.
Snowden Dialed Into SXSW and the Video Was Choppy
Snowden beamed into SXSW over a choppy video call yesterday to tell developers to start encrypting everything by default — some notes on the talk, and a small confession about my own server logs.
That Newsweek Bitcoin Story Was a Mess
A few thoughts on the Newsweek "Satoshi Nakamoto" story going sideways this week, plus SXSW kicking off and the ongoing weirdness of the secondhand Flappy Bird phone market.
The Newsweek Satoshi Story Doesnt Sit Right With Me
Newsweek's relaunch cover story claims to have found Bitcoin's creator living quietly in Temple City, California. The evidence is thin, the guy denied it flat out, and the whole thing left a bad taste.
Newsweek Doorsteps a Guy in Temple City
Newsweek's print relaunch cover story claims to have found Bitcoin's creator living quietly in Temple City, California, and by tonight nobody's sure if the denial or the driveway confession was the real one.
Same Building, Nineteen Billion Dollars Later
On the one WhatsApp-deal detail that stuck with me more than the $19 billion price tag, plus a note on the Flappy Bird clone flood taking over the app stores.
The Mt. Gox Mess Made Me Feel Smug, Then Just Sad
Mt. Gox just went bankrupt and 850,000 bitcoins are missing. Some thoughts on why handing your money to a company that used to trade Magic cards was maybe not the safest plan.
Titanfall Beta Weekend Wrecked My Sleep Schedule
Some late nights and a few faceplants into walls: thoughts on the Titanfall open beta, which just wrapped up this weekend on Xbox One and PC.
Nokia's Android Phone Makes No Sense and I Can't Stop Thinking About It
Nokia announced Android phones at MWC last week, right in the middle of being bought by Microsoft, and the whole thing is a stranger move than the Galaxy S5 headlines let on.