The $500k Apology Money Finally Showed Up
Rockstar's promised $500,000 GTA Online apology money finally landed this week, and it made the game's broken launch a little easier to swallow, though the servers are still a mess.
Twitter's Ticker Pick Isn't as Boring as It Sounds
Twitter confirmed it's listing on the NYSE under ticker TWTR instead of Nasdaq, and after what happened to Facebook's Nasdaq debut last year, that's not exactly a hard call to understand.
Two Weeks Into GTA Online and I'm Already on Character Number Three
Two weeks into GTA Online and I'm on my third character after another wipe, some thoughts on why the single-player campaign still outshines the buggy multiplayer mess.
Bitcoin Survived Silk Road
The FBI took down Silk Road two weeks ago expecting it to tank bitcoin's price. It did the opposite, and that's more interesting than the bust itself.
The Adobe Breach Finally Got Me Off My One Password
Adobe's breach email landed in my inbox last week and made me finally admit I'd been reusing one password everywhere. Here's how I actually fixed it, step by step.
Nine Days of GTA Online Eating My Character
Nine days into GTA Online's messy launch, my character vanished, got rebuilt, and today Rockstar handed out $500,000 in apology cash. A personal blow-by-blow of the worst week to be playing Los Santos online.
The Adobe Breach Finally Got Me a Password Manager
The Adobe breach finally scared me into ditching my one recycled password for a real password manager. Notes on LastPass vs 1Password vs KeePass, and how long the cleanup actually takes.
The Adobe Breach Made Me Finally Get a Password Manager
After Adobe's breach email landed in my inbox last Thursday, I spent Tuesday night changing a dozen reused passwords and finally caved on a password manager.
Finally Setting Up A Real Password Manager
The Adobe breach finally pushed me off the couch to set up a real password manager. Here's what that actually looked like, mess and all.
Adobe got popped and now I have to go change like six passwords
Adobe disclosed a breach hitting millions of accounts, and as a Creative Cloud subscriber I spent my morning changing passwords instead of doing actual work.
The Adobe Breach and the Subscription I Never Wanted
Adobe says hackers walked off with customer data and source code this week, and it's got me thinking about why I never switched to Creative Cloud in the first place.
Silk Road Goes Dark, Bitcoin Takes a Twenty Percent Gut Punch
The FBI took down Silk Road and arrested its alleged operator, and Bitcoin dropped 20% in a matter of hours. Some notes on what that says about how thin the market still is.