Lavabit Just Turned Itself Off
Lavabit shut itself down rather than comply with a secret legal order, and Silent Circle killed its own encrypted mail service hours later. Some thoughts on watching two companies dismantle their own products.
Ubuntu Edge: Doing the Crowdfunding Math
A check-in on Canonical's Ubuntu Edge crowdfunding campaign and why hitting a $32 million goal in 30 days always looked like a longshot.
Life After Google Reader, One Month Later
A month after Google Reader's shutdown, a real-world comparison of Feedly, Digg Reader, and The Old Reader based on actually living with each one.
A Weekend Lost to PGP
Skipping the Snowden asylum takes everyone else already wrote and talking about the four hours I lost this weekend trying to get PGP working with a friend over email and, eventually, an increasingly absurd phone call.
Still Waiting on My Chromecast
Google's $35 Chromecast sold out almost instantly after its July 24th launch, and over a week later I'm still refreshing Best Buy's site like an idiot.
Chromecast, One Week In: What It Actually Does
My Chromecast finally arrived after the launch-day sellout, and it does exactly two things really well: Netflix and YouTube. Everything else, especially tab casting, still needs work.
Watching the Ubuntu Edge Counter Instead of Sleeping
The Ubuntu Edge crowdfunding campaign is past $8 million of its $32 million goal, and I'm torn between wanting one badly and remembering how my last hardware Kickstarter went.
Still Waiting on My Chromecast
A week after Google's $35 Chromecast sold out everywhere, I'm still stuck refreshing "out of stock" pages while scalpers flip them for double on eBay.
Chasing a $35 Chromecast
Google's $35 Chromecast sold out almost overnight and the bundled Netflix deal is already getting yanked for new buyers. Notes from a week of failing to actually order one.
Google's Dongle Beat My Roku Preorder
Chromecast sold out in a day at $35, while the Roku Streaming Stick I preordered back in January still hasn't shipped. A few thoughts on why that happened.
The Chromecast Netflix Trick Everyone's Already Milking
Google's new $35 Chromecast comes with three free months of Netflix, and people have already figured out how to stack that promo across multiple accounts.
I Tried to Buy a Chromecast Today and Failed
Google's $35 Chromecast sold out before I could buy one, and my consolation prize is a three-to-four-week wait from Amazon. Some thoughts on impulse pricing, the ghost of the Nexus Q, and my TV's two measly HDMI ports.