Why I'm Backing Up My Instagram Photos Tonight
Instagram just announced new terms letting businesses use your photos in ads without telling you, so I spent tonight exporting my whole library instead of doing actual work.
48 Frames and a Sliding Pair of 3D Glasses
I saw The Hobbit in 48fps HFR 3D this weekend and cant stop thinking about the soap-opera-effect frame rate, plus a couple smaller tech notes from the past week.
Notes From the Nexus 4 Refresh Trenches
Google keeps restocking the Nexus 4 for ten minutes at a time before it vanishes again — some notes from the refresh-button trenches, plus why the missing LTE doesn't actually bother me.
The Nexus 4 Restock Saga Continues
Still trying (and failing) to buy a Nexus 4 a month after launch, plus some scattered thoughts on Surface Pro pricing and the incoming wave of Mayan calendar nonsense.
Hunting for a Nexus 4, Round Four
A month after launch, the Nexus 4 is still nearly impossible to buy. My ongoing, increasingly petty saga of refreshing the Play Store trying to snag one.
Refresh, Refresh, Sold Out: My Nexus 4 Saga Continues
Three failed attempts at buying a Nexus 4 during Google's endless restock cycle, plus a smaller gripe about how NASA's big Curiosity rover reveal turned out to be soil chemistry instead of the Mars bombshell everyone was hoping for.
Doing the Math on Apple's $100 Million US Manufacturing Thing
Tim Cook's $100 million US manufacturing announcement got covered like a huge pivot this week. Doing the math against Apple's actual quarterly profit, it's a lot smaller than that.
One Line of Macs
Tim Cook told Brian Williams Apple will spend $100 million next year building "one line of Macs" in the US. Nobody's said which one, and I think that detail matters more than the headline.
Chasing the Nexus 4, Waiting on the Wii U
Two gadgets everyone wants this December, the Nexus 4 and the Wii U, both make you wait before you get to use them, and I'm out here losing to a restock timer and a mandatory day-one update.
I Got Mars-Baited, and So Did Everyone Else
NASA finally explained the Curiosity rover's "one for the history books" data today at AGU, and it was organic compounds, not aliens. Heres why I fell for the hype anyway.
Told You So: The Autonomy Deal Finally Blew Up
HP's $8.8 billion Autonomy writedown, a year after I called the deal overpriced, plus a side rant about the Nexus 4 selling out again on Cyber Monday.
The Song That Broke the Internet's Scoreboard
Gangnam Style just became the most-watched video in YouTube history, and Im less interested in the song than in what the milestone says about how we measure "big" online now.