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.
Digging Up an Old Coinbase Account
A chaotic news week sends me digging through old email for a Coinbase account I forgot existed, and the 2FA nightmare that followed.
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.
A Graphics Card for My Nephew and a Bitcoin Chart I Can't Stop Refreshing
A last day of 2020 post about failing to buy a graphics card for my nephew's Christmas present while Bitcoin quietly climbs past $28,000 in the background.
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.
Chasing the Christmas Star With My Phone Camera
I tried to photograph the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction with an iPhone and failed badly, plus a quick aside about Sony pulling Cyberpunk 2077 off the PlayStation Store.
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.