Shenmue III Broke Kickstarter and I Have Been Useless At Work
Shenmue III's Kickstarter shattered records this week, and this is less a news recap and more a personal meltdown from someone who's been waiting fourteen years for a sequel.
LastPass Got Breached and Im Not Panicking
LastPass disclosed a breach of email addresses, password hints, and authentication hashes this week. Heres why Im rotating my master password instead of ditching the whole idea of a password manager.
Fallout Shelter Ate My E3 Week
E3 is happening right now, but between Nintendo's Digital Event and Sony's big reveals, the thing that actually ate my week was Bethesda's surprise free iOS game.
The Shenmue III Number Just Won't Stop Climbing
Sony's E3 conference delivered Shenmue III, and the Kickstarter that followed blew past its $2 million goal faster than any video game project ever has, plus a few thoughts on The Last Guardian and Fallout 4's new release date.
Bethesda's First E3 Show Cost Me a Night's Sleep
Bethesda's first-ever E3 press conference brought Fallout 4 gameplay, a surprise same-day launch of Fallout Shelter, and cost me most of a night's sleep.
When the Antivirus Company Gets Hacked
Kaspersky Lab says its own network got hit by a new, memory-resident piece of nation-state malware called Duqu 2.0, and the details are a lot more interesting than the obvious irony joke.
The Story WWDC Week Buried
While everyone's timeline is full of Apple Music and WWDC hype this week, a much bigger and quieter story got a day and a half of coverage: the OPM breach affecting millions of federal employees' data.
Apple Music and My Subscription Math Problem
Apple announced Apple Music pricing at WWDC this week, and doing the math against my existing Spotify family plan has turned into an embarrassing accounting exercise.
Newsstand Is Dead. My RSS Folder Isn't (Yet).
Apple announced Apple News as the replacement for Newsstand at WWDC, and it's got me thinking about how quietly RSS has been getting sidelined for years.
My iPad Doesn't Get Split View and I'm a Little Salty About It
Live-blogging my reaction to today's WWDC keynote: Swift going open source has me way more excited than Apple Music, and I'm salty my iPad Air doesn't get Split View.
The Night Before WWDC
It's the Sunday night before Apple's WWDC keynote, and instead of another feature wishlist, I just want iOS 9 to stop crashing on my 5s.
The Little Windows Flag in My Tray
A weird little flag icon showed up in my system tray last week. Turns out its Microsoft reserving your free Windows 10 upgrade, and I have some thoughts about that (plus a Fallout 4 tangent).