Spent My Wednesday Night Patching Bash Instead of Sleeping
A late night spent patching Bash across two cheap VPS boxes after the Shellshock bug went public, and a rant about why it isn't getting the attention Heartbleed did.
The 16GB iPhone 6 Problem Nobody's Talking About
Apple's bragging about 10 million iPhone 6 sales this weekend, but the number nobody's talking about is the 16GB base model they're still shipping in 2014.
The U2 Album That Will Not Die
Everyone's writing about the iPhone 6 launch weekend, so instead here's a smaller complaint: ten days on, Apple's free U2 album still keeps reappearing in my iTunes purchases even after using their removal tool.
Skipping the iPhone 6 Line
Skipping the iPhone 6 launch-day line for the first time in years, and why Apple killing the 32GB storage tier bugs me more than it should.
Deleting a Free U2 Album Should Not Take This Long
Skipping the iPhone launch-day lines to deal with the actually annoying tech story of the week: getting that unrequested U2 album off my phone for good.
Making Room for iOS 8 (And Deleting My Life to Do It)
iOS 8 landed yesterday and immediately made me delete forty vacation photos just to have room to install it. Also, that U2 album is still not gone.
The U2 Album Nobody Asked For
Everyone's talking about the iPhone 6 and Apple Watch, but the thing that actually got under my skin this week was finding a U2 album I never asked for sitting in my iTunes library.
The 3am iPhone 6 Plus Preorder Scramble
A 3am preorder scramble for the iPhone 6 Plus, crashed carrier sites, and some honest second-guessing about buying a phone the size of a small tablet.
Preorder Morning: My AT&T Cart Died Four Times
Preorders for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus opened at 12:01am Pacific today and the ordering sites buckled, mine included. Also: I still can't get that free U2 album out of my iTunes library.
The Real Story This Week Wasn't the Apple Watch
While everyone was covering yesterday's Apple event, Amazon quietly cut the Fire Phone to 99 cents six weeks after launch, a much bigger admission than it got credit for.
One More Sleep Until the Rumors Stop Being Rumors
The night before Apple's big Cupertino event, on rumor fatigue, the historic venue, and a very close call with a dying hard drive.
Turning On Two-Step Everywhere (Finally)
After a week of iCloud headlines I finally spent a Saturday turning on two-step verification everywhere, and found out Apple's version still doesn't cover what you'd think it does.