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US VP debate rick-rolled
I know rickrolling is soooooo six months ago, but this still made me laugh (screengrab via Fark):
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How Apple can make iPhone developers love it again
John Gruber hits the nail on the head: Here is a complete list of what Apple must do to increase developers’ trust in the App Store system: State the rules. Follow the rules. That’s it.
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Three good things and one bad one
Good: The new Christopher Brookmyre, James Lee Burke and Ian Rankin novels. Bad: The new Girls Aloud single.
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Thoughts on EasyJet’s Speedy Boarding service
When you fly, it’s traditional for two groups of people to board first: people with mobility problems, because they need extra time/assistance to get on the plane; and parents of very young children, so that everybody else can avoid sitting anywhere near them. This is particularly important on evening flights, where the children are up…
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Back in a bit
I’ll be away all next week. More ranting when I get back.
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Better e-book readers are coming
Excellent news. We’re not quite at the point where I’d want to dump my daily paper for a digital Daily Me, but we’re getting closer. The iRex Reader 1000 offers a 10.2-inch diagonal E-Inkscreen, far larger than Kindle’s 6-inch screen or even iRex’s own 8.1-inch diagonal iLiad, its last e-book model. That stretched display is…
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“RealPlayer: like the Black Death, but made of software”
Feeling ranty? Techradar’s just uploaded “48 things we hate about tech“, which enabled yours truly to cheer himself up by being nasty about things. Any I’ve missed?
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State-sponsored punching
Hurrah for Ealing Primary Care Trust, which has decided to liven up people’s cigarette breaks by providing people you can punch. At least, I think that’s the idea. ‘Smoking police’ will target people at betting shops, bus stops and shopping centres to shock them into giving up cigarettes… A team of 11 young people have…
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Don’t buy a phone from a place called Dick
A customer was shocked to find pornographic images on a mobile phone she had just purchased, even more so when she discovered they were of employees from the store where she had bought it. The Australian university student was given an ex-demonstration model as it was the last in the Dick Smith Electronics shop…
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Metallica: too loud, and not in a good way
Here we go again. Metallica appear to be following in the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ footsteps, releasing an album that’s so compressed it’s painful to listen to. And that’s painful in a “shit sound” way, not a “woo! Scary metal!” way. the released CD version is – to coin a technical phrase – smashed to…