Posts by rbryanh

Does this mean that Messages under Mountain Lion will magically become something other than a poorly-conceived, incoherent, difficult-to-configure, confusing, bug-riddled mess? Or is it just that we're supposed to pretend that removing...

That would certainly be welcome. When most phones vibrate, it sounds like someone is trying to give an elephant an orgasm.

Now if they'd just do something about the godawful, bug-infested mess that is Messages for OS X. It makes the Apple iOS Maps app seem a thing of sublime beauty, accuracy, and competence by comparison.

It's been quite some time since randomly swallowing and regurgitating others' vomit came to be accepted as "journalism." Now ("according to a report published Thursday by hit-or-miss industry publication DigiTimes") we're reaching new...

The Apple Supplier Code of Conduct is a great opportunity for an in-depth, thought-provoking editorial about Apple, corporatism, government, and the responsibilities of consumers. I'd love to read it. Journalism consists of reporting...

I can't wait! Another opportunity to fail to fix the dozens of bugs every new release since Snow Leopard has inflicted upon the Finder, all in exchange for more Facebook access, which I need about as much as I need the voice of Howard...

It's time for this sort of consumer erotica to come out of the closet, and openly embrace the slavering adjectives which shame-facedly lurk just below the surface. Seriously%u2026 Given the complete ethical bankruptcy which accepts...

It's lovely to see that there are still governments that aren't quite as easily purchased as that corporate subsidiary Americans call "Congress."

Like its politicians, American corporations believe that what matters is to speak first and loudest. The truth of what's said is considered as an afterthought, if at all. After all, 144 pt lies run on the front page; 6 pt retractions...

The iYacht%u2026 What a graceless thing of breathtaking ugliness she is. She'd look more at home dry docked in a suburban strip mall and filled with orthodontists than sailing the high seas.