Gadgets

If You’re Not Apple, You Need To Stop With The iNames

In the lead-up to CES my inbox is flooded with literally hundreds of pitches every day. I swear, one out of five has been for an iSomething. None of them were from Apple. iNeed you to friggin’ stop it.


January 4, 2012
Geek Out

Hey Anti-Lego Feminists, Lego For Girls Actually Kicks Ass

The cool space fighter above was created with bricks from Lego Friends’ Butterfly Beauty Shop, Olivia’s Invention Workshop, Stephanie’s Cool Convertible, and Emma’s Fashion Design Studio. It proves one thing: feminists criticising the new Lego Friends sets just don’t get it.


December 29, 2011
Online

How The Hashtag Is Ruining The English Language

If Twitter is useful for anything beyond a flamethrower of breaking news and URL errata, it’s forcing us to be considerate about language — we have to use space wisely. Unfortunately, the hashtag is ruining talking. #NotGonnaLie


December 28, 2011
Mobile

Rant: This Stupid Prada Phone Has The Best Looking Android Interface I’ve Seen

This is pathetic. Motorola and HTC, with their circus vixen’s arsenal of makeup slathered over Google’s native UI, ought to be ashamed. This idiotic LG/Prada luxury phone that nobody will buy has one thing going for it: it looks nice.


December 22, 2011
Science

NASA: We Aren’t Going To Be Consumed By A Black Hole, You 2012 Doomsday Imbeciles

We knew that the world isn’t going to end consumed by a supernova in 2012. Now NASA has published another article debunking another doomsday imbeciles’ theory: cosmic alignment between Sun, Earth and the huge black hole at the centre of the galaxy.


December 20, 2011
Software

Suing Facebook Because You Liked Something Is Idiotic

A California judge ruled today that’s it’s OK to sue Facebook for showing your picture in an ad. That’s dumb, and to pretend that it’s anything but turns a blind eye to how that nearly everyone uses Facebook.


December 13, 2011
Science

Newt Gingrich Is Bizarrely Terrified Of Electromagnetic Pulses

Moon mining isn’t the only thing election and adultery enthusiast Newt Gingrich is worried about — the GOP candidate has repeatedly, publicly, manically claimed that America is on the verge of being hit with an EMP attack. This is crazy.


November 7, 2011
Cameras

Video Sharing On Instagram Sounds Like A Bad Idea

The internet is abuzz today over a vague confirmation from Instagram creator Kevin Systrom that video is the next big frontier for the insular social network. And while that may sound like a logical evolution for some, it also sounds like a disaster-in-the-making.


July 11, 2011
Geek Out

Opinion: Self-Checkout Luddites Are Damaging My Calm

While Aussie supermarkets like Coles keep rolling out self-checkout aisles, some major US chains like Albertson’s are already eliminating them. Management claims they’re too impersonal. What a crock. That’s a polite way of saying some people are simply ill-equipped to use them efficiently.


May 20, 2011
Online

Facebook Is A Failure

Facebook wants to be your life. They want you to chat, exchange messages and publish your photos using their services. That’s ok. It’s a good concept. It’s just too bad their technology sucks to the point of being unusable at times.