Archive for August, 2008
The Joy of Tech offers some important warnings.
Worried about chickens!
0 Comments Published by Eric August 25th, 2008 in Blog/website/news comments, ComicsI was worried that I might no longer be able to get my daily fix, but it turns out that Savage Chickens just underwent a site redesign.
Suboptimal iTunes video downloading
1 Comment Published by Eric August 23rd, 2008 in Customer satisfaction, Mac OS X, The Suboptimal WayI was just watching some of the “Get a Mac” advertisements on the Apple web site yesterday. They’re quite entertaining.
Before I went to bed last night, I told iTunes to download a bunch of the iPhone development videos. After the first one had finished downloading, I watched it while others continued downloading.
I just [...]
Suboptimal iPhone “Sync” and “Back Up”
1 Comment Published by Eric August 16th, 2008 in Gadgets, Mac OS X, The Suboptimal WayOver the past week I purchased several iPhone applications through the App Store, including Super Monkey Ball, a Rotary Dialer, and a few others. I also downloaded some free applications.
Today I connected the iPhone to the Mac Mini for the first time. I had to update iTunes, but that was relatively painless, other than dealing [...]
Suboptimal Retail Experience — Apple iPhone 3G Sales Tax Overcharge
4 Comments Published by Eric August 10th, 2008 in Customer satisfaction, Gadgets, Hardware, Taxes, The Suboptimal WayI went to the Apple store at Valley Fair mall in Santa Clara CA yesterday afternoon to get an iPhone 3G. My mother paid for half of it as my graduation present.
Only after I got home did I discover that Apple overcharged me $16.50. The receipt shows the price of the phone as [...]
