Aug 2, 2011

I downloaded OS Lion on the day it was released. I watched my friends post on Facebook about its beauty, cleanliness, and on and on like this for about two hours while it was downloading. I read some ecstatic tweets and rather obsequious reviews on Lion’s App Store page. I was expecting greatness, some life-changing-ly awesome desktop operating system from the...

Jul 19, 2011

I believe the majority of Mac or iDevice users reading this have downloaded free apps on something less than a whim before. It’s I highly doubt any one of those apps got you thinking about what it really means to be human, or to have human intelligence. This article is less a review of ChatBot, an app available for free for a limited time on the Mac App...

Jul 12, 2011

The past month has seen a lot of activity from internet search giant Google. After years of stagnant share values, I believe investors are willing to give the long-suffering technology company another shot. I am too. In June 2008, when I turned 18 and opened a trading account, I made the following three trades: I bought some shares of Apple, which was then...

Jul 5, 2011

“Not to say that I’d sacrifice my firstborn for a Google+ invite, but… hit me up on gmail if you’ve got an invite burning a hole in your inbox.” Yes, admittedly, that was a post of mine on Facebook back on June 29th. The “firstborn” bit was, obviously, mentioned in jest, but I can guarantee that given the buzz...

Jun 28, 2011

Would You Prefer Cash, Credit, or Bitcoin? If you frequent Hacker News, you’d have noticed in the past several months a lot of buzz about Bitcoin. The blogosphere’s opinion rapidly fluctuates between aggressive vituperations of the concept and, on the other hand, bleary-eyed enthusiasm for what could be the currency of the future. Bitcoin received...