Hypocrite Archive

  • President Obama warns students not to overindulge in silly technology

    President Obama warns students not to overindulge in silly technology

    Posted on May 10, 2010 | No Comments
    How much do you want to bet that, sometime this week, Steve Jobs will sign an iPad and send it to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with a note that says, "See, this isn't so hard to use! :-)" President Obama, at the weekend's Hampton University commencement address, cautioned students not to become too addicted to technology, to make sure they use technology not merely for entertainment, but to help out their fellow man.

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  • I’m leading a double life: I primarily use a Mac, but I just bought a Zune HD. (WHAT THE HECK?!)

    I’m leading a double life: I primarily use a Mac, but I just bought a Zune HD. (WHAT THE HECK?!)

    Posted on September 19, 2009 | No Comments
    While waiting for our music ban to kick in (again, you'll all be receiving letters in the mail shortly detailing when and where you'll be expected to hand over your music-related goods), I spent Thursday thinking to myself: “You know what I really want for some reason? A Zune HD.” Seeing as though I'm strapped for cash—you saw the lengths I recently went to in order to upgrade my three-year-old iMac—spending $236.79 for the 16GB model was definitely a decision I did not take lightly. (I actually had to calculate when my next student loan payment was due before I committed to buying the device! So if you think, as some of you do for some reason, that we're “on the take,‚” I can only reply: lol.) The thing is, I primarily use a Mac, and last I checked, the Zune software—which is great, by the way, and makes iTunes look like an old dog—only works in Windows. What to do? Sure, I have Windows all set up on a separate partition, but I really only boot into it when I want to play, say, Half-Life or Deus Ex for a little bit. That is, I had no intention of switching over to Windows full-time just to be able to use a Zune HD.

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  • If Jason Calacanis is against Apple, who can be for it?

    If Jason Calacanis is against Apple, who can be for it?

    Posted on August 9, 2009 | No Comments
    It is the end. Jason “The Animal” Calacanis is thinking about maybe quitting using Apple products, reporting that the company has gone all corporate and mainstream and that Steve has lost his hippie, dippy LSD edge. Look at this language, people: Years and years after Microsoft’s antitrust headlines, Apple is now the anti-competitive monster that Jobs [...]

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  • Unintended consequences: Jay-Z’s ‘Death of Auto-Tune’ boosts sales of the software

    Unintended consequences: Jay-Z’s ‘Death of Auto-Tune’ boosts sales of the software

    Posted on July 31, 2009 | No Comments
    A few weeks ago, Jay-Z released the song “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune),” much to the delight of some corners of the Internet. It's basically a song that rails against the proliferation of Auto-Tune, software that can alter/correct the pitch of someone's voice. Its most notorious use is to make the singer sound like a robot, thus hiding their inability to sing at all. It's huge in hip-hop, for whatever reason.

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