Oh, hello. Welcome to Jeffrey’s Internet Etiquette Soapbox, where I passive-aggressively explain to you how obnoxious you are based on the trivial actions you take on a trivial social network! Retweeting when someone replies to you with a compliment The cardinal sin. There is no reason anyone would be at all interested in what some… Continue reading Twetiquette
Author: JeffreyATW
Song Rating Spergatory
I still live in the dinosaur era of digital music management, in that I download and store full albums on my computer. None of this “cloud” silliness. Not yet, at least. All these downloads start to add up, so for the past 5 or so years, I’ve “actively” listened to my music; that is, I… Continue reading Song Rating Spergatory
My take on the iPhone location services hubbub
Tech sites and developer blogs have been reacting to the recent release of iPhoneTracker, a Mac OS X app that can easily plot where you’ve been, and when, since you started using your iPhone. While it might sound “scary” or “creepy” from the get-go, it’s not horrible – it carries roughly the same privacy concerns… Continue reading My take on the iPhone location services hubbub
Yearly Meme #8
First year that I’m doing this meme thing on WordPress! Last year’s answers. 1. What did you do in 2010 that you’d never done before? Got hit by a car, broke a bone, got fired, had metal put into my body, hired an attorney! 2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make… Continue reading Yearly Meme #8
WordPress ahoy
I have moved my blog to WordPress! It’s been a long time coming. I’ve been holding out on leaving LiveJournal, mostly because I didn’t see TOO many shortfalls over other blogging software. It still allowed me to do whatever a blogger needed to do. But upon realizing that the future of LiveJournal is a bit… Continue reading WordPress ahoy
Social media
A few nights ago, I went to Ümloud, a charity event at DNA Lounge. They had a raffle, and I bought a few tickets. The lady selling the tickets happened to have a Square device on the phone she was using to accept payment, and I thought it was so cool that I decided to… Continue reading Social media
Cool quote bro
“Neither the full-body scanners or the enhanced pat-downs are making anyone safer. They’re more a result of politicians and government appointees capitulating to a public that demands that “something must be done,” even when nothing should be done; and a government bureaucracy that is more concerned about the security of their careers if they fail… Continue reading Cool quote bro
Europe Travelog
Since I still use this as my official journal, I thought I might as well plug a tumblelog that Anna and I have been keeping together: http://dervoyage.tumblr.com/ We’re already back by this point, but read through and look at the photos, if you haven’t already!
Sonic 4 review
Sonic 4 is pretty much what I expected it to be: a rehash of the Genesis Sonic games in 2.5D with one or two new gimmicks, and most of the flaws that come with modern Sonic games: sub-par level design, frustrating bottlenecks, and a misunderstanding of the physics that made the original Sonic games fun.… Continue reading Sonic 4 review
Final Fantasy XIV Impressions
I played Final Fantasy XI for about half a year back in 2004 so I definitely wanted to try FFXIV while it was still in beta. I am quite disappointed! Let’s start with the main bit: the game is way too much like FFXI. I understand that Square Enix was trying to reach some sort… Continue reading Final Fantasy XIV Impressions