Tag Archives: Fail

Aside >> How Ironic: This is the Top News

I’ve been a big fan of digg over the years. Except for the fact that only the elite diggers could every get a story pushed to the top, I generally like the content on the site. Today I stopped by … Continue reading →

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Jono | Comments Off on How Ironic: This is the Top News

The Digg Debacle

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Jono

Digg has gotten itself into an awkward place with it’s latest redesign, Digg v4. The users are mad, the content has taken a turn for the worse, and now they’ve decided to fire their VP of Engineering over the whole debacle. … Continue reading →

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Microsoft kills Bing cashback

Posted on June 6, 2010 by Jono

Microsoft I’m very disappointed in you. I’ll no longer be getting my Jellyfish/Bing cashback rebates because you’ve decided to cancel the program. I sort of understand your motives. You spent 50 million to buy Jellyfish in the first place and … Continue reading →

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Apple’s Product Pipeline has Constipation

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Jono

Apple, listen up. These product release delays are getting silly. The new MacBook Pros should have been released a long time ago. Meanwhile the Mac Pro is getting stale. People don’t even buy Mac Pros anymore because the faster/cheaper i7 … Continue reading →

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My Intel X-25M Died!

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Jono

I’ve been running an Intel X-25M G1 in my Mac for about 9 months. I paid $325 for it last year. It’s been the single biggest performance improvement I’ve ever made to a system. I thought the SSDs were supposed … Continue reading →

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Bad Decision: Alaska Air To Stop Serving Jones Soda

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Jono

I’m very disappointed in you Alaska. Your recent decision to stop serving Jones Soda is a big mistake. You were an innovator. You were doing the right thing. Now you’re just like all the other airlines. Serving crappy high fructose … Continue reading →

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DeathCabForCutie.com MySQL Meltdown

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Jono

I stopped by DeathCabForCutie.com today to see if they had any tour dates. After trying to click on the blog the website turned into a pile of steaming MySQL failure! Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Too many connections in /nfs/c04/h02/mnt/62444/domains/deathcabforcutie.com/releases/20090526132419/cake/libs/model/dbo/dbo_mysql.php on line … Continue reading →

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