Category: Rants


I Just Had a Revelation (Regarding Android)


I just had a revelation regarding Android. It’s really simple actually. Follow this advice and Android will be 100% better off in one year than it is now. If you don’t care about tech or don’t want to read tech, just read the bold part.

I don’t care how “open” Android is. Apple is kicking its ass because its UI is clean and straightforward AND there are no bloated apps preinstalled on iPhones. So there’s a simple, two part solution to this that I am proposing. Google needs to get their thumbs out of their asses, grow some balls and restrict the following:

  • Carriers may NOT lock down bloatware apps per device. They can pre-install it, but the user should be able to remove it without rooting the phone.
  • Device manufacturers may NOT install custom user interfaces (Samsung’s Touchwiz, Motorola’s MotoBlur and HTC’s Sense) by default. All phones should ship with Vanilla (Google’s default theme)

The problem is that all iOS devices look the same and thats why it’s so easy to use an iPhone. But if I pick up an HTC Android, Samsung Android or Motorola Android – they all look completely different. The menu buttons on the bottom are all in random orders. The user interfaces look different – some apps are displayed left to right, some are up and down, the icons on each one look completely different. What the hell is that all about? Google needs to partner up with carriers andmanufacturersand be like “fucking listen – do shit the way we say because otherwise Apple will urinate all over us.”

Another thing. Mother fuck Verizon and Sprint for pre-installing a bunch of bullshit apps that users cannot remove. That’s some pair of balls. I’m paying $400 for an advanced phone and $80/month for service and you put my shit on lockdown? I don’t need the fucking VCast app store because there’s the Android market (Apple only has one app store). I don’t need Verizon Backup Assistant on the grounds that I can already back up my contacts to Gmail because, um, maybe it’s fucking built right in to Android already?! This defeats the purpose of an “open” phone.

This is why I will personally root any Android phone I get just to give a big F you to these carriers for 1) locking things down to begin with and 2) overcharging.

You’ve heard me rant about skinning Android and how Verizon Android Phones Suck (and suck more). But this can all be resolved. I went to the Verizon store to use a Droid Charge. It was a really nice phone. Too bad Touchwiz is a wannabe iPhone ripoff (it does look decent I have to admit, but I’d rather use the native skin). HTC Sense looks like asshole. MotoBlur is eh and the icons look like garbage.

So Google – lock down your shit becauseAndroid’s#1 problem is fragmentation. Listen to me and that fragmentation will be reduced. You’re welcome Google. Please hire me.


Glee in 3D This Summer? Fuck That Noise


Some Shitty Hollywood WebsiteGlee is coming to theaters in 3-D.The producers of the Fox hit plan to releaseGlee Live! 3D!, a film of the Glee concert tour. The film will have a two-week run starting Aug. 12.

F this. Two things I couldn’t hate more. 3D movies and Glee. Glee is a piece of shit show. It’s fake. It’s nothing but exaggerated stereotypes and. News flash: high school really isn’t like that at all. Anything to make money. Like I said before, if Dave Grohl hates something, there’s a 100% chance it fucking sucks.

Second of all, screw 3D movies. What a waste. No one likes them or wants to spend the extra money for it. You know when I want 3D? When I’m on vacation at Disney World or when I go to Six Flags or some shit. It’s the excitement of it. Now that you can see 3D anywhere, it’s not fun anymore, especially since 98% of movies are released in 3D. What crap.

I’m Boycotting Words With Friends


Words with Friends, Zynga’s latest Scrabble ripoff is an Android game where you play scrabble with your friends. It’s actually pretty damn fun, with the exception that it’s word list is fucking bullshit.

Take a look at my board. See, this is why I can’t win at this game. WAT? ET? How are those words? Ok, Wat means temple in Thai. What’s ET? Et cetera is Latin, but you can’t use it by itself.

So this fucking guy got 12 points on two bullshit words. Thanks assholes.

The Japanese Would Invent This Useless Device


Mashable -The Kajimoto Laboratory at the University of Electro-Communications has created a device which consists of a hardware receptacle which is placed into the mouth, and software that remembers the movements of your tongue and sends them to the other connected device, which moves accordingly.

Kiss transfer device? What. The. Fuck. What a waste of perfect brain power. You have these brilliant ass programmers and they inventing this useless nonsense that is of no purpose. How about you invent something that’s actually useful bros. Their defense? “If you have a popular entertainer use this device and record it, that could be hugely popular if you offer it to fans” Um no. It’s just a plastic piece wiggling around.How about you get your heads out of the lab and go find a real human to kiss.

We all know the Japanese invent a bunch of sick kinky shit. I guarantee you this was invented to be used for something other than kissing.

If I Ever Download An Android App With This AirPush Shit, I’m uninstalling it in 2 seconds


httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNQbo8Rao08

These fuckers have some nerve, developing a framework that lets them push ads to your notification window. If you watch the video, they claim that only 5% of app users are active, so if they never launch the app, the developers don’t make money. UH DOY! No shit. Why should the developers get advertising revenue if I’m not using the app. Christ!

“With AirPush, we let users view ads when it’s convenient, and not when they’re busy using an app”

Translation: When your phone is idle, lets just spam ad shit to it.

So if I install the app with AirPush ads, it’s going to run in the background and then I’m going to have ads delivered to mynotificationbar? That’s bullshit. If any developer uses this, they’re a fucking moron because I can assure you people will be uninstalling those apps so fast they won’t make any money on ads.