First Post!!!1!!1

Welcome one, welcome all, to yet another tech blog. I felt there was a bit of a niche I could fill. I've been following technology company and news for years now, what with being a tech obsessed geek and all, and I've noticed that the oft-mentioned "reality distortion field" doesn't merely follow Apple around, but has permeated the entire industry. I'm aware that the companies are in competition, and the underlying need to sell product and hype your stuff while bashing theirs is fundamental, but that doesn't mean I can't poke fun, dammit. A lot of amazing hypocrisy goes on, and it will be my duty (family guy would make a joke here) to point it out.

So without further ado, let's dive into the magical world of the technology companies, where little devices can be "magical" and every other company makes gear fit for nothing but swine (or John Hodgman).

Executives to me are like circus presenters. They're supposed to draw attention to the chick on the tightrope so that people won't see the elephant smothering the midget under a mountain of excrement. As long as no one sees it no one gets sued, right?

On a related note, here's my favorite latest example of a lovely exec trumpeting an ideal that their company follows, then pulling a 180 less than a year later.

Andy Rubin Oct 2010 (via Twitter):

the definition of open: "mkdir android ; cd android ; repo init -u git://android.git.kernel.org/platform/manifest.git ; repo sync ; make"

Pictured: my favorite images search result for "Open Source"

I keep trying that command and it's not working for some reason, although maybe that's because I'm trying to get Honeycomb source code (the new Tablet version of Android OS that Google is not open sourcing). Also, I'm just putting it in Notepad and dropping it in my startup folder. That's how scripts work, right? Someone tried to teach me once, but they were using something called Lynn-Ex, and I'll never switch from beautiful beautiful Windows Vista.

On a related note, at last year's google keynote one of the presenters talked about the horror of a draconian company that allowed one man to control everything. I think he was talking about Newman's Own food company.

Just recently it's been announced that Google "is now demanding that content partnerships and OS tweaks get the blessing of Andy Rubin before proceeding."

Source: Businessweek, @arubin, the YouTubes, your mom.