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Daily Archives: August 13, 2008

Two Douche Bags Don’t a Good iPhone App Make

One douche bag writes an app that does nothing.  Another douche bag actually buys it and then complains (despite the fact that the description includes the line: “It’s a work of art with no hidden function at all.”

I know we covered this on this week’s Aussie Geek Podcast, but I felt it bore repeating.  I don’t know who at Apple thought a picture of a gem for $1000 would be a good idea, but someone apparently approved it.

I like this version of the story from Sillicon Alley Insider, alternately check out Wired or Technologizer.

We’re Back! Aussie Geek Podcast Episode 001 Is Out!

We are back!!

It’s been a long month but after a couple of early glitches and a fight between WordPress 2.6 and PodPress the first official episode of the AGP is out.

We all missed doing regular shows during the forced hiatus and it showed in the show.  There’s a lengthy out-take at the end of the show.  If you haven’t subscribed to the new feed yet, do it now! Either by RSS or through iTunes.

Google Apologizes for Monday’s FUBAR

Gmail’s product manager pushed an article to the official Gmail blog late on Monday to acknowledge the problems that many GMail users faced trying to access their email on Monday afternoon (PT).

We’ve identified the source of this issue and fixed it. In addition, as with all issues that affect Gmail and our other services, we’re conducting a full review of what went wrong and moving quickly to update our internal systems and procedures accordingly.

The post does not provide any real detail as to the source of the problem, only an acknowledgment and an apology for the inconvenience.

The outage provided people with extra free time on their hands to try out their artistic abilities in describing the problem.  This was my favourite of the GMail Fail Whales:

Image Credit: Todd Garland of HubSpot, this copy from YoavShapira’s photostream.

So yea, apparently email is critical to most people’s regular day.  Whoda thunk it?