Funny how I blogged about Facebook a few days ago, stating another reason why I will never have one. Well, lookie here…yet another reason for me to avoid it.

In case you’re too busy drinking the Facebook Kool-Aid, Facebook unleashed this new Open Graph API. This pretty much absolves them from protecting the privacy of the user.

See, kids, this is why I hate Facebook: they make it difficult for a FB user to set what is private and what is public…and this API pretty much makes it worse.

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If I wanted the possibility of authorities asking for my citizenship papers, I would have hopped to my Time Machine and visited Nazi Germany.

So the Republicans didn’t want “Obama Socialism.” They wanted Fascism instead? What? Do you want fries with that irony?

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So, apparently some hax0r was able to port Android to the original iPhone.  OK…what is the point of doing this exercise?  I’m not discounting his effort…I’m sure it took a lot of software hacking skills to do it…but why do it?   I mean, really?  Besides being able to gloat about it on YouTube?

You can put the engine of a Pinto in a BMW M5 Body but it doesn’t mean you should.

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I don’t know if that engineer who lost the iPhone got fired yet.  If I were Steve Jobs, I would fire the nanosecond I found out this irresponsible engineer lost the iPhone.  People would kill (me included) to have his job, and taking it for granted like that is just unacceptable.  I don’t care if he accidentally lost it.  I really don’t.

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Gizmodo.com sure is milking that exclusive expose on the next iPhone.  IMO, what they did was pretty damn stupid.  I would have just concealed that secret and use that leverage to be able to get an exclusive interview with Steve Jobs on iPhone launch or something.  I mean, the editors are bunch of amateurs.  I honestly think Gawker lost a huge chunk of credibility on this.

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…the morons who voted for Christie for New Jersey Governor. Thanks to you, we are getting the first of many school budget cuts.

This is not progress.

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Yes, the guy who awesomely portrayed Rorschach in the live-action adaptation of “Watchmen” and the scene stealer in “Shutter Island.”  He’ll be portraying Freddie in the remake of “A Nightmare on Elm Street.”   I hope he doesn’t make the bone-headed career decision of reprising Freddie in the inevitable sequel of that remake.

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Legion is absolute worst film I’ve seen in a long while…and I’ve seen a lot of movies. Not even the great Paul Bettany can save this utter failure.

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• SketchBook Pro.  The only thing I don’t like about this app is the lag when you write something.  If it’s done by design it should be configurable.  It’s kind of annoying.
• Evernote.  Because other cloud-based note-taking app just pales in comparison.  It’s available on every platform available, even BlackBerry (my head just asplodedz!).
• Instapaper.   I don’t think I need to explain this.
• GoodReader.  Opens a lot of formats from virtually any location…including DropBox.   The only thing missing…which I think is kind of strange…is the support for AFP and discovery of local servers in my network via Bonjour; I have a workaround by enabling FTP on my local machine but I find it inelegant.
• Air Video.   Probably the best iPad application right now.  It’s the best application for video streaming in any platform.  Easy setup.  No stuttering.  No problems.  If they release a client for PS3, I would pay $50 for it.  Seriously, it’s THAT good.
• 1Password Pro.  This would a LOT more useful if the iPod/iPad SDK allows plugins for Pocket Safari so it work exactly like the 1Password desktop version.  Also, add support to connect to get the keys from my DropBox accoung gaddammit!  No more of that stupid sync-to-desktop thing.
• Desktop.  Supports both VNC and RDP.  Sure, there may be better alternatives out there, but IMO, this has the best price-to-feature ratio.

Apps that I thought should be useful but not really:

• Google.  It’s about as useful as having Opera on the iPhone.  I don’t care if it’s 100 times faster than using Google on Safari, if it’s not integrated, it’s useless.

What’s Missing?

• Reeder on iPad.  I love this on the iPhone…where’s the iPad version?
• DropBox.  Maybe not so much now with GoodReader, I still would want one, though.
• Mint.com.  I would pay $$$ to have this on the iPad.

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I admit, I’ve never even heard of this guy until he won the 2010 Pulitzer award for Editoral Cartooning.  His moderate liberal stance (or at least that’s what I think based on his cartoons) on political and social issues makes me want to think that he is my long-lost relative.  Here’s a sample:

Oh BTW that video may induce a stroke for extreme right-wings, or the insane group of people who call themselves the “Tea Party Movement.” Ooops. Too late.

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Since I got my iPhone some 1.5 years ago, I have tried a LOT of RSS readers. One major requirement for me is that it should sync with my Google Reader account. Name any RSS reader and chances are I’ve used it.

I stuck with the Google Reader client on Safari because despite the obnoxiously-large ads, it was the best RSS reader for me.

That is…until today, when I found the new kid on the block: Reeder. It’s fast, navigation is simple yet effective, it syncs with my Google Reader account and one more option that I really like: send to Instapaper.

It is really awesome, which explains the near-flawless rating on the App store. All the developer needs to do now is to update it to make it iPad-friendly!

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If you think you need this huge chunk of ugly to use your Magic Mouse, you are using it the wrong way.

BTW, regarding sleep, bluetooth, Magic Mouse and Hackint0sh…I think I got it, but it’s not an elegant solution yet.

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