517 Movies I Could Have Watched Instead of Waiting on Hold With PayPal

517 Movies I Could Have Watched Instead of Waiting on Hold With PayPal

During my lunch break yesterday, I decided to do a little multitasking and give the kind folks at PayPal a call regarding an ongoing issue I was having with my account. I figured, stupidly, that a company as big as PayPal would have more than three people working the whole of their customer service wing. As the call disconnected two hours and 15 minutes of hold time later—likely because even the automated system got bored talking to me—I realized how very wrong I was. Here’s a quick recap.

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Despite Design Focus, Apple iOS 7 Doesn’t Fix Its Ugly Off-Center 1

Despite Design Focus, Apple iOS 7 Doesn't Fix Its Ugly Off-Center 1

I had high hopes for iOS 7. It’s designed by Jony Ive, the God of Minimalism, Attention to Detail and Tight T-Shirts. I love his work almost as much as I love Phil Schiller (so huggable!) But Jony… you broke my heart, Jony. WHY DIDN’T YOU OPTICALLY CENTER THE 1 IN THE CALENDAR APP ICON?

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I LOVE ALL CAPS AND I AM NEVER GOING TO STOP USING THEM

I LOVE ALL CAPS AND I AM NEVER GOING TO STOP USING THEM

THE U.S. NAVY ANNOUNCED TUESDAY THAT THEY WILL NO LONGER TRANSMIT INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS IN ALL-CAPS. LOWERCASE MESSAGES, THEY SAID, "PROVIDE A MORE READABLE FORMAT" AND ARE "HERE TO STAY." LOWERCASE MESSAGES ARE THE FUTURE. ALL-CAPS CAN SUCK IT.

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Twitter Adds LOLCAT to Supported Language List Because They Are So Clever and Funny

Twitter has announced that they have added some new user interface languages that nobody gives a damn about. Their biggest achievement: including LOLCAT as an option. Yes, people, they have localized their entire user interface using the stupid wording from the lolcat memes. You are so clever, Twitter. More »

The Perfect Definition of This Goddamn Digital Life

Brazilian illustrator Felipe Luchi made this exquisite illustration for Go Outside Magazine. It’s the perfect definition of this digital life. More »

Why the Hell Does Hulu Show Spoiler Commercials for the TV Show You’re Watching?

Hulu, for all its good intentions and fairly solid stream quality, kind of sucks. It doesn’t have enough TV shows, it doesn’t have enough episodes, you still have to watch commercials even when you pay for Hulu Plus but worst of all, sometimes those commercials you’re forced to sit through are about future episodes of the freaking TV show you’re watching. Basically, if you watch Hulu, it’s like being chained down to a chair for Spoiler Russian Roulette. More »

The Sad, Stupid State of Airplane Travel

Let me tell you something that happened last Sunday, the story of Wynand Mullings and his t-shirt. More »

Whyyyyy Are Headphone Jacks on the Wrong Side of Computers?

This is a problem. It’s not the biggest problem in the world, but it’s a just such a dumb, thoughtless, annoying design flaw that it bears mentioning. Apple’s doing headphone jacks wrong. Actually, no, everyone’s doing them wrong. More »

No, Samsung, We Don’t Need a Goddamn Fridge With a Screen, Baby Monitor and Evernote

Samsung has presented a new awesome fridge, with a Ultra HD 4K LCD screen, a built-in Evernote app, and a baby monitor. All of those features are stupid, but only one of them isn’t real. More »

Reminder: Companies Aren’t Your Friends

Twitter. Facebook. Instagram. All of them wonderful ways to bring together people you know, care about, or just want to stalk. But it’s easy to confuse connecting friends with friendship. Don’t. All social media companies want is to make money off of you. They’ll never stop trying to. And that’s okay. More »