Tumblr pulls douche-move wants Missing-E Chrome Plugin to forfeit all rights to support

Tumblr pulls douche-move wants Missing-E Chrome Plugin to forfeit all rights to support, a photo by thepetecom on Flickr.

So, rather than realizing that the Missing-E plugin for Chrome provides some truly awesome and helpful features that all Tumblr users would benefit from, they want Missing-E users to give up all support for their account. Tumblr is saying to us: "Ditch the plugin because it messes with our system or we're not going to ever support any problems you have with your account, even ones that are our fault."

I *refuse* to support or succumb to this kind of strong-arm tactic. I love Tumblr as a platform, but when management would rather force us to behave how they want rather than adapt to what users want or to what would genuinely improve their platform, it seems pretty unfair. Tumblr is a company whose success is built on users providing buckets of free content. This user doesn't appreciate them telling me what to do.

All they have to do is adopt the very logical features the Missing-E plugin provides and I'd happily ditch the plugin.

Oh and in case you thought you could just use another browser to continue using Tumblr, think again. I tried using Chrome Canary (which does NOT have the plugin installed) to write this post, and also Safari on my iThingy, but I get the same message on both. So, I've written this post in gmail and will email it in. This will likely be my last Tumblr post for a while. Hopefully, Tumblr will allow it to post to my Tumblr. If not, it'll be on Flickr, Ipernity and my own blog, at least.

#SnagFilms iOS app featuring only documentaries is "Brought to you by #GoldmanSachs". App deleted on principle.

#SnagFilms iOS app featuring only documentaries is "Brought to you by #GoldmanSachs". App deleted on principle., a photo by thepetecom on Flickr.

I also wrote a negative review in the App Store. Where you get your money from does matter, doesn't it? (I'm honestly asking.)

Apple Jumps the Shark with New iPod Shuffle

OK, for years now, it's been easy to see why Apple does so well. The only time I've ever really wondered what drugs they were on was when they introduced the first iPod Shuffle. With no display screen I was puzzled as to just what I was supposed to do with the thing. Years later, a friend gave me his since he wasn't using it and I realized that, for me, it was perfect for listening podcasts. Who needs a display when you can listen to the podcast and know what you're listening to? Songs, however, are a different story--but now Apple wants to think it has that problem beaten--by having the iPod Shuffle talk to you. That's all fine and good, but wouldn't it have been cheaper to just throw a display on it? And how the hell do you hit play? And what's with the posing of the hand model in the pic on Apple's main page right now (see above)?? The way the hand is holding the super-smooth Shuffle with it's rounded edges suggests the form factor of a suppository.

Seriously, Apple has taken a cute little player with personality and made it a faceless, boring slab that could easily be mistaken for a tampon (ladies, back me up on this!).

So, sad. Please get better soon, Steve Jobs!

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UPDATE: I just read the product page again and it turns out the play and skip buttons are on the earbud cable. Wow, so now I can't use my own headphones with the flippin' thing! That is even more lame now.

NEVER A LACK OF MATERIAL WITH CABLE TV

Boy you know, I may run out of time to work on my site, but I never run out of things to bitch about. If I ever think, "gosh, what shall I complain about this week?" all I need to do is turn on the Television and start surfing. Usually I find something pretty offensive on E! Entertainment Television. I do admit that I enjoy Talk Soup and the occasional episode of The E Hollywood True Story. Mostly because both shows point out how truly messed up Hollywood is in one way or another. But the shows that I only see promos for (because that's all I can TAKE) seem to EMBRACE this insane industry. Take E's Fashion Emergency hosted by Emmy (no relation to the Award - as far as I know). Now first off, Emmy is best known, before hosting this show, for being what is called a "full figured model". (Or as I call them, a not-so-fat-hot-chick.) So, there she is, hosting this show that helps people who need help dressing "hip" or "cool". Doesn't that seem a bit hypocritical? I mean, here is this heavy chick who sets a great example for other heavy chicks around the country showing America that one doesn't have to be a freaking TWIG to be a hottie, but THEN she turns around and tells that very same America that they have to dress a certain way to look "hip" and "cool". And that isn't hip or cool - it's just LAME. So, THANKS cable TV for making the sucky things in life easier to make fun of!