jonathan chase

The Grouse

Cell Wars: A New Hope?

After running from Sprint, the Grouse predicts the constant battle for decent cellphone service might finally start favoring the consumer

To spend our precious time here together moaning about how royally screwed up our cellphone companies are here in the States would at this point be too easy. You know the drill: Half-assed handsets, crippled functionality, spotty signals, dumbfounding user interfaces, outrageously priced call plans, incomprehensible outsourced customer service reps from a far-off land, and lets not even talk about the indentured servitude contracts. No, the topic is cliché at this point, so today Id like to take a positive spin on things.

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The Grouse

The Grouse: Where is My Mind?

The eternal storage conundrum

Welcome to the inaugural posting of The Grouse, where once a week Ill be ranting (and very occasionally raving) about tech, gadgets and the like that I find to be frustrating, or lacking, or stupid, or offensive, or even downright criminal (and maybe all of the above). And because misery loves company, I welcome your personal complaints for exploration in future grousings, as well as more positive comments, of course, which I will summarily dismiss if they bug me for whatever reason. Thats how I roll.

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