Moto X

30 Nov 2016

In passing

Two passings last week. First, and quite unexpectedly, the Moto X2 leapt to its death — from my pocket to the sidewalk — on November 23. It was only one year old. Then on November 26, the XPS 15 9530’s battery, after a three-month struggle with consumption, experienced “complete failure” during a routine reboot. Surviving are the screen, the motherboard, […]

9 Sep 2014

The social contract, revised

Because I’m a hermit, there are many days when the only conversations I have that don’t involve my cat sound a lot like this: Me: Okay, Google Now. Moto X: (recognition tone) Me: Navigate to the Fresh Market. Moto X: Navigating to the Fresh Market. Beyond the obvious that I pay too much for groceries and don’t own an iPhone, this should tell […]