Steve Jobs is probably the first person in Apple's history to suddenly wake up one morning and realise that there are better things in life than shiny toys.

The Macalope's not sure if Farrell is limiting his holier-than-thou judgement to Apple or if he means that all of Apple's customers are soulless monsters who are only interested in gadgets and place no value on interpersonal relationships.

Either way, zing! Good one. You really reduced us all to a sleazy, cartoonish stereotype there.

It must be reassuring to Jobs that there are hacks like Farrell looking out for him, sitting on the sidelines and telling him he's by continuing to do what he loves in the face of adversity. Surely Farrell is in a better position to be judging how Jobs should have dealt with this sad, personal tragedy.

Lecture on.