how is he "crazy"?
besides giving quite a clear and informative report on the jalapeno miner, he manages to make the article self-deprecatingly humorous and entertaining to read. I'm not sure what you expect from an internationally known technology magazine, but I think he did an ok job. Of course, if you have a massive hate on for BFL then you are going to be hating quite a lot of news when they begin to ship in earnest, which looks like is starting to happen.
just tell me you DON'T work in the mental health field, please. This would not really surprise me, but worries me just the same.