Upon entering a Wawa store this afternoon to purchase some frothy caffeinated beverages I noted a tear-off calendar placed prominently next to the cash register declaring in bold letters “If you were born after this date: February 25th, 1989, you…
The news media’s behavior in regards to Anna Nicole Smith’s death and the ensuing court battles has been nothing short of disgusting in my opinion. CNN Headline News, for instance, covers the hearings from open to close each day, breaking…
Have y’all seen the new Presidential $1 coins the U.S. Mint is set to release? Here are the first 4: The wisdom of minting $1 coins when the population of the U.S. has shown, time-and-again, their resistance to such coinage…
For those of you pondering a purchase of a Mac Pro workstation, heed my advice: make sure you upgrade the included video card to the ATI x1900. Do not, under any circumstances, buy a Mac with an nVidia video card.…
There are days that I’m ashamed to be of Caucasian extraction. Today is one of those days: Holy lack of melanin, Batman! ‘Course, it’s hardly any better when Bollywood produces its own version:
John Street, political philosopher and student of history claimed last week that the Iraq war is a contributing factor in the frustrating increase in gun violence and homicides on the streets of the city. That’s nice, John. It couldn’t possibly…
I agree with WIRED: earth to Safety Nazis – life is “distracting”; get over it already!
I’ve had time to mull over the implications of my previous post on technological solutions to what ails journalism and have come to the conclusion that a solution based on high technology would ultimately fail for the same reason that…
The recent spate of fake/unverifiable journalism (see: “Captain Jamil Hussein”, the Reuters fauxtography scandal, and the “fake-but-accurate” Bush TANG memos, among others) have gotten me thinking of how we, the average news consumers, can possibly trust the purveyors of information.…
Take a little Takeshi’s Castle/MXC, mix in some American Gladiators and spice it with some moves The Ninja himself would be envious and you have Makoto Nagano, Ninja Warrior extraordinaire: Found via Blackfive.
