After Steven Hodson sent me a link to the demo video of the new Myspace, I’m dusting off my camera to take a vintage, cleavage laden, “Myspace” profile pic. It’s not that I’ll have any real business using the newly revamped site, I don’t really believe it’s targeted at the likes of you and me [...]
Am I “Old Skool” Or Just Old? (Revisited)
September 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
It’s been eight years, 2 months and 18 days since I first wrote the words below, and it’s either a sad commentary on gaming, or perhaps on me, that as I approach 34 years of age (in October) I still lament the state of modern video games as I did when I was a tender 25-year-old.. Of [...]
Everything Is A Remix
August 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
As the news filters out to world via the internet of Apple’s legal victory in the U.S. over Samsung and the inevitable rise in value of Kleenex stock as Apple fanboys indulge in releasing their pent up anticipation and pleasure at Apple’s victory (I’m not joking, look at the graph of Kimberly-Clark Corp stock prices I just [...]
The Myth of Online Transparency
July 31, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Sara sent me a link about the banning of Guy Adams, a foreign correspondent for the Independent, who was suspended from Twitter without warning after posting a series of critical tweets about NBC’s coverage of the Olympics. Adams appears to have had his account suspended for posting the email address of Gary Zenkel, the President of NBC [...]
Will Reason Prevail?
July 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I tried to log in to Twitter and got confronted with this error. I really do hope reason will prevail.
Forget Touching Your Screen Because “Touch” Just Took A Giant Leap Forward
July 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Check out Leap. This is the future of “touch” on laptops and desktops and it will retail for a mere $69.99. I want! Kinect is going to have to seriously up it’s game! Via Technology Review: Leap Motion, a small, $70 gesture control system that simply plugs into any computer and, apparently, just works. If you’ve seen [...]
Facebook Adds Trending Videos To Top Of Stream
July 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Update – Apparently this has been in testing for a while. FYI: This was only available to me on 1 page load. The second I refreshed, it vanished and did not return. Okay Facebook, I know you’re experimenting with different formats and trying to find ways to justify that ridiculous IPO valuation, but everything you’re doing [...]
WordPress – Publish Posts But Have Them Hidden Until A Scheduled Time?
June 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I asked this on the WordPress forums but haven’t had any luck yet, so I’m going to ask here in the hopes that one of my wonderful readers will know of a possible solutions: I’m looking to be able to publish posts so that they are only visible if you know the URL but have [...]
About Microsoft’s Surface Tablet And The Apple Fanboys
June 20, 2012 By 2 Comments
The amount of this crap I’ve been seeing in the comments sections of posts about Microsoft’s Surface tablet is ridiculous. Regardless of your opinion about the product, folks need to pay attention to their computer history before opening their traps. Yes, I know Bill Gates actually showed off the first tablet at Comdex in 2000 (and of course there was “Windows [...]
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