I’ve plowed through Cory Doctorow’s book Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom. I’ve always thought Doctorow was far too shrill in his screeds against technology companies, but I thought I would give his fiction a shot. Good: 1. LikableContinue reading… Short Review: Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
Category: Rambling
Gin, Television, and Social Surplus
Undoubtedly, most of you who read my blog have already seen the links to Clay Shirky’s “Gin, Television, and Social Surplus” and here’s the video link. I avoided it for a little while as I haven’t always been a hugeContinue reading… Gin, Television, and Social Surplus
Bush's War
If you haven’t seen it yet, PBS’s documentary, “Bush’s War” is a very detailed walk through of our current War in Iraq. While it’s a long show at 4.5 hours, it’s definitely worth watching. While I won’t go into exhaustiveContinue reading… Bush's War
Steve's Take on the Kindle
The Times has a short piece up on the new Apple announcements with a fun quote from Jobs on the Amazon Kindle: “It doesn’t matter how good or bad the product is, the fact is that people don’t read anymore,”Continue reading… Steve's Take on the Kindle
The failure of our media
This is an incredible article detailed how profoundly the media failed us in the 2000 presidential campaign. Bottom line message: Gore was really smart, and came off as a pious know-it-all. He couldn’t boil his campaign and political views downContinue reading… The failure of our media
More fun Friday rambling
Recently I’ve been thinking about what new and exciting things I want to explore in my own personal development. I’ve posted a bit on Derren Brown and his show mind control. I’ve long felt that people are far too easilyContinue reading… More fun Friday rambling
WHY?
Not to get too into it, but… Why don’t we just simply disallow all public campaign finance? You can’t accept money from anyone for any reason. Campaigns are financed from a general fund, and capped at a reasonable number likeContinue reading… WHY?