Happy Birthday, Sputnik
You crazy, shiny, beeping ball, you. Fifty years young today.
It was supposed to herald the dawn of the new Space Age. But, it didn’t. That one is still a few generations down the road, if it’s ever coming at all. What it heralded was the Communications Age, when information became instantaneously available around the globe. […]
Working for a Living is Unnatural Torture
Is there really any doubt?
Salaried employment interferes with our natural sleep cycles - where’s my goddamned afternoon nap? It forces us to spend our day among strangers, which naturally induces anxiety among humans. It forces us to be answerable to a near-stranger, who is quite likely to be stupider, less qualified and, now that I’m […]
All Things Must Change
Nevertheless, there is something terribly sad about building a road to the foot of Mount Everest. I understand what China is trying to do, and it’s nothing that we in the west have not done ourselves.
But one of the things that has always made Everest special was its very remoteness. Now, tens of millions of […]
Starbucks Coffee - Blech.
So, I went to my local Tim horton’s for a coffee this morning, and there was a lineup a block long. I’ve taken the day off work, and I have no intention of spending it in a coffee lineup, so I cruised around to Starbucks. I hate lineups enough that I’m willing to spend double […]
Why Are We Here?
By that I mean: why have we started this business with the forum?
So far at least, it’s certainly not for the money.
We are both veterans of Slate’s Fray and, so far, so are all of our registered users. In the near future, we hope to attract more members of that community and to […]
A Massive Tragedy
Say it ain’t so!!
As With Most Technical Failures
Blackberry died because of an “improvement”.
It explains why all of our`execs were climbing the walls for a day, and fidgeting uncontrollably in the elevators. If they could have paid for a Crackberry fix by knocking over a liquor store, I’m pretty sure they would have.
A Real Shocker
I’m being sarcastic, of course. All attempts to curtail drug use produce disappointing results. This is true of the “war on drugs”, “just say no”, education (and so on, and so on).
As long as there are consumers willing to spend money, there will be suppliers willing to take the risk. A regulated […]
"the birth of the virtual world had led to the death of the real selves"
How many of you need to establish limits?
I am curiously reminded of a conversation I had with this fellow some time ago in another forum.
He maintained that internet discussion forums could be as debilitating and addictive to some people as alcohol and drugs. My response was something to the effect that a desire […]
Some Days…
Don’t you just want to move to Korea? There’s something just a little innocent about the place.
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