Wow. This post from our North Country librarian pal Jenica illustrates how far the evils of the internet have soaked into the brains of the young:  •  “Because I am a good professional (or try to be), I answered with the long answer, and then showed him the best way to use our available systems to …

I linked to this yesterday over at the sideblog (that's what that is called by the way) but the list of people making fun of the concept of Web 2.0 is one of the best anti-tech-hype things I have read for a long time. Any you might add? My favorite is  •  “Web 2.0 is made of ... Segway spare parts …

When I was a kid there was a phrase kicking around: "generation gap." It generally referred to the folks older than me and the folks much older than me. It would be raised by the WWI era vets in our early 1970s church tisking when looking at long haired college kids wearing tie-dye and jeans, that …

Nice to see a new CD by The Darkness coming out this month. Nice also to see that they are speaking out against eBay and the bootleg release of a review copy on that website:  •  “"I've bought our own album back off this character who's selling it on eBay," the singer told the BBC News website …

So much for the new world of tech-media. Somebody finally asked an obvious question and got an obvious answer:  •  “The belief that the Internet is pushing aside traditional media as a source of news and information may be mistaken, according to a new study profiling online Canadians. The study …

I have made passing reference to it before if you have been paying any attention. There is a need to create an anti-tech counter culture movement that is focused on reasserting the "hu-" in human...or something like that. Fight the iPoddy Borg, brothers and sisters, by planting a carrot seed! I …