Posts Tagged: Web, Blogging and Computers
Narcissim Used To Be A Fault
Posted by on Thursday, August 30, 2007 in - 2 comments
Can we be collectively narcissistic? Could it be that too much access and too much information can be too much? What happens to a society when everything is ok and everything should be open and available to and from all? Is it only simply a flourishing or are their limitations inherent either in a …
Time To Confess!
Posted by on Wednesday, August 29, 2007 in - 4 comments
It's too bad there isn't an independent body to study stuff that no one wants studies that much. I would submit an application for a grant for a calculation of how much waste computers and the internet have caused: • “ "The issue is now you have something that seems to be genuinely irresistible …
Friday "After The Thunder" Chatfest
Posted by on Friday, August 24, 2007 in - 6 comments
Don't expect much from me today. What a thunder storm. Like the 1812 Symphony without the orchestra: boom, blam, whammo. What with the many mouths a wailing, not a lot of sleep. I almost wrote "flat chest" up there. One more week in August and therefore in summer. Summer really ends around here in …
Group Projects: What Will Happen To The Giant Leek Contests?
Posted by on Thursday, August 23, 2007 in - 10 comments
I know I go on but all this digital stuff is a bit depressing. Just look at these British stats: • “The average Briton now spends 50 hours per week on the phone, using the net, watching TV or listening to the radio. However, the mix of how much time is spent on each one has changed radically …
Blogging Convention With Low Ambitions
Posted by on Tuesday, August 21, 2007 in - 12 comments
I noticed this brief article at the NYT about a blogging convention and thought that was a little weird. Blogging conventions sorta died in 2004-2005 not long after they started. But at least this one has some admission in its own blog that things are different in a post entitled "Is Blogging …
Friday Bulletpoints For Your Consideration And Derision
Posted by on Friday, August 17, 2007 in - 23 comments
Another week has passed. What have we learned? Friday is better than Monday, that's what we have learned - are you kidding? • Update: Toronto in 1977 and 2007. Just click on "next day" for the next comparison. 1977 was waaay cooler. • The Totalitarian Olympics (and, really, when weren't they …
The NuGovernment Loves Wikiality
Posted by on Thursday, August 16, 2007 in - 3 comments
You know, it is a great idea to set up something that sounds like an encyclopedia that anyone can edit. It just has to turn out to be the best source of truth going. And Canadians are sooooo trustworthy. Dudly Do-right picked up a Canadian Federal government wage, right? Just like the people doing …
Why Does Convergence Fail?
Posted by on Monday, August 13, 2007 in - leave a comment
...or is it just an attempt to cross-breed whales and goldfish? This article about NBC's 600 million blown in trying to converge something with something else is illustrative: • “Most embarrassing, an effort to increase traffic by introducing a syndicated television program, “iVillage Live …
We Am Doooooomed!!!
Posted by on Tuesday, July 31, 2007 in - 8 comments
Who knew? • “The humble office printer can damage lungs in much the same way as smoke particles from cigarettes, according to a team of Australian scientists. An investigation of a range of models showed that almost a third emit potentially dangerous levels of toner into the air. ” • Quick …
Friday Linkfest For The End Of July
Posted by on Friday, July 27, 2007 in - 4 comments
Just like that it's gone - the thing you wait for all year. No one waits for August. That is like waiting for the weekend to come so you can sit on Sunday afternoon thinking about the workweek to come. • Big Toe Update: really - big toe. • Update: Ben points out why Hillary is very likely …
