Published April 20th, 2009 at 11:25 am in commentary, technology with 6 comments
Tagged with conan, messageboards, thirteenth warrior, trolling, twitter, vikings
I got into an argument with a gentleman last night over twitter. I had posted a tweet about his application (which I hashtagged) in which I questioned certain aspects of that application. Inevitably, sometime later, he responded. A few back-and-forths later, he tried to dismiss me as a troll. Now I’ve been around the internets long enough to know the cold, slime-slick claw of a troll when I see it and this wasn’t it. Besides, how can I be trolling in my own feed?
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Published January 7th, 2009 at 2:37 pm in technology with no comments
Tagged with 1up, bob packet, common sense, dan carlin, hardcore history, history according to bob, itunes, kevin smith, scott mosier, smodcast
Yesterday afternoon’s dismantling of the 1UP website and associated podcasts reminded me of the transience of life, specifically the life of the internet podcast. From that train of thought, I emerged to give thanks to the podcasts I appreciated while they still exist to be appreciated. For tomorrow, they might be gone.
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Published October 25th, 2008 at 8:00 am in exposition, movies, technology with no comments
Tagged with divx, flexplay, hudson news
After spending the better part of last night waffling over whether to go to Philadelphia this morning, I went, somehow rousing myself up at five this morning to make a 7:00AM train. While I waiting at the station, I wandered into the Hudson News and was confronted by this display:
Disposable DVD rentals? Does this remind [...]
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