Archive for July, 2008

I has events.

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Here’s an idea: I have a new influx of event invites in my inbox and browser tabs, all conspiring to make me a consumer of some sort from now until eternity (like, no one’s inviting me to a tribute to BrianVan, and, really, I wouldn’t be too embarrassed to attend one). I am weary, because […]

Back To Amber Waves of Grain, or How We All Got Priced Out of the Boondocks

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

I was having a conversation the other night with someone about the trend of remote housing communities being abandoned and ghettoized in some rare cases due to the fact that no one could afford to live there or keep the place watched by whomever. The other party in the conversation is someone who lives in […]

Information Overload

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

Because I wasn’t getting anything truly meaningful done today…
I’ve been doing the whole “online” thing for the past 12 years. Half of my lifetime and counting further. I’ve been involved in a variety of scenes and activities. Several have threatened to eat me alive, and some came pretty close to wrecking my life. However, this […]

The “R” Factor stands for “Retarded”

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

 Seems that NowPublic took a break from poaching Flickr photos long enough to assemble a list of… frankly, I don’t know what this list is about. “50 Names We Drew Out Of A Von Dutch Hat” is about the only explanation that makes sense to me.
Let’s do a quick cavity search:  Arianna Huffington is what […]