Relationships, right, people? I mean, what more is there to say? So onerous are relationships that the popular social network Facebook includes “it’s complicated” among users relationships statuses. Fucked up, I know. OK, so we all know relationships are complicated, and we’re at least a little bit familiar with the everyday, run-of-the-mill complications. However, the [...]
My boy's takin' it to the net!
Paul—a friend of mine whose passion for music is matched by a very select few other people I know—got really big into mash-ups a few years back. He went from listening to music on CD, to MP3 and vinyl, and now the man remixes his own tracks. And kids, these mixes are excellent get-you-dancin’ mash-ups. [...]
File-sharing lawsuits: not just for coporate douchebags in the record industry!
Ars Technica is reporting today that at least one of the targets of the RIAA’s file-sharing lawsuits is fighting back. It’s nice to know that, finally, someone is. From the article: Andersen is a single mother living in Oregon who was sued by the record labels in February 2005. She eventually filed a counterclaim against [...]
Sit your butt down
I have this little calendar at work called “Dumb Dares for the Office.” Today’s dare wasn’t phrased very well, and there was some ambiguity. The dare says this: Post a sign-up sheet offering your services for free lunchtime chair massages. The confusion arises over whether or not anyone’s office chair really needs a massage. So [...]
Where do you go to network?
This lovely image courtesy Le Monde (click to enlarge):
Question authority
Cory Doctorow has an excellent piece in the Guardian about how important it is that citizens question security measures, and not be punished for something like taking photographs simply because it might breach security (hey, if my photo-taking breaches security, maybe you ought to consider that your security licks ass). From the article: We can’t rely [...]