I tried logging in to Facebook just now. I was unable to get in. A while back I canceled my real life Facebook account because I got sick of being annoyed by their constant bad calls on privacy. I didn’t miss the noise: Jimmy likes In-N-Out! Zippy likes that Jimmy likes In-N-Out! Duh, people. Everybody [...]
Today I got an e-mail from a friend wanting to share a photo gallery at CostCo’s Photo Center. I should have known that a place that has a cover charge just to shop in their warehouse would have also required you to set up an account to log in and view someone else’s photos. That’s [...]
The Great Firewall hasn’t just come back up — it’s brought surveillance with it. Yes, telescreens will be coming to your friendly local Internet café if you live in Beijing. Of course, if you live in Beijing you’re not likely to read this because your government doesn’t want you to think for yourself. That might [...]
Recently it came to my attention that many people think that as long as they don’t comment, purchase anything, or actively participate on a web page, they leave nothing behind. This couldn’t be farther from the truth. When you pick up a book, you leave fingerprints on the page. When you walk through the woods, [...]
Who said posses were a thing of the past? The mainstream media is constantly reporting on the negative aspects of the Internet– that it is filled with pedophiles after you children, that it is lurking with identity theives after your social security number, and that it will fry your hard drive with a million Trojan [...]
I just made my first use of Amazon.com’s MP3 sales system to purchase the Hellgate: London Soundtrack. Which, incidentally, makes a fantastic workplace listen. A nice mix of industrial and orchestral, it packs more intensity than the Halo 3 soundtrack, with fun little riffs that hearken back to Blade Runner. Unlike music with lyrics or [...]
I might be a terrible, bad, bad cyborg, but I really enjoy watching videos online of people making fools of themselves, and then having the sheer stupidity to videotape and place it on a website where it is easily found by an eager, all-consuming public. And I am a proud member of that public. It [...]
