Just When You Thought It Was Safe
Saturday, March 8th, 2008 Posted in Pop Culture, Updates | No Comments »I wrote a while back about Facebook killing my inner child. Seems I'm not the only one. If you're asking yourself, "Who is this guy?" He's the executive producer of a rather successful science-fiction franchise. And a writer.
Ebay Until Your Eyes Bleed
Thursday, December 27th, 2007 Posted in Pop Culture | No Comments »A few weeks ago I was looking through some of my old stuff from when I was a kid, sorting through stuff I’d like to keep, throw out, or ebay. I was looking through and found a stack of old ...
A Strange Mix
Saturday, November 3rd, 2007 Posted in Pop Culture, Rants | Comments OffSo I had a conversation with a friend of mine on the way into school this week, in regards to what has been happening with an art festival I helped out with this past summer and the surrounding some disagreements ...
A Piece of Canadian Consumer History
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007 Posted in Pop Culture | No Comments »I was reading TUAW's article on the fact that the student price has been raised for the release of Leopard. And considering I am of the currently-being-educated type, I decided to take my weekly trip to see if prices have ...
iPhone Copyright Crap
Saturday, October 13th, 2007 Posted in Pop Culture, Rants | 1 Comment »I'll have to be honest: this post is going to make me seem like the biggest Apple fanboy. As if previous posts haven't. I was reading over news that I've neglected for a few days (all 700 some-odd pieces of anything ...
Yet another reason to hate Sony BMG
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007 Posted in Pop Culture, Rants | No Comments »Reading this article, one can't help but think, "Gee, does Sony BMG even want my business?" If it wasn't for the rootkit that their CD's put on their customer's machines, maybe this wouldn't seem so bad. Or maybe it would. Our ...
Something’s Not Right Here
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 Posted in Pop Culture, School | No Comments »So all the fanboys out there lined up for hours in the middle of the night to get Halo 3. Understandable, of course because of the nastiest cliffhanger that TV executives only dream of; not to mention the upgraded eye ...
Women’s Magazines and Advertising
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007 Posted in Pop Culture | No Comments »I must have been living under a rock. My wife is doing some random scrapbook type art for her classroom. She's got a bunch of women's magazines out that she's using to cut patterns out of. I see the Marie Claire ...