Friday, February 06, 2009
25 things
Huh. One wonders what it says about the evolution of media when something approximating a traditional media outlet has decided to cover a recent meme on Facebook
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Argh.
Some days I am so filled with frustration.
Like I shouldn't bother. Like I should just keep my head down and lead a private life and not sweat everyone else's opinion.
Just go work the job, have my free time to myself and not worry if I'm letting anyone down, or not doing enough, or failing anyone.
I'm thinking a lot about shutting down PostOrg. This isn't drama over something that was said so much as my own personal thing about the quality level I'd hoped to achieve.
Frustrated.
Like I shouldn't bother. Like I should just keep my head down and lead a private life and not sweat everyone else's opinion.
Just go work the job, have my free time to myself and not worry if I'm letting anyone down, or not doing enough, or failing anyone.
I'm thinking a lot about shutting down PostOrg. This isn't drama over something that was said so much as my own personal thing about the quality level I'd hoped to achieve.
Frustrated.
Lost in Translation...
Ever see a dub of US television in another language? It's kinda familiar, but it's just so weird seeing the visuals without being able to quite understand the context.
Somehow, I don't feel quite that way about this:
Somehow, I don't feel quite that way about this:
Oops....BoingBoing fight.
Maybe the guestblogging thing wasn't such a popular idea?
Charles Platt:
Climatic Heresy 1
Climatic Heresy 2
Climatic Heresy 3
Climatic Heresy 4
(a half hour later...)
Cory Doctorow:
Top independent, peer-reviewed research indicating that climate change is real, deadly, and caused by humans
Does the Medieval Warm Period mean that climate change isn't real, dangerous and caused by humans? (No)
Understanding the economics of climate change mitigation
American Institute of Physics' history of the science of climate change
My hat's off to them for not pulling the dissenting articles down (as of the time I write this, about 1:45am PST), but I can't help but feel there's a bit of a bully pulpit at play here.
I'm going to bed. I should've known that post-work nap would keep me up too late.
(psst...the fight continues in the comments. I'm such a dork for paying attention to such things.)
Charles Platt:
Climatic Heresy 1
Climatic Heresy 2
Climatic Heresy 3
Climatic Heresy 4
(a half hour later...)
Cory Doctorow:
Top independent, peer-reviewed research indicating that climate change is real, deadly, and caused by humans
Does the Medieval Warm Period mean that climate change isn't real, dangerous and caused by humans? (No)
Understanding the economics of climate change mitigation
American Institute of Physics' history of the science of climate change
My hat's off to them for not pulling the dissenting articles down (as of the time I write this, about 1:45am PST), but I can't help but feel there's a bit of a bully pulpit at play here.
I'm going to bed. I should've known that post-work nap would keep me up too late.
(psst...the fight continues in the comments. I'm such a dork for paying attention to such things.)
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Oh, right.
Good friends Matt and Ruth gave birth to their first daughter (I suspect Ruth did most of the work on that one.) about an hour or so ago.
So, a hearty congratulations and a I'll put a moratorium on filial cannibalism jokes for at least two weeks.
(it'll take that long to get all the "Still calling yourself 'Independent Creator', huh? Kinda ballsy." jokes out of my system.)
So, a hearty congratulations and a I'll put a moratorium on filial cannibalism jokes for at least two weeks.
(it'll take that long to get all the "Still calling yourself 'Independent Creator', huh? Kinda ballsy." jokes out of my system.)
Something to think about
Hey, here's a crazy idea. What if we're not all as different ideologically as we seem, we just got mixed up on application of ideas?
For example:
If a thing is too fragile to survive (e.g., might not survive its own inherent flaws, though may be in the greater interest to help it along...meddling, as it were.), given that we have the power to intervene, should we?
Would you answer differently if the topic was "Government Intervention/Regulation v. Free Markets" or "Creationism v. Evolution"?
For example:
If a thing is too fragile to survive (e.g., might not survive its own inherent flaws, though may be in the greater interest to help it along...meddling, as it were.), given that we have the power to intervene, should we?
Would you answer differently if the topic was "Government Intervention/Regulation v. Free Markets" or "Creationism v. Evolution"?
Monday, February 02, 2009
Finally..
A BoingBoing post that isn't Doctorow hawking Diznee, or Xeni hawking BBTV.
Wal-mart. Not entirely negatively.
Ok, until you get to the comments. They still stay true to form on Wally World.
Yes, I know, they're not pro-union. But like I've said a bunch of times, neither am I: My appreciation of unions is inspired by Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle". Once you keep the workers out of the sausage, I tend to think there's diminishing returns.
-transiit
(and to BB commenter whomever: My bullshit detector went off when you said Wal-Mart deli employees are treading through an inch of grease.)
Wal-mart. Not entirely negatively.
Ok, until you get to the comments. They still stay true to form on Wally World.
Yes, I know, they're not pro-union. But like I've said a bunch of times, neither am I: My appreciation of unions is inspired by Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle". Once you keep the workers out of the sausage, I tend to think there's diminishing returns.
-transiit
(and to BB commenter whomever: My bullshit detector went off when you said Wal-Mart deli employees are treading through an inch of grease.)
Sunday, February 01, 2009
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