September 2010
3 posts
GameStop Gets an Earful
Today I did something I never do: I filled out an online survey as requested by a receipt in exchange for entry into a crappy sweepstakes. I’m not sure what prompted me to do this, but by the time I was done answering moronic questions, such as, ”how much (on a scale of 1 to 10) did your visit today feel like an experience and not just a transaction?”, I was thoroughly...
“What you have just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever...”
Acu-fake-ture is more like it...
Last night I had a great idea for a blog post, but it was too late in the night to start writing it. Now I can’t remember for the life of me what I had wanted to say. Must not have been that great of an idea after all. I don’t really have any great ideas right now either, but I did stumble across an article at the NYT web site that distracted me through my lunch break (and probably...
August 2010
1 post
The approaching trash singularity Pt II
..And now the conclusion…
OK, so I’ve explained the Trash TV singularity, and you’re probably thinking “who gives a crap?” Fair point. I wrote it, and quite frankly, even I don’t give a crap. But here’s something you should give a crap about:
THE TECHNOLOGY SINGULARITY
Proponents of this idea believe that one day soon, computers will achieve...
June 2010
1 post
The approaching trash singularity.
Since the Celtics are currently self-destructing in game 6, I figured it was a good time for an update. I’ve decided to take this blog in a slightly different direction, since I realized having a central theme would restrict me too much. I have to be able to blog what I feel like blogging, and that may not always fit into a central narrative. That being said, I will try consistently...
April 2010
2 posts
“To be persuasive, We must be believable,
To be believable, We must be credible,...”
– Edward R. Murrow
The Project
I’m starting a project. A blog project (a bloject?) It’s sort of ambitious, and probably impossible, but I feel that I have to give it a shot. It’s kind of difficult to explain the scope or even the goal of the project, since my conception of it changes continually, but I will do my best. Hopefully things will become more clear over time. I came up with the idea a few nights...