December 2009
14 posts
2010 Predictions.
Here are my predictions for 2010. Feel free to point and laugh to any that don’t come true…
Apple take the movie industry on a big ride in the same manner they did the music industry with iTunes, and we see the Apple TV rise in the same way the iPod did.
a) Google release a VoiP phone that takes a provider agnostic SIM card as a backup. b) Google also start a free ISP, probably...
“I wouldn’t wear a tie-dyed T-shirt unless it was dyed with the urine of Phil...”
– Kurt Cobain.
Credit Card Subversion.
I have a credit card. I have had it for over a year now. It’s not my only card, I still have debt on others.
This one however, has never been used and it’s via from a bank I had unpleasant dealings with a few years back.
I simply don’t use it. But every few months, as and when I remember, I take it out and cut it up. Then I call the credit card company and tell them I destroyed...
“Friends don’t let friends use Internet Explorer.”
Why TV?
Do you still pay for a cable or satellite TV service?
I don’t. I stopped quite a while ago. The point came when I asked myself: “Why am I paying for people to advertise at me, and to try and fill me with propaganda?”.
Now I look at things as… if someone or a service is going to advertise to me, that is the charge. My TIME is the charge, the opportunity to tempt me is the...
“Seriously. If i join an atheist group I may as well join groups that don’t...”
Don't trust me. I am not a real journalist.
Like you I’m sure, I am tired of lazy internet headlines offering fear dressed up as insight on tired subjects.
I’m going to do a little series of articles about common articles.
That’s right. I am going to get Meta:
Violent Video Games Have Harmful Effects on Children.
This is a pet favourite of mine.
Ever seen this headline?
“Parents That Buy Violent Video Games For...
“I’ll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when...”
– Terry Pratchett (via adtothebone)
Hot News Day.
Wow. Some news today!
You have probably heard about the death rattle of Favrd.com by now. Unfortunately, the end of this popular website has started a chain reaction through the technorati of personal publishing and then the web in general.
The first casualty I’m sorry to break to you is Twitter. The guys behind Twitter don’t like people outside the original user base clique using...
