February 2009
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WatchBecause it’s Friday, I present you with: Kitten War, by rathergood.com and MC Elemental.
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“Each one writes his history according to his convenience.”
– Jose Rizal (Letter to Blumentritt, 22 August 1886)
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ToToM: Pigs Must March (The Prodigy vs. Nine Inch...
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Social expertise? Or Irene Cara?
Today’s game has to do with the idea of expertise in the field of social media. It seems to me that all you have to do is spout out lines from inspirational 80s movie theme songs.
Take, for example, the line, “Find your passion and make it happen.” That could be the warm words of any number of so-called social media “experts” who seek to inspire while making a...
DJ Matt Hite: Wild thing on the Dance Floor (FM...
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WatchPresenting the first annual Boxer Awards to celebrate achievement in unboxing videos. Oscars, eat your heart out.
“Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they...”
– Archibald Putt (Putt’s Law)
DJ Schmolli: Wicked Wedding (Billy Idol vs. Chris...
“If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all...”
– Bill Gates
Every Car You Chase, a mashup of Snow Patrol and...
The Door From Hell Offramp podcast.
The latest...
Sports injuries.
This was the third year I have, with a group of friends, dressed to the nines for a Valentine’s Day visit to a local bowling alley. I enjoy the juxtaposition of about a dozen people in cocktail attire in such a crowded and unromantic setting.
This year, however, I seem to have pulled my groin while sliding along the deck. This is rather pathetic. Regardless, I shall call it a...
“I wanted to be a hero. I wanted to be the center of attention. I wanted the...”
– Walter Day
Tired stories.
Sharing a responsibility with someone you can’t trust - and who likely doesn’t trust you - is like rowing a boat two different directions. Though the view is constantly changing, you end up seeing the same thing over and over.
“Environments work us over and remake us. It is man who is the content of and the...”
– Marshall McLuhan
“When I say it’s you I like, I’m talking about that part of you that...”
– Fred Rogers
“We don’t have to save the world. The world is big enough to look after...”
– Douglas Adams
“Although many believe that technology automatically enables more realistic...”
– Satoru Iwata
Compartmentalizing
In the past four months I’ve deleted all my previous Web sites in order to concentrate on It’s Unboxed, a niche blog focused purely on the simple joy of unboxing stuff. That site now has a life of its own and a regular complement of videos of stuff we are unboxing and posts about stuff we’d like to unbox. It’s Unboxed has been a fun project, and one I anticipate keeping...
“I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think...”
– Kurt Vonnegut