High Score

February 21, 2009 · Posted in Stuff · Comment 

So Leora has written another insightful media analysis, and it makes me wonder who’s steering this ship. Although we as a society generally disapprove of sidelining our ethics, we also seem to take it for granted that large corporations, politicians, lawyers, and the misery industry all run on a diet of immorality and corruption (part of this complete breakfast). Last I checked, all of the above are run by the same people who complain that we’re headed towards dystopia thanks to our many vices. How did we gain this split personality, doing the devil’s work from 9-5 and then transforming back into indignant masses on evenings and weekends?

(Disclaimer: the author doesn’t believe in the devil, but presumes that anyone starting a career in malevolence would work for him.)

Our generation is getting ready to inherit the Earth (and her wonderful deficits), so keep this in mind, generation: now that it’s almost our turn to decide how the world turns, let’s try to beat our parents’ high score.

Bricked Hard Drive

February 13, 2009 · Posted in Stuff · Comment 

A hard drive that makes horrible grinding noises is a bad thing. A hard drive that makes awesome grinding noises is just plain awesome. Found c/o Marc: