The title is what I consider to be the chant of the ignorant, the greedy, the people I nicely refer to as “generation Diss”, who disrespect anyone and everything that doesn’t give them all they want for free. ACTA is a trade agreement and treaty between many nations (most except the usual suspects), which seeks [...]
As I mentioned back in April, it was getting clear that it was time for Larry King to Retire. While I am sure that my blog entry made not a wit of difference to the old guy, I think that time and reality have finally caught up to Mr King. He announced this week that [...]
Illegal file sharing fans are in a funk the last little while following the Grokster decision and rulings against major player The Pirate Bay, and now they have more to be concerned about. In a decision handed down in US Federal Court this week, Judge Wood ruled Lime Group, parent of LimeWire software maker Lime [...]
While it may be a shocker to some, the “resignation” of Lou Dobbs from CNN has pretty much been a foregone conclusion for a while. CNN as a network is floundering badly these days, unsure of it’s direction. But Lou Dobbs has been sure of his direction, going from a reasonably friendly Newsy guy to [...]
It’s almost a traditional thing now, the Tom Cruise dead rumors seem to come up about two or three times a year, more often when he is doing something nutty. Recent stories have peopel from inside his camp reporting on his weeks of trying to use his Scientology powers to dominate door knobs and other [...]
Jon Stewart is at it again. The host of the insanely funny comedy news show The Daily Show has once again managed to make more news that the news itself. This time, he has taken aim at CNBC’s aggressively opinionated analyst / commentator / hedge fund manager Jim Cramer. Stewart ran a series of clips [...]
With all sorts of difficulties in the world, a failing economy, and an unpopular war on the other side of the world, President Obama may be looking for an easy and clean victory to add a little luster to a Presidency that has so far been mired in difficulty. The Guardian newspaper is reporting that [...]
I can certainly mark this story down in the category of “I didn’t see that coming”. I can also say that I am pleasantly surprised and happy to see this sort of thinking coming to the streets. EVI USA is a company that has been working on the whole concept of building delivery trucks that [...]
I think the people who live and work in the Washington area are glad this sort of stuff only happens once every 4 years, because it’s turning into a disaster. President Elect Obama will soon become President Obama, and the Inauguration ceremonies mean that much of the capital region is being closed, blocked, redirects, and [...]
The internet is an amazing place in part because it most easily reveals what people really want. Example being that the vast majority of people will say that they have no interest in adult material, but more than 50% of all web surfers have searched for something related. Following up on this report from Hitwise, [...]
November 4th is election day in the US. While I am not an american citizen, the race in the US is important to much of the free world, as the President of the United States is often considered the de-facto leader of the free world. So if you are American, on November 4th, please vote. [...]
Let this be a warning to anyone drinking too much – if you pass out in the street, you might become part of Google Maps Streetviews. “Bill” here was saddened over the death of a friend, a drank himself into a stupor. He managed to get a taxi ride home, but passed out on the [...]
It took pretty much forever for this to happen, but it has always pretty much been clear it would. The FCC has approved by a 3-2 vot the merger of XM and Sirius satellite networks to form a single entity. Sat-radio is an interesting buisness model that just hasn’t quite hit it’s stride. With two [...]
This one certainly goes into the “weird stories” category. Seems that Her father, her husband, and her mother needed to make some extra money, so they decided to do a holdup somewhere handy. Well, Dad went out and randomly chose the Pizza place where his daughter worked. Of course, he was wearing the standard wig [...]
As has been speculated, Angelina Jolie finally gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, bringing the Brangalina brood up to 6 kids, which is sort of like they are trying to repopulate some part of the world all by themselves. Both kids are reported healthy and everything is fine, they were born in [...]
