Piracy, Morality, and the Google Search Results
An announcement this past week by Google that they would start to adjust the search rankings for sites that get numerous DMCA / copyright complaints came as a surprise to many. For those who...
Author: alex
Of Facebook, Social Media, and The Cycle
Unless you have been hiding under a rock, you have pretty much heard that Facebook recently went public. That is to say they are now listed on the stock exchange as a publicly traded...
The Dark Side Of Storage Wars
I am a pretty big fan of reality based TV shows, which is a good thing these days because that is pretty much all of what is getting shoveled at us by the networks....
NASCAR Blows It on Knaus Appeal and Bristol
I guess it should come as no surprise to most people in the know, but NASCAR once again has managed to make a laughing stock out of itself. The rescinding of suspensions and points...
The Failings Of Supply and Demand In the New Economy
I am a pretty big follower of what is going on in what is called the new economy. That is businesses that are based around or based on the internet, and often that deal...
What Anonymous, Medical Marijuana, Bit Torrent, and Occupy Wall Street Have in Common
Sometimes you have to stand back a bit to appreciate things, to see them for what they really are. Sometimes you have to look past the headline or past the placard waving protester to...
NASCAR 2012 Looks Like More Of the Same
Well, the 2011 racing season is done, and the clock just struck 2012 everywhere. Well, everywhere except NASCAR land, where they continues to work on their 1960s inventions and machines, proudly being as ungreen...
Occupy Wall Street? How About Occupy Yourself?
The current and ongoing Occupy Wall Street (twitter tag #Occupywallstreet ) protests have certainly started to gain some traction in the media. Outlets in the US such as CNN have been giving the event...
The Tragedy of Amy Winehouse
Over the next little while, we will see plenty of stories about Amy Winehouse and how tragic her death is. Truly, any time someone is lost so early in life, it is a tragedy....
Wake Up Call For Nancy Grace and Her Friends
It’s been sort of funny watching from afar the media coverage of the Caylee Anthony case, the poor child who died too young with a mother who just didn’t seem to know what happened....
I Deleted My Facebook Account Today
I cannot imagine how time flies on the the internet, how fads and fashions come and go. I have been online and working online since the early 90s (I had a pre-commercial internet account...
Duh, Weiner.
This is one of those stories that I just can’t wrap my head around, because there is just so much stupid going on here. Rep. Anthony Weiner has finally resigned from his office, as...
Julian Assange Hurts Wikileaks Crediblity Again
A while back, I wrote a piece about Wikileaks and how just being able to do something didn’t make it right. There are so many things that have happened around Wikileaks in the last...
Birthers Flustered By Obama, Become Deathers Instead
What a weird world we live in. Since President Obama became the candidate for President of the US a few years ago, there has been a group of people who think he that he...
