Category: Facebook Feed
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Lots of Questionable Government Decisions, VR for Chickens, Public Fiber, Vocal Range Ranked, Netflix Glitched, and Why I’m Amazed We Still Any Money in the Bank (Computer Security)
There’s a lot of stuff in this world that amazes me. Some of it in good ways, some of it in very bad ways. On the list of “bad ways” is how utterly broken our ideas (and implementations) of security are. There’s a good (and terrifying) article about that, focused on computer security, in the…
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Dumbing Down, Questionable Relationship Awareness, Godzilla Humor, Economic Issues, Speed Cameras, and Zepplin
I hadn’t heard about the Macklemore thing until I saw a post about it yesterday. (He’s since apologized.) I was left wondering if a bit part of the problem was that we’re not willing to give someone the benefit of the doubt when they say “I really didn’t know.” (Especially if no other public action we’ve…
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Food, Real Heroes, Diversity in Comics, Movie Trailers, Net Neutrality, and some Randomness
It was a busy weekend. One that probably should have been busier, as I still didn’t get everything accomplished that I wanted to. Almost caught up now… almost. My college and my home town have both made the feed recently. The first for being named “geekiest” by (DC) local nerd mecca Think Geek. The second…
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Body Image, Movies on the Horizon, Brain Science, Gut Science, Net Neutrality, Photo Etiquette, and Paranoia
I love a good conspiracy theory as much as the next guy, but even I agree that things are getting a little out of hand. Once upon a time, you had to either already be looking for them or meet someone who was a little “off” in order to really get a line on a…
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Food, Flood, Flash, Multicolored Things, Zodiac, Twin Peaks, and the Future of the Internet
Well, it seems like the FCC has decided it’s just going to go ahead and ignore what more knowledgeable people seem to be crying out for. Their decision today seems to lean in favor of letting companies like Comcast charge whatever they want to whoever they want on both sides of the bandwidth transaction. Net…