Mind Boggling Stupidity

By The Angry Drunk

This piece of utter retardation just popped up on my radar; and, after a solid round of bashing my head against my keyboard, I was compelled to comment. The short version is, Chris Anderson at Wired is making the argument that the availability of enormous clouds of data will allow scientists to eschew the scientific method and [...]

June 26th, 2008 | Keywords: , , , | View Comments - (Comments are closed)

Note to Social Media Retards, the World Doesn’t Revolve Around You.

By The Angry Drunk

One could argue that I pick on the kids at The Apple Blog.  But, gosh darn it, they make it so easy.  Case in point.  Today one of the crew over there posed the question, “Should Apple have had a bigger presence at SXSW?“  To which I will be glad to provide an answer.  No.  [...]

March 13th, 2008 | Keywords: , , , , | View Comments - (Comments are closed)

Web 2.Oh No!

By The Angry Drunk

Yep, been there done that.  via Fake Steve Jobs

swfobject.embedSWF(“http://www.youtube.com/v/fi4fzvQ6I-o&rel=0&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=0″, “vvq-85-youtube-1″, “425″, “344″, “9″, vvqexpressinstall, vvqflashvars, vvqparams, vvqattributes);

December 4th, 2007 | Keywords: , , , | Comments are closed

Wikipedia Sucks

By The Angry Drunk

I may, or may not I’m fickle that way, write up a larger piece on the manifold problems with Wikipedia.  In the meantime I highly suggest reading some of the criticism at Wikipedia Review and Wikipedia Watch.  

July 25th, 2007 | Keywords: , , | Comments are closed

Monkeysphere

By The Angry Drunk

I just ran across this via Violent Acres. While the tone is sarcastic, the theory is actually dead-on. This is what I was getting at in my post a while back.

May 23rd, 2007 | Keywords: , , | Comments are closed

Friends

By The Angry Drunk

Which is better, to have many people you call “friends,” or just a few that you hold dear in your heart? It seems to me that, for ages, society has told us that we’re not worthy unless we’re loved by many. Media tells us that being alone is a horrible thing. If someone dies, and [...]

January 23rd, 2007 | Keywords: , | View Comments - (Comments are closed)


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