TWiT discusses the media
by Pete on March 31, 2008
I’m on the road this week, so not much time for posting. However, if you haven’t already, you should give a listen to this week’s episode of This Week in Tech. Using Eric Alterman’s recent New Yorker piece “Out of (…)
New Black Angels album in April– YES!
by Pete on March 28, 2008
I haven’t had much time today to devote to the internets, but I was just perusing I Rock Cleveland, where I found the very exciting news that the new Black Angels album, Directions to See a Ghost, will be available (…)
New Raconteurs album… meh
by Pete on March 27, 2008
I just went to Amazon’s MP3 store to get the new Raconteurs album. Fortunately, I listened to the previews first. Holy crap does this sound like an uninspired record. It’s a shame, as Broken Boy Soldiers was quite good. This (…)
Because if it’s on the internets, it must be true
by Pete on March 27, 2008
In an article titled “Finding Political News Online, the Young Pass It On”, New York Times writer Brian Stelter explains, According to interviews and recent surveys, younger voters tend to be not just consumers of news and current events but (…)
Meghan McCain has a blog.
by Pete on March 26, 2008
This morning’s Washington Post features a lengthy article on newly-minted blogger, potential First Daughter, and apparent brain donor Meghan McCain: Meghan McCain, who blogs about life inside her dad’s presidential campaign, is not terribly interested in matters of policy, but (…)
Apple is tricksy with the Safari
by Pete on March 25, 2008
The last remaining Windows machine in my house is an old ThinkPad that is plugged into the TV. It runs XP because I got tired of tearing my hair out trying to get any version of Linux to recognize and (…)
The wit and wisdom of Dick Cheney
by Pete on March 25, 2008
I’m not sure why anything Dick Cheney says surprises me anymore. Nonetheless, I give you the following. The VP did an interview with ABC last week in which he belched up this gem: I had the experience, for example, of (…)
New web host
by Pete on March 25, 2008
The site has been up and down quite a bit over the last week due to hardware problems which I have yet to fully figure out. In the meantime, I have moved the site from its previous hosting facility (a.k.a., (…)
Site Maintenance
by Pete on March 24, 2008
I’m working on switching webhosts. My apologies for any errors or other strange behavior.
Nerds are still nerds
by Pete on March 23, 2008
I’ve been catching up on several weeks’ worth of On the Media episodes, and was listening to their May 7 podcast at the gym last night. During a segment about the death of D&D creator Gary Gygax, host Bob Garfield (…)