The tenor of public discourse is changing. In some ways, it is good that market forces are starting to clean up what we see and hear through the mass media (no one took a principled stand on Don Imus - it was a matter of advertisers voting with … [Continue reading]
Reading Between the Lines
Posted on April 26, 2007 Written by
{{myquote|Never underestimate the damage bargain-basement homebrew Freudians can cause with their refusal to believe that a banana might, in fact, just be a banana.}} … [Continue reading]
The Internet is a Sewer
Posted on April 25, 2007 Written by
{{myquote|This is the internet: when you write stuff, you MUST assume people will be 'reading from the gutter.' 'Gutter' is the default setting.}} - in response to Andrea Weckerle. … [Continue reading]
Score a Zero
Posted on April 25, 2007 Written by
Yes, I did - because apparently someone in India did first. Let me explain. In a previous post, I gave credit for "nothing" to the wrong culture: "It is the spatial equivalent of the Arabs inventing the Zero." Well, as Occam's RazR reader … [Continue reading]
Motto of a Spin Doctor
Posted on April 23, 2007 Written by
{{myquote|Vertigo. Ergo. Sum. (I spin. Therefore. I am.)}} … [Continue reading]
Digital Manipulation
Posted on April 22, 2007 Written by
To be a society so poorly versed in things mathematical, we sure are obsessed with numbers. Just look at what's happened in our sports culture. We like high scores (because scores are easy to compare to one another), and we like statistics. … [Continue reading]
Colbert
Posted on April 20, 2007 Written by
{{myquote|The Colbert Report has become the Digg of cable television.}} From Marketing Roadmaps … [Continue reading]