June 2009
4 posts
Ups and Downs of Technology
With any advance in technology, there come positive and negative consequences.  With the Bronze Age, advances in farming became balanced with advanced weaponry; in the Industrial Era, the advances in mass production became balanced with the possibility of an industrialized war; and in the Atomic Age, the potential for renewable enegy became balanced with the ability to obliterate life from the...
Jun 23rd
WatchWatch
A robot that’s programed to make me coffee?  Hooray for technology!!
Jun 23rd
WatchWatch
Video of a kid freaking out ‘cuz his mom deleted his World of Warcraft account. Oh for the love of God, I hope this is fake. Clues to its fakeness: Perfect Camera Placement The Kid Takes His Clothes Off in Anger Stabs Himself in the Butt with a Remote Control Out of Anger or Consolement But then again, I did the same thing when tickets to the Jonas Brothers’ concert sold out. ...
Jun 23rd
Interesting Lunch; Lesson - Life's Pretty Sweet
So I was eating a sandwich by the beach today, and it was pretty sweet.  Well, pretty sweet until a big black guy in a beanie and speedo walked down the steps and started dipping his toes in the water.  Oh yeah, and this guy was about 20 feet away from me, and there was no one else on this stretch of beach for 100 yards in any direction.  He didn’t even make a sound, and I’m not sure...
Jun 17th