Just listened again to Jono Bacon's awesome song "Unite", which features a clip of Charlie Chaplin's speech from "The Great Dictator". Jono notes that the song uses this clip from The Great Dictator, which was released in 1940, and likely very much under the wiles of those who would like …
read moreWhy Disney buying LucasFilm freaked me out
Like most geeks of my era, I have a fascination with the Star Wars and Indiana Jones films and "mythologies". They're an integral part of who I was as a child, and without them I could honestly say some of my interests would be much different than they are now …
read moreTwitter and the Bitchwagon
Yesterday Greg Grossmeier posted a link to the Twitter Independence Github repository. It's written in the style of another famous redress of grievances (a document made famous by my fourth grade teacher, assigning it to be transcribed should we aggrieve her during class). Unlike the more famous document, the Twitter …
read moreApple vs. Samsung and the No Derivatives clause
Much Internet ink has already been shed / spilled over the Apple vs. Samsung case already, but I need to get some thoughts out of my head and down into a blog post before they drive me insane. So, bear with me, dear reader, as I add more fuel to fire …
read moreCancel vs. Inactive
Apparently there's a certain pre-paid phone company that doesn't quite understand the difference between an inactive phone vs. canceling an account:
How do I cancel my account? It is not one of the options on your phone menu. It is not apparent how to get to a live human being …