The stimulus, if it is going to actually do anything productive, needs to be temporary, targeted, and timely. This bill is none of those things. Instead, it’s a disappointing, unfortunate product of fiercely partisan politics and the epitome of business-as-usual. And I’m sorry – honestly, because I wish it wasn’t true – but you can’t even make [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Political Stimulus, Economic Albatross
Posted in Economy & Politics, tagged economic stimulus, economy, government spending, political pork on January 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wingsuit Base Jumping
Posted in Misc., Sports, tagged insane, wingsuit on January 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
These guys are insane! My palms were sweating about 30 seconds into this thing. And how the hell did they manage to get some of this footage??
Are video games recession proof?
Posted in Economy & Politics, Video Games, tagged consumer spending, cute cat, economy, electronic entertainment design and research group, forbes, MIT Interactive Entertainment SIG, NE Games SIG, New England Games SIG, video game industry on January 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You wouldn’t think so, but despite the fact that we’re in the midst of a big economic fart, people are still spending money on lots of things including games. Forbes.com recently compiled a list of the ten things we’re still buying despite our skinny wallets.
It is no surprise to me that video games are on [...]
Ranting and Raving At Its Best
Posted in Movies, YouTube, tagged Movies, Network, rant on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Howard Beale (Network, 1976) shows us that sometimes anger – not laughter – is the best medicine. This is a great rant – articulate, cogent, and crazed all at once. It’s also remarkably applicable to now.
Choose Your Own Adventure: Economic Stimulus Edition
Posted in Economy & Politics, Pop Culture, tagged choose your own adventure, economic stimulus, economy, huffington post, Robert Kuttner, Townhall on January 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I used to love reading those Choose Your Own Adventure books, and was inspired by two very different stimulus ideas I saw today…here it goes:
Economic drought has stifled the flow of goods and services all across the land. Something must be done to revive it. You – the wise journeyman – have set out find the way to Prosperity, the [...]
New iTunes Pricing and DRM Policy
Posted in Digital Media, Music, tagged DRM, iTunes, Music on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Apple just announced some significant changes for iTunes’ pricing and DRM protection policy. Here are the highlights:
The majority of songs will drop to 69 cents beginning in April, while the biggest hits and newest songs will go for $1.29. Others that are moderately popular will remain at 99 cents.
Beginning this week, Sony, Universal and Warner will [...]
A skier at Colorado’s ritzy Vail resort was left dangling upside down and pantsless from a chairlift last Thursday.
The poor guy was stuck for 15 minutes before they backed up the lift so they could dislodge him. It appears that the chairlift’s fold-down seat was somehow not in the lowered position, which caused the man to [...]
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