Posts by Ryan Livingston
Just Watch This
This is a video everyone needs to watch. It’s Clay Shirky at the Web 2.0 Expo SF 2008 giving a speech about “Cognitive Surplus” and what we can do with all our wasted time.
Read MoreGrate (sic) Moments In Racism
July 11th, Dalas Texas… all was going as smooth as could be (read: not very) during a county commissioners meeting until the Santa Ana winds brought in a stiff breeze of stupidity. During the meeting the conditions of the growing bureaucracy were compared to a “black hole.” That’s when the breeze blew clear through the…
Read MoreThe Dark Knight
Hype… things get hyped up… a lot. Just look at sliced bread… it’s the paradigm standard we hold everything to. “Is such and such better than it?” Yet by itself nothing to look at. What does this have anything to do with The Dark Knight? Absolutely nothing. However when a film like this comes about,…
Read MoreRandom Disorder
Despite the name, Random Disorder is a band that has got it’s act together.
Read MoreViacom to Milk Youtube
It was reported today by various news outfits that Viacom will be suing Youtube for the tune of ONE BILLION DOLLARS (keep that number in your head for a moment) for copyright violations and that type of stuff. Viacom is complaining that the site is using material from such hits as the Daily Show, South…
Read MoreToo Much Information!! (sometimes)
One of the disadvantages of unemployment is running out of DVDs and VHSs to peruse… with an added reluctance to get new ones because it’d look like you’ve got your priorities mixed up. So the day-time TV has got me it it’s clutches. Luckily with the whole digital everything revolution thing, we’ve now got the…
Read MoreThe NWOt Guide to Winning the Lotto
How being a hapless schlep can actually pay off for once.
Read MoreI’m Mildly Insightful… What Do You Do?
There is a term in communication theory known as phatic communication, coined by Roman Jakobson (and I only mention his name because it looks good in search engines). Basically this is any word or phrase meant to initiate communication or keep channels open. Less academically speaking, any pointless speech to get the ball rolling. Simply…
Read MoreFortnight Tonight – 09-07-2006
Steve Irwin, kamikaze squirrels, kamikaze lunar craft, and tea in spaaaace. Plus an urge to go vote (intelligently).
Read MoreR.I.P. Ray Macula
The official place for the memorial page is here now. -7/24/06 I just found out that my best friend is dead. I hadn’t heard anything from him in over a month. Normally that wouldn’t have seemed odd since he moved to the middle of Wyoming. However, lately he’d been on instant messenger talking a blue…
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