Archive for the 'news' Category

When Equal Rights get out of hand

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Today, Brian Shaler tweeted a link to an ABC News article/video that documented a Hallmark greeting card that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is considering racist.
Watch the video for the full story, and then I’ll share my thoughts below:

I only have basic knowledge on racism (mainly toward black/African American people) [...]

I spent Australia Day inside

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

What’s new? I spend most days inside. Making. Creating. Moving this planet forward towards world peace.
I saw a story on the news about a week ago that mentioned Australians aren’t getting enough sun. Ha! They said there’s been an increase of people with Vitamin D deficiencies. Go figure; everyone’s on the internet. They (scientists/doctors) [...]

Fueling the (MTV) Machine

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Ugh. I don’t even know why I’m writing this. I said I wouldn’t, but I looks like the machine is powerful enough to push an independent hippie like me over to the dark side (or maybe it’s the light side – depending on your point of view) a little bit.
Before reading my drivel, I recommend [...]

Vote For Viddler in the Open Web Awards

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

Mashable Open Web Awards
The second annual Open Web Awards (hosted by Mashable) are on again! Nominations are over, and it’s time to vote in round 1!
Just enter your e-mail in the widget to the left and click Vote Now. You’ll then need to check that e-mail and click a link in a confirmation e-mail [...]

Australia follows USA with tree-killing iPhone bills

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

We all remember Justine’s first iPhone bill [video] totaling 300 pages in August last year. It resulted in every website imaginable writing something about the story, and AT&T removing itemised data from their bills and allowing customers to opt-in to e-billing/paperless billing.
When Justine’s video was released I’d been using data on my Nokia 6280 for [...]