Couple of stories have bubbled across my desk today both with a common thread that I personally disdain. The first, a story that seemed to break in Mother Jones last night, is that the famed TED lecture series was holding back a video on what could, but shouldn't, be a controversial topic - t
Read Full StoryAct 1 had some incredibly stilted and cheesy dialogue. Act 2 showed that Joss Whedon knows group dynamics. But there was a little too much fan service in the form X fights Y and two of the subplots were tied up rather conveniently. Act 3 was one giant battle scene. Also, Joss Whedon has bal
Read Full StoryWeb-based episodic fiction is hard. Really hard. You have no budget, which is good because viewers have no attention span. However, when creating your narrative, this means restricting episodes to pretty much one simultaneous plot line. Television viewers rejected the single plot line ages ago. Even the most basic television series have had an A [...]
February 27, 2012 | life, media, technology
Imagine, if you will, a world in which a nap is a discreet and physical item. You, yes you!, could go to the store and purchase a nap. It stands to assume that some industry would arise around naps. We’d have mass produced naps. And we’d have organic naps. There would be an entire cottage [...]
February 22, 2012 | life
“If you could, how would you remake the world?” she asked. “No idea,” I replied, “I’ll tell you what I wouldn’t do, I wouldn’t give bears lasers. They’re already dangerous enough as it is.” [Actual conversation 4:52pm on a Tuesday afternoon]
February 21, 2012 | life
“Tyler, are those chocolate chocolate chip muffins?” “Shit yeah they are.” “Then I shall have one.” Editor’s Note – the lens flare makes this post 73% more J.J. Abrams approved.
February 16, 2012 | life
Had a few moments this morning so I whipped up a Richmond-version of my favorite meme of the moment.
February 15, 2012 | life
I don’t think anyone is really happy with Bon Iver winning the Best New Artist Grammy last night. However, following the previous year’s awarding of Album of the Year to Arcade Fire, I think I’m seeing a trend emerging from the Recording Academy. Someone over there is a troll. Let’s breakdown last night. Bon Iver’s [...]
February 13, 2012 | media
“Funny” little comic that compares the absurdities that happen legally online, and what the offline equivalent would look like.
February 9, 2012 | Intellectual Property, media, technology
Many, many years ago, back before “the Internet,” I belonged to a BBS called Top Gun. On said BBS there was a member who would pop on every now and again continue a lengthy, very funny, serial story. Each episode of said story would end the exact same way, “…and then the squirrels attacked.” Every [...]
February 8, 2012 | Intellectual Property, life, writing
Or In The End, Everything Is About Zombies “I had the most epic post-apocalyptic dream ever last night,” Matt said, typifying any of a million conversations held in or around our office. I turned and asked the most obvious question possible, “Why are you dressed like a mime?” The conversation thus descended into a post-apocalyptic [...]
February 7, 2012 | life
I grew up in a pretty damn good period for video games, catching the dawn of the golden home video game age – the return of the Atari under the 2600 Jr moniker and the dawn of the 8-bit era. I stayed with consoles until I caught the dawn of the FPS on the PC. [...]
February 7, 2012 | Intellectual Property, media, technology
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