I just read an article about the potential disaster that could be a google home entertainment device. There’s always going to be tons of speculation around companies the size of google and Apple entering new markets. It’s fun to imagine…
Tag: rants
Fragmentation will not effect Android
Talk to anyone in the tech community in the last year and they will tell you that google has been making a big mistake with allowing the fragmentation of android to get this out of hand. They argue that developers…
Sacrificing Too Much for Safety
Over the last several days Occupy protests have been raided and broken up by police across the country. Mayors and Municipalities are claiming they need to shut down the protests because of concerns over safety. Mayor Bloomberg was stupidly bold…
The War on Poverty 2.0
I understand the gut instinct behind the policies created to police welfare recipients’ behavior. For many, welfare is an act of charity, and the last thing anyone wants is their charitable donation squandered. If, for example, you lent a friend…
Even The Foxes Are Pointing Out How Stupid It Is To Have Them Guard The Hen House
I have not been a fan of the International Monetary Fund. This is not a popular position in America because in general unless you come from a failing nation the IMF has little to no effect on your life. If…
What Austerity really looks like (Redux)
G’day everyone, I just returned from a cruise to Alaska, and I have to tell you, wow! Granted I was there in the summer at the peak of it’s splendor but it is beautiful country up there. Obviously it’s probably…
Post scripts: 4/28/2011
Post scripts: From time to time I realize I have more to say on a topic I’ve written about, however I don’t feel a full essay forthcoming. In those instances I turn to the PS. In this edition of post…
Maybe governments should be run a bit more like a corporations specifically Apple
I make sport of hating on Apple. Like I’ve said before I think their products are innovative but find their business practices infuriating. Basically though apple has a proven record of creating innovative products that manage to feed directly back…
If not now when?
Today has been an insane day for me quite of few things have popped up and it has my head spinning but I can’t let this day end with out shouting in the darkness about what happened yesterday . Last…
Can we just stop all this heartland politics?
image from visualizingeconomics.com I’m sick and tired of the pulse of this country being taken by middle, rural America. This is like taking a persons pulse by pressing your fingers against their back fat. We city dwellers get painted as the…