Friday, April 27 2012
In Defense Of… Cutting the Cord on Conventional Cable Television
With more and more websites developing original programming and cable companies raising prices each year, there has never been a better time to turn away from your television and toward your computer.
Thursday, August 11 2011
The Return of 120 Minutes
120 Minutes returns to guide us through the alternative/indie/hip-hop/whatever-else universe. But what's a show to do when nothing's as hard to find as it used to be?
Wednesday, May 25 2011
What’s the Value of Ownership in the Age of Cloud Computing?
My fiancée and I will soon move across the country with whatever will fit in our Honda Civic. This has brought up some discussions about which possessions are truly worth keeping.
Monday, April 25 2011
Google Prepares to Eat Apple’s Dust (Cloud)
Apple has finished building their super-secret cloud based music monster.
Thursday, August 12 2010
The Odyssey of Andrew Wylie
As traditional print media is being slowly but irresistibly subsumed by electronic competitors, powerhouse agent Andrew Wylie argues that writers should get a larger cut of e-book sales. But is Wylie, in reality, seeking to destroy paper-based publishing houses?
Wednesday, May 12 2010
We Are Fueled by the Fat of Their Land
The "monstrous steel molochs" of industrialized civilization are fueled by petroleum and not literally by the "fat of the natives", though for the Achuar people, the subject of this classic narrative, that might be a distinction without a difference.
Thursday, April 22 2010
When Advertisements Become Kindle “Bestsellers”
Should free electronic books count in sales ratings?
