Archive for November, 2008

Note to self…

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

Don’t google lipozene or leptoprin ever again. I’m getting weight loss ads everywhere I look — including sites I’ve never visited and totally unrelated to weight loss. Plus inside youtube and gmail for totally unrelated content. Looks like it’s time to start surfing with Distrust — but is even that enough? Should I use an […]

Infotainment…

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

Why the fuck aren’t these late-night Lipozene ads, and those like them, completely illegal. It’s not like we need new laws for this — fraud is fraud. What the hell?

Cognitive Surplus

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Back in April Clay Shirky found the words I’ve been looking for since high school to explain why television is such a depressing waste: it’s a drain on our collective cognitive surplus.

Underneath this flabby exterior lies an enormous lack of character…