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Re: innovation is less than 36 hours away

Saga — Fri, 01 May 2009 02:26:02 -0000

funny, i figure we'll get less this year. people will say "oh, we went last year, how different could it be this year, we can always go next year" etc...

Re: Oh Crap. My Parents Joined Facebook.

Saga — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:38:35 -0000

I'm calling shenanigans here. No way an adult with children writes like this.

Re: Oh Crap. My Parents Joined Facebook.

Saga — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:35:14 -0000

You're an English teacher? Wow. I can't even imagine what that class must be like. Good luck to you and your students...

Re: Swans reform; new album on way

Saga — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:05:21 -0000

I know that, technically, we can call it a Swans reunion without Jarboe, but it's not the same. The duality of Gira and Jarboe is what made Swans great: this just seems like a rebranding of Angels of Light to me...

Re: Largehearted Boy: Contest - Win "Wolf Hall," "Logicomix," and a $100 Threadless Gift Certificate

Saga — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:12:11 -0000

I've been pulling for The Anthologist as the outsider. Still liking its chances.

Re: Why the iPad is not a computer (Or why I’m on team Doctorow)

Saga — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 21:43:37 -0000

Yep, the iPad is not a computer.

And I don't give a shit. I already have a portable computer. A portable media/reference/reading device sounds pretty good, though.

The mainstream geekery that has poopooed the iPad isn't its target audience. I hate to break to you (all "you"s shall refer to a broader you all, that is), but most people don't want to be able to take apart their computer, reprogram it, do wacky shit to it. They just want it to work reliably and look cool. The iPad is what they want. It's a failure on the part of technopundits for them to think that what they want is what everyone else should want. Furthermore, I haven't heard many negative things about the iPad from younger types... Hm, old nerds, might you be becoming irrelevant? You wanted wearable computing for so long, now you're getting closer to it, but you're going to complain because you don't have root access? Convenience has a price. If you don't like it, then, since you're so smart, build your own.

I'm not going to be buying an iPad. I have an iPhone and a MacBook, and I don't want a device for in-between. I do, however, understand why it needs to exist and what the appeal is. Anyone who considers it a failure upon launch hasn't fully grokked the situation. I was one of them when the iPod launched. I already had an mp3 player that did a lot more than the iPod (still) can do. I couldn't understand people wanting something that did less. I didn't realize that many people will sacrifice ease of use and convenience for power. Apple is a trustworthy company, so they could get away with telling consumers "trust us, we'll make sure it works fine." It did then, and it will now, trust me.

And, yeah, not being able to take it apart or tweak it because you'll void the warranty? Wow, that's such a lame complaint. ALL consumer electronics are like this. It's sort of the way it's always been. Tell Cory he shouldn't buy a tv or a cell phone or a microwave or a PS3...

Re: New way to deactivate your account

Saga — Wed, 05 May 2010 00:10:20 -0000

Hm, this method didn't work for me...

Re: Great Books Are Great at Being Books - Culture - The Atlantic

Saga — Mon, 24 May 2010 15:43:05 -0000

I've seen this criticism leveled often, but I'm afraid I don't get it: the temptation to turn a movie off once one has an idea of how it will end. Are you watching a movie to be surprised? I don't want to draw crap corollaries, but that seems to be like not wanting to take a trip to a destination you know. So, if you please, a Jr Talk to Me Like I'm Stupid: what's the thought process and so on behind this? Personally, I don't think it's a valid criticism, but I would like to know what people are wanting out of a movie when they say this.

Re: Great Books Are Great at Being Books - Culture - The Atlantic

Saga — Tue, 25 May 2010 10:38:57 -0000

Right, OK, that's kind of what I was assuming, gents. A crap film is sorta watchable as long as the ending is unknown, and a good film is watchable even with a known ending, but a crap film with a formulaic plot? Worst of all, eh?

Re: Beats in Space From Signaldrift

Saga — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:33:56 -0000

Seems too cute to get the Seefeel comp.

(So I'd been following your blog for a few weeks. Dunno how I found it, as I've never even been to Kentucky (except those layovers in "Cincinnati" airport) but I dig your taste and style...so in case I ever end up in Louisville, I won't assume it's crap beforehand.)

Re: On Sound Strike

Saga — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:23:37 -0000

Damn straight. This is kinda like boycotting BP: it won't hurt anyone but the small local businessman. You need to think about the issue on a much larger scale than one person could really affect. Cynical, but true.

Re: Adventures in Clownin’ on Non-Comm Radio

Saga — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 21:25:35 -0000

Oh man, eyeballs rollin' out the head. Make this a regular feature.

Re: Tom Waits - Eleanor Barkhorn - Politics - The Atlantic

Saga — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:02:16 -0000

Great article...but, um, can we not use Grooveshark for links? They don't necessarily pay for the rights to music.

Re: FACT mix 285: Patten

Saga — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:43:23 -0000

Good tracklist, but this compression schtick has gotta stop. Seems like a lazy way to beat other people's tracks into submission and hide loops he couldn't make work perfectly. If that's what he wants, fine, but people like me are gonna call him out on it.

A later edit to add that I've finished listening to the mix and decided it was a directionless mess. Woo. :P

Re: Jimmy Kimmel Is a Hilarious, Mean Corporate Shill - Hampton Stevens - Entertainment - The Atlantic

Saga — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:15:35 -0000

Some of the funniest comments on the internet are dismissive of the author's point of view while admitting they didn't make it past the introduction. Keep up the good work, Alex!

Re: Greece Is on Pace for the Worst Recession in Modern History - Derek Thompson - Business - The Atlantic

Saga — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:26:02 -0000

"Will Greece be the deepest recession of the last 30 years?"

"Modern history" only goes back that far? Thanks for the click-bait headline.

Re: In Defense of Nicolas Cage - Daniel D. Snyder - Entertainment - The Atlantic

Saga — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:24:43 -0000

People give Nic Cage a hard time because he takes his weirdness seriously. He's not Hollywood-groomed weird, like Johnny Depp (who's toned it down lately), I-did-a-lot-of-drugs weird, like Robert Downey Jr, or hillybilly weird, like Billy Bob Thornton. Cage comes by it naturally.

Re: Tiger Tales: A Detroit Tigers Blog: Pitchers and Catchers Report

Saga — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:07:02 -0000

I also heard Bonderman is working on his changeup.

Seriously, I was never as excited for spring training as I have been this year...and I was that excited before Prince signed.

Re: Would You Give Job Interviewers Your Facebook Password? Because They Might Ask - Megan Garber - Technology - The Atlantic

Saga — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:30:29 -0000

I take it you didn't get as far as his second paragraph, which starts with "but seriously"?

Re: Why the Car Industry Can't Survive Without Millennials - Jordan Weissmann - Business - The Atlantic

Saga — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:01:40 -0000

I blame Portlandia.

Re: http://ahouseoflies.com/post/20009447896

Saga — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 23:05:39 -0000

Oh, Empire Records could be off the charts. Makes Singles look like Bela Tarr.

Re: http://ahouseoflies.com/post/20009447896

Saga — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 23:07:22 -0000

Portland, Oregon? (I can't have been the only one to put the coordinates of Fishingtown into Google Maps.)

Also, tip? Can we not put the asterisk-footnotes after the score? Kinda spoiler-y. Otherwise, thanks for making me enjoy these memories as opposed to cringe every time I accidentally remember them.

Re: Chief Keef producer to “sue the shit” out of Kanye West

Saga — Wed, 02 May 2012 11:16:22 -0000

Unauthorized derivative work in hip-hop? Has Young Chop ever heard any hip-hop before?

Re: Chief Keef producer to “sue the shit” out of Kanye West

Saga — Wed, 02 May 2012 11:33:24 -0000

Yeah, it was a smartass response, but really, re-using beats and tunes is the way things go. Kid should take it as a compliment (inasmuch as Kanye love passes for a compliment anymore).

Re: New My Bloody Valentine album and EP scheduled for 2012

Saga — Mon, 21 May 2012 18:13:30 -0000

XTMNTR made for a pretty excellent stopgap MBV album for me; him getting back in with the Primals could be another good one.