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Quit Your Fucking Day Job

If I was just gonna say one thing to y'all tonight...
I'd say, set the artist free.
I'm talking about this artist in here, set it free.
I'm saying, quit your day job.
Now, I know a lot of you people here, you're saying,
"I can't quit my day job. I've got kids to feed, Jack."
Quit your fucking day job.
Focus on your craft, one time, before it's all over,

Information Sickness

A short time ago while sitting at my duct-taped desk, here in the bowels of corporate America - I came to a disturbing realization that I'm sure many in my generation have come to: I'm finally sick of the Internet. I don't want to read articles on Wikipedia. I don't want to go on Google Video to watch some guy getting shot in the balls with a toy rocket.

Nootropics Revisited

A couple of years ago when I was still hardcore into nootropics I made a couple of posts on a private board that I'd like to share with you guys now instead of letting them end up archived into obscurity. Note: I am not a doctor and nothing you read in this article should be construed as reputable medical advice.

Corporate Fascists To Meter Internet Access

Time Warner Cable is testing a method to meter Internet access for its customers in much the same way that home utility electricity is controlled. From the article: "Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) Cable plans to start testing on Thursday metered Internet access, charging consumers $1 for each gigabyte of content over their allotment.

Electronic Tattoo Display Runs On Blood

FTA: Jim Mielke's wireless blood-fueled display is a true merging of technology and body art. At the recent Greener Gadgets Design Competition, the engineer demonstrated a subcutaneously implanted touch-screen that operates as a cell phone display, with the potential for 3G video calls that are visible just underneath the skin.

What A Police State Looks Like

Been meaning to post this for quite a while - pictures from the March 18th, 2007 peace rally in Portland. I'll let the photos speak for themselves.



Brain Interface Gaming

It's finally here!

Northern Illinois University

As an NIU alumnus I can tell you honestly that in the 4 years I attended school there I never felt unsafe on campus. Not once. When I heard the news yesterday I was shocked, absolutely bewildered. Out of all the schools in the nation where such an incident could occur, why Northern?

Politics, Inflation, And The Politics Of Inflation

So I went out and voted yesterday. I registered as a Democrat and voted for all 6 Obama delegates. What? Did you think I was going to vote for Hillary? Hitlery Clinton? The Wicked Witch Of The Midwest?

Anonymous Vs. The Church Of Scientology

Apparently an underground movement is forming with the sole intent of subverting the Church Of Scientology. Coming from all corners of the Earth, the members of this movement are using this miraculous invention—The Internet—as a vehicle of change in order to fight what they perceive to be a serious menace to all of humankind.

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