February 2010
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On The iPad
Sooo, the iPad launched this week…
Apple’s new device does not support the “closed system” of Flash and many have taken this opportunity to praise HTML 5. I’ve already established myself as a bit of an HTML 5 fangirl, but when Flash offers the majority of video and gaming experiences on the web, you have to think this decision is simply removing functionality for...
January 2010
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Bullshitting About Outer Space
I just saw this video from X Prize Foundation Chair Peter Diamandis in which he admits he did not have the initial $10M to award to the X Prize winner when the event was first launched.
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Wake Up America
This guy keeps sending me weird Barack Obama birther messages and YouTube videos and I can’t help reading and clicking on them. I’m just so fascinated by it. Like whoa, as a part time tech blogger I have a huge stake in clearing up whether or not Barack Obama is a Muslim Indonesian or not. I’m a Buddhist Asian Canadian. If Barack Obama were a Muslim Indonesian, I’d...
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A Mallard-y of Our Times
Every few months, when Pat Robertson decides to say something so offensive that I am reminded he exists, I reminisce on his argument against the hate crimes bill. Last year Robertson argued that protecting GLBT people from hate crimes would force us to have to protect “weird guys” who like to “have sex with ducks”, oh and also pedophiles. And then it hit me - ducks...
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WatchHere’s my LeWeb and Social Media Club House slideshow.
Tuxedo Cat Hat
I’m not sure what the deal is, but in the last 2 weeks in 2 different cities, I’ve seen men wearing live tuxedo cats on their heads. I don’t think this is an anime cosplay phenomenon, but it still has a decidedly Gothic Lolita effect. I wonder if the creatures are some sort of controlling parasite.
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All Your Spams are Poof
It’s New Year’s Day and a particularly aggressive set of spammers have decided to inundate ReadWriteWeb with their fake comments and irrelevant links. In the same way that military strikes like the Tet Offensive and Yom Kippur War of 1973 were launched on national holidays, so too was our latest spam comment attack. The belief is that holidays create vulnerability. However, this battle...