Y'know things that are all the rage? Blogs. Everyone has one; or at least had one before Facebook, Twitter et al diluted the realtime pool.
Since I'm nu-old skool — and watching endless streams of people validate their own self-importance bores me — I figured why not make a blog? The main difference here compared with other people's blogs is that instead of being limited to one topic, you get a little slice of everything all mashed up. Yay, I've joined the SpaceFace / MyBook revolution.
N.B. The views expressed herein are not my own: they have been carefully shaped by a barrage of mainstream media propaganda and fill-in-the-blanks guesswork. Also, I'm prone to lying for the sake of entertainment.
All my friends are virtual
[1 comment] · 277 words (munches about 2 mins)When it comes to being artistic, I’m a rank amateur. But posting random poetry for no other reason than because I can is where I excel.
Offended by sarcasm: cultural idioms
· 293 words (eats up about 2 mins)Oh great, now you’ve set my legs on fire. Thanks a bunch.
Targeted ads have a long way to go in the semantic web
· 682 words (devours about 4 mins)Personalised banner advertising on the Internet is an utter waste of money, effort and bandwidth because the industry have made some fundamentally wrong decisions about what constitutes useful metadata.
Desperation in spam world
· 305 words (wastes about 2 mins)It’s official, spam companies are getting desperate to attract people’s attention in order to sell products. Just look at these subject lines.
Mobile devices make it easy to hack passwords
[4 comments] · 949 words (sucks up about 5 mins)If you use your mobile phone or tablet for any kind of Internet application that requires authentication — Facebook, Twitter or online banking, for example — you’re setting yourself up to get hacked.
Hi, my name is
· 334 words (wastes about 2 mins)Would a rose by any other name smell as sweet? Clearly in the world of rap, the answer is yes. Uhhh, would the real Slim Shady please stand up. We’re gonna have a little problem here.
The right actor for the job
· 376 words (sucks up about 2 mins)After all these years of being an avid movie follower, why did I assume there was a rigorous accreditation procedure at Casting Director University?
New Year's Evolution
· 161 words (wastes less than a minute)All hail 2014. A New Year has begun, whereby people the world over decree they are going to improve their lifestyle and turn over a new leaf. All except me.