December 23, 2010
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December 14, 2010
November 23, 2010
Three predictions
Someone on a mailing list I’m on asked the list to come up with predictions for 2011. Here are mine:
1. The Atlantic runs a cover story showing that the entire Cognitive Surplus (as per Clay Shirky) created by the Net has been squandered by a massive increase in masturbation.
2. Arrival of Forbin Project/Skynet comes one step closer when airport X-ray scanners are discovered to have spontaneously reinvented ChatRoulette for themselves. (Bonus prediction: 2b. At least one Republican Senator and/or Televangelist is “outed” when he is recorded telling a TSA employee “I think you missed a spot.”)
3. AOL wakes up, feels its long beard, and is “wondrous amazed” at all that has changed in the past ten years.
November 14, 2010
Remember when we had a sense of humor?
My daughter pointed out Nietzsche Family Circus, that pairs up the adorable comics with quotes from the ever more adorable Nietzsche.
That reminded me of some long, hilarious strings of reviews of Family Circus books at Amazon. So, I looked up an issue of my old newsletter (which I think I’m actually going to publish an issue of soon) where I mentioned them. They’re still there (here and here) and some are pretty funny, but I’m pretty sure Amazon cleaned up the list — it’s way shorter and tamer than I remember.
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