Philosopher King

Here's an article that highlights the rarely seen wisdom of President Bush

Welcome to Hell (G4 style)

When G4 took over Tech TV last year and scrapped its programming, G4s viewers (mostly under 13 years old) told us Tech TV viewers to quit whining and deal with the change. Now, it appears G4 has begun to destroy its own original programming, and now those same viewers are whining about G4s direction as they might finally be realizing that the merger was a way to kill both channels. The sooner G4 dies and goes to the Hell of old TV Channels, the better it is for the world in my estimation. If only MTV's plug had been pulled ten years ago, we would all be smarter today.

Enter the Raptor

The F-22 reaches operation status today, after being in development since 1987. We have finally reached the fifth generation of fighters, just as the F-14 fleet has been reduced to its last squadron (VF-31) after 32 years of service. Certainly a pivotal year in the history of aviation. It does seem odd that our newest technological toy is already close to 19 years old, hopefully it will have a long and illustrious career as well.

Note to my Neighbors

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know that I don't work my ass off for fifty hours a week to pay for my house, so that I can listen to your fucking lame rap music. I have my own music, thank you. Oh, and by the way rap isn't music, it's God-awful noise with little to no artistic merit. So, shut the fuck up.

Today's "Stay the hell out of my computer" segment

It seems Sony has forgotten that consumers that buy their music might actually own what they pay for. Check out their moronic Eula

The UK is considering a law against the possession of Internet material they consider "extreme". Of course, the actual details of the law reveal that it would ban things that are not really violent or abusive.

Bush has started his war on porn, making it the FBI's fourth prioirity. The question is: will this war be fought with any more competence than the war in Afghanistan? I'll reserve comment on my outrage toward the misplaced prioirities of this administration. Link

A Kick in the Eye

I caught Bauhaus at the State Theater tonight. It was nice to hear music that was really reminiscent of a artistic period in music (i.e. the 80s) and not the trite crap that is put out these days. It was also nice to see a crowd that wasn't spread out over a wide demographic, just 30-40 year olds. Lots of black, dyed hair and converse shoes.

Order 66

Read This for an alternate view of the Revenge of the Sith

Talk to the Internet

try this link for some excellent and wise conversation.

WWII

If World War II was an on-line game, this is what the chat would look like:

WTF is nukes? Comedy Gold!

"Its not what you're like its what you like. Music, movies, books these things matter."- High Fidelity

What is the point of a blog? Or, more importantly, this blog? I could tell you about how I ate toast today, but I don't think that matters much. What does matter is the intense amount of influence that the information age presents us with. Music, film, literature, games, technology, and the internet all present new adventures as we navigate through the dangerous media-dominated political landscape of the current age. As the surface of reality expands, hopefully we can find philosophic trends that transcend the superficialty and synthesize humanity and technology, without the exclusion of either.

This blog will attempt to be my near-real-time record of the highlights of my journey though this post-modern flux of influence.

First Post!

Enter the web-atorium at http://www.hometown.aol.com/mccooley/