March 2008
17 posts
WatchHealthcare is free in America? Ah, just for Native Americans. Sounds about right. I didn’t know about this. I’m only just finding out about it now thanks to Lindsay and Moblogic. Awesome. Like I said I’ve been away in England for 2 weeks and I need to work how best to keep up-to-date on Moblogic while I’m on the road. What depresses me more about this piece is that people...
WatchNow this is interesting. I’ve been out of the country for the last 2 weeks, in England, perhaps the US’s greatest ally, other than Disneyland. I had no idea that Obama had made these comments: Obama typical white person by dollarsandsense123 A couple of great things come out of this. Those Fox news people (crazy-haired blonde with no need to fear that anyone would ever refer to her as...
Bend your mind with Time Machine →
I have a musing on Skyhook wireless that I will post when time permits and I find the notebook I wrote it down in, but in the meantime, here’s a musingdump from the back of my mind triggered by TUAW’s bit on Time Machine. I believe I have mentioned to both Robert and Hedgy that Time Machine would change the way people use their hard-drives, but that I wasn’t quite sure whether it...
One Out of a Hundred →
I noticed this the other day - it seemed riciulous. I don’t know what the figure is over here in the UK, but the prisons here are in plenty of overcrowding trouble too. If you build it (a police state) they will come ([insert Huxleyesque consequences here])… Vaguely related, and well worth a read to open your eyes to the revolting treatment of “illegal” immigrants in the US...
Analogies...
Watching the real headlines on the Democratic race, what comes to mind is a cinematic meteor approaching earth at high speed, shedding chunks of rock here and there in an effort to get there quicker. Of course, that’s all cinematic special effects drama - it doesn’t care, it’s not malicious, and it’s not going to get there quicker. Then I thought perhaps a couple of people...
Nick's from England; that's why he's making so... →
I didn’t mean to imply that America invented or cornered the market on public circus. Oh no, the Brits are fucking revoltingly retarded when it comes to that and it makes me sick. How many bunches of flowers at Buckingham palace when Diana died? Let’s not forget the furore when someone suggested that the royals weren’t mourning appropriately? It just went on and on AND ON. Fuck...
Park Slope Schools →
To me this looks like a disused gas station as much as a prison… The Park Slope backlash has been active for some time already, but I’m glad to keep it going. (via kottke)
I just don't get it. →
Lindsay - you surely get it by now. Play nice. Play along… Only in America… Poor A. Stop yelling at him. It’s not his fault. It’s important for the American people to see that their public figures are united as a family. In France, Sarcozy’s wife just told him to fuck off and get on with things himself, which he did and which she did (it wasn’t a hooker, but...
Go on, let's be friends...
Obama for President, Clinton for Vice-President. Go on. Why not? Then when he gets shot for being Black Kennedy (where have all the assassination attempts been for the past 7+ years?!), Mrs. Clinton can step up and all those passive-agressive followers of hers can fold their arms and humpf through their noses as they nod away and wag their fingers. Is that too morose? This country’s gun...
4real? TV executive arrested at Dubai airport... →
About fucking time. Still not confirmed though two news articles exist on it and Freediz.com has been updated. Perhaps throwing money at a problem (lawyer) really does work from time to time…