Random musings

[JL21]

Another idiom from my father: "hotter than a two-peckered billy goat"

Which is not to be confused with "hotter than two muskrats [expletive] in a wool sock"

[Cheddar Tom]

There is a feeling that Thiel has given billionaires a blueprint for destroying media orgs. they do not like....Fred Vandersloot dealt a serious blow to Mother Jones even though his case was flimsy and tossed out on friendly grounds. That should scare anyone. It's hard to be sympathetic to Gawker because of their tendency to out private individuals, but it's also hard to cheer Thiel on.

[go birds]

so basically its billionaires with agendas vs. billionaires with agendas. hard to have any sympathy for either party really. boo freakin hoo.

[Cheddar Tom]

so basically its billionaires with agendas vs. billionaires with agendas. hard to have any sympathy for either party really. boo freakin hoo.

In the case of Gawker (which isn't a billion dollar org.) it's hard to have any sympathy, especially considering the content of the case. When it's a small-time publication that writes something a billionaire doesn't like so he starts filing defamation suits just to cripple them w/ court costs it's concerning.

[go birds]

ok millionaires with agendas

[MrSaigon]

Speech is free, but consequences are real. I guess the opportunity Gawker saw to out a guy wasn't worth it in the enemy they created. Good for Thiel. On this one, at least.

[tlombard]

I have a major beef with The Weather Channel and their app today. I've been walking to work from time to time recently (3 miles) and then taking the bus home when the weather is nice. Walked yesterday. Woke up early this morning feeling good so I decided to walk today too. Checked the app and was informed that the rain wouldn't start until this afternoon. It looked really nice outside and the birds were singing so I started on my way. About half way to work the freaking storm hit. I was far enough along that I figured going back home made no sense and just kept going.

Why didn't I just hop on the bus the rest of the way you ask? I tried but when I got to the bus stop I realized that I don't have my wallet. It is at home on the table where I left it after emptying my pockets to do laundry last night. Thankfully tonight is softball night I had dry socks (I was already wearing tennis shoes with my work shoes in my bag) and shoes to change into when I got to work. And since I figured it might be raining later, I had a jacket in my bag as well. In the end I just had to deal with damp pants for a bit until they dried. Could have been much worse. I don't have any hair so that wasn't a problem. With the pants being evenly darkened by dampness, nobody even noticed when I got to work that I was actually soaked once I got the jacket off and changed shoes and socks.

And thankfully I do stupid stuff like this from time to time so I keep a $20 stashed in my desk so I have money for lunch and to catch the bus after work.

[go birds]

the thing about the gawker network is that the main site, gawker, has injected itself into all the good sub-blogs they have and that is a bad bad thing, especially if youre a conservative.

io9 used to be the go to for sci/tech postings. they always dumbed down really in depth scientific developments/breakthroughs/etc for the casual reader (like myself) and it was an enjoyable experience. They also typically had pretty good reviews for movies/tv shows/books and were typically unbiased. I stopped visiting regularly once gizmodo and io9 merged. mainly because of the article entitled "Stop Drinking Bottled Water". I get the message, but it was very cringeworthy and just par for the course with how down hill things have gone with that site.

Basically the entire gawker network has turned into a extreme far left leaning blog site and it shows in every one of their sub-sites. even some of the most liberal regular posters are growing tired of their jezebel influenced blogs and overall schtick.

It's sad, because most of the really good writers have jumped ship because of everything going on over there.

paid a visit to io9, clicked on the first blog i thought would be interesting. and ill let you guess where i stopped reading because the author immediately rendered everything she said irrelevant. closed the the entire io9 tab altogether, actually.

http://gizmodo.com/the-real-problem-wit ... 1777994830

that's the gawker network in a nutshell.

[Schlich]

the thing about the gawker network is that the main site, gawker, has injected itself into all the good sub-blogs they have and that is a bad bad thing, especially if youre a conservative.

io9 used to be the go to for sci/tech postings. they always dumbed down really in depth scientific developments/breakthroughs/etc for the casual reader (like myself) and it was an enjoyable experience. They also typically had pretty good reviews for movies/tv shows/books and were typically unbiased. I stopped visiting regularly once gizmodo and io9 merged. mainly because of the article entitled "Stop Drinking Bottled Water". I get the message, but it was very cringeworthy and just par for the course with how down hill things have gone with that site.

Basically the entire gawker network has turned into a extreme far left leaning blog site and it shows in every one of their sub-sites. even some of the most liberal regular posters are growing tired of their jezebel influenced blogs and overall schtick.

It's sad, because most of the really good writers have jumped ship because of everything going on over there.

paid a visit to io9, clicked on the first blog i thought would be interesting. and ill let you guess where i stopped reading because the author immediately rendered everything she said irrelevant. closed the the entire io9 tab altogether, actually.

http://gizmodo.com/the-real-problem-wit ... 1777994830

that's the gawker network in a nutshell.

lol. that's too much even for me.

[heyzeus]

Another fun call from a client today. Just fantastic, love this guy.

He calls me up, and his first line is "Why are [board of local governmental entity] all suck a bunch of [expletive]?

That will be edited by GRB's no-no filter. The word he used literally translates as "one who sucks roosters."