Category Archives: Personal Writing
Rotary Hunt 2009
I wanted to write a piece on rotary phones – after starting I realized I had two stories to tell. The other part of this story can be found on Retreading Pop in this article. Head over there if you want to read the rest of the story. The phone pictured above was the …
A New Idea on Getting Out of Jury Duty
While driving into work today I was listening to This Week in Law. There was a discussion on mistrials that are occurring because jury members have been using Twitter or looking up information online. You can’t put the genie back into the lamp for the internet, so it’s something the legal system is grappling with …
Identity – It’s All About You
Identity, what is it? There is multiple definitions, both from a dictionary standpoint to a legal standpoint – these don’t encompass the true philosophy of what identity truly is. The reason we can’t truly have a good definition, is that everyone has a different thing that that they feel defines them. Some people feel it’s …
Copy – Paste – Repost Mentality
Yesterday I made a joke tweet (which get’s crossposted to Facebook), trying to be funny and truthful at the same time: Dear facebook friends – no matter the cause or reason, I will not copy and paste your status and make it mine – copy paste if you agree I immediately got 3 likes and …
Rants on Itunes
Ahhhhh – the joy of itunes. When it is tuned and working well, everything is a blessing. When it is not working well – you can definitely want to slit your wrists with broken glass that has been fermented in a one week old diaper, but I’m not bitter. Moving into the Apple ecosystem has …