You may have seen something like this before. A bunch of artists descend upon a particular month and choose it for their own. This month, they decide, will be the month they complete a Single Work In a Short Amount … Continue reading
So TV Guide has a weekly podcast. Well, they probably have a few, but they only have one that I listen to. It’s called TV Guide Talk and I’ve got one of those love/hate deals going on with it. On … Continue reading
I’m going to kick media critics a bit here, which I know is nothing like me. The Wire is as good as television gets. In fact, watching it has spoiled me so rotten that the police-and-crime aspects of other television … Continue reading
When Detective Kima Greggs is learning the ropes as a murder police in HBO’s The Wire, her mentor advises her to look at the scene with soft eyes. Hard eyes will focus on the wrong things and miss the big … Continue reading
I never knew a scripting language before. Ok, so I never knew any language before a half-year ago, so that’s not surprising. But as I’m finally beginning to pick up the pseudo-hacking traits I always dreamed I’d have, it’s clear … Continue reading
The most dangerous, ill-informed and frankly silliest political debate in this country is over healthcare. I go from annoyed to worried about the way our policy debates play out, but the whole health tango just plain maddens me. By and … Continue reading
Nothing like having the raw power of a great language at your disposal, right? Toss a pile of awesome libraries into the mix and you can do just about anything. Even Microsoft couldn’t deny it, so when they came up … Continue reading
I used to view poetry and prose as literary forms on opposite ends of some imagined spectrum. At one end, the Severely Poetic end, were the kinds of experimental, dissociated poems I couldn’t understand. The literary equivalent of a concert … Continue reading
Television gets a bad rap. I can’t say its reputation for superficial stories and sensationalistic plotting is undeserved, either. The problem with television is systemic; television exists to sell ad space, which means the shows broadcast have to be good … Continue reading
Whoever decided that a realistic economics system is a vital component of a fun game, please dismiss yourself from the industry immediately. We’re stuck with your legacy, but at least you won’t be around to make things any worse. I’m … Continue reading
