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Begin Debate Now
The Beatles vs. Stevie Wonder.
I have no pick, there is no first place. Just thinking out loud, who had a better career, who is more top of line to you…. ?
What It Says About Us
Nailed it. Too much information just waving in the wind, waiting to be exploited over and over again. Screaming to be exploited, just for attention.
More Apps About Buildings & Food
Check out David Byrne’s fake iPhone apps, very cool. I actually found this link as live Talking Heads was streaming. We have converged.
… Tech Titans
Market speak for computer companies during my geek-life:
My first glance:
IBM = titans, Microsoft = nerds, Apple = hippies, Atari = artists
My High school years:
IBM = clumsy old titans, Microsoft = business nerds, Apple = misguided hippies … Read the rest
Creepy Commerce
OK I’ve been ranting about this possibility for about three years now, and this is actually the primary reason why I have avoided Facebook: Walmart just bought their way into your Facebook ‘timeline’ data. Yep, all of your life’s … Read the rest
Art & Commerce
If enough people stop paying for a product it will cease to be made on a sufficient enough scale to be a product. Sponsored content is paid for in-part by the sponsors, so if you watch your video and listen … Read the rest
Spring I Beckon You
It’s the dreary days of Winter here, where it’s either grey and cold or white and colder outside. Every couple of days, for an hour or two, the sun pokes through but it doesn’t excite much since everything outside is … Read the rest
Watch & Learn
New site feature! We now have our very own video galleries — look to the right. These will stick there like channels, and we will be adding them as we build them. Each one contains 3+ hours of pure WFNK … Read the rest
The Study of Astrofarts
In honor of my least favorite day of the year. Sorry ma, I had to do it.
Satellite Dish Ears
Cool article on Bernie Worrell making a home for himself.
This guy is the greatest, an amazing human and one of the finest musicians ever. A living legend who is an example for us all.
… Read the rest
Politics 101
Pulled from the headlines and translated by me:
President Obama: I want a new agency to protect US consumers against predatory lending and other financial exploitations. I ran on this idea, won, and will get to work setting up the … Read the rest
Password = 123456
The worst passwords of 2011. If you are on that list prepare to be hacked.… Read the rest
Watching Us Watching You
October 1972: Birth of the Packet Man
Packets, packets, got your packets here!
Going way back into the ‘what is the internet?’ file, here’s a great article about the actual first pitch and live demo of the internet (then called by it’s acronym ARPANET).
Yes, it did … Read the rest
Data Mining Your Past, Present, & Future
Lots of privacy-politics news lately: First off our good buddies at Facebook want even more information, and will happily put it on a timeline and sell it to the highest bidder for you.
If you find this a little … Read the rest
