I saw something on the way to campus today that honestly made me question how some people survive as long as they do, while being as utterly stupid as they are. I was driving down Mt. Hope Rd., one of the main roads in my town, when I noticed a pickup truck with an SUV-style hardtop cover a few cars up. In the back pickup bed sat a medium-sized dog, looking confused and uncomfortable as he tried to maintain his balance sitting up. More
Just the fact that there’s been a term coined called “brogramming” is enough to make me wanna go back to school and become a dentist.
In Talent War, ‘Brogrammers’ Lose: CNN.com – Technology
Gina Trapani says the technology companies that promote a culture of frat house fun will lose out in attracting the smartest people
I’m pretty sure in order to prove defamation of character in court, you have to prove that you had character to begin with.
Ocean Marketing’s Christoforo Sues Former Client for Defamation of Character [Paul Christoforo]Kotaku
Paul Christoforo, best known as the man who set off an Internet firestorm after a spat with a customer went public last December, has filed a lawsuit against the company he worked for then. More »
I’m not a big fan of G4. I appreciate the effort they put into the programming, but in all honesty I’ve never been able to overlook the brazen pandering the network makes to the stereotypes of its audience. It bugs the hell out of me that G4 feels that in order to maintain its audience it needs to lower the bar, not raise it. What if ESPN had taken that approach to legitimizing sports broadcast journalism? Conversely, what if instead of putting so much emphasis on objectifying women and emulating l33t-speak on-air, G4 focused its creative efforts on real investigative journalism, and on lifting the veil off the secretive and enigmatic industry they’re supposedly covering?
Don’t get me wrong- I understand the need for ratings, and the need to fill programming slots with more than just Cops reruns and hard news segments. But there aren’t ANY real news segments on G4. At all. That’s a world of difference from a network like ESPN, which has struck a fine balance between news programming like SportsCenter and less serious content like SportsNation and Pardon the Interruption. That’s why ESPN isn’t just watched by sports fans- it’s respected by sports fans.
Maybe if G4 respected its audience more, it would stop trying to grab the low-hanging fruit and put more of its energy into actually winning the respect of the 18-34 year-old gamer audience it tries so hard to capture.
Kevin Pereira Also Out At G4 [Blip]Kotaku
Two weeks ago, we reported that Adam Sessler had parted ways with television network G4TV. Today, popular Attack of the Show host Kevin Pereira said he is also leaving the network. [G4TV] More »
Good on this mom for taking matters into her own hands when her son’s school failed to properly address the serious bullying problem her son was facing. Usually stories like this happen in the opposite direction- schools trying to compensate for a lack of parenting.
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Hey! I'm Mike, this is my blog. and my dream is to use my middling tech skills to make the world a better place (not in the techno-libertarian, "the world is a better place if I get mine" sense, but in the actual, "I want to help" sense).
