Category Archives: Technology

The Million Dollar Text Mesaging Plan

By Gib | Thursday, September 4, 2008

Do you think your texting plan sucks?
How about the stiff bill Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick just received for his text messages?
Mr. Kilpatrick’s troubles began in January when the Detroit Free Press published text messages between the mayor and his former chief of staff, Christine Beatty, that appeared to contradict their sworn testimony in a whistleblower trial [...]

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Gizmodo Blackberry Bold Review Great Insult to Donald Trump

By Gib |

I’m having a tough time getting over just how fantastic and under-the-radar this insult is to Trump and The BlackBerry Bold.
The faux-leather backing, however, is absolutely puzzling, like RIM tried to add a touch of class in the same way Donald Trump’s hairdo gives him a touch of handsome.
From: Blackberry Bold Review: BlackBerry Bold [...]

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Which 3G iPhone NOT to Get

By Gib | Thursday, July 31, 2008

Conflicting opinions on how the looks of the new 3G iPhones hold up after the jump.

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Andrew Sullivan Takes a Vote on Comments

By Gib | Monday, March 3, 2008

Über-blogger, author & tv commentator Andrew Sullivan asked his readers to vote for whether they would like comments or not. He advised his readers (I’m one) that they could vote more than once if they felt strongly:
“You can vote any number of times, so those who care strongly about this - pro and con [...]

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Mainstream Media Outlets, Mainstream Media Writers — but still blogs

By Gib | Saturday, November 10, 2007

Peter Tolan is writing a blog about the Writers Guild of America strike.
What’s fascinating for me about his being asked — and his writing the blog — is how blogging can be simply a platform for internet publishing… but it can also be about the singularity of voice.
Tolan’s blog feels like a blog in its [...]

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Wikipedia Scarily Up to Date for Bill Maher & Family Guy (extremely brief episodes (2007-10-29)

By Gib | Monday, October 29, 2007

 
Wikipedia — pop culture references updated as they happen

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Big Shots — ABC Publishes Pilot Script

By Gib | Thursday, October 25, 2007

ABC believes their viewers can read. And would like to read a pilot script.

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TV Still Loves Itself — Too Much (extremely brief episodes (2007-10-24)

By Gib | Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Image by Stefan via Flickr.
 
There’s something onanistic about watching someone on television watching television.

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What Were You doing on the Internet 20 Years Ago?

By Gib |

I was sending email, reading messages, writing an occasional message.I kid you not. I was on the internet as a kid.

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Do No Harm to My Pooch! (extremely brief episodes (2007-10-20)

By Gib | Saturday, October 20, 2007

 
Do No Harm!
Just because we’re not eating our dogs, doesn’t mean we want to put poison in them!

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