I posted this in a thread in the Sword and Laser Goodreads forums, but I was curious what WordPress people thought about it. Have you ever noticed that when you check the rating for a book on Goodreads, it will…
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Are 5 star rating systems useless?
Tagged with: Book Reviews, books, Goodreads, technology, writer, writers, writing
Posted in Blog, Things I know less about than I think
Posted in Blog, Things I know less about than I think
Expressing Yourself in the Age of Consumerism
With a computer in nearly every home in the industrialized world, instant access to a worldwide repository of visual images, and freely available software to manipulate those pictures, it was only a matter of time before people started making dumb…
Tagged with: Felicia Day, Folk art, Guild, humor, miscellaneous, opinion, photoshop, random nonsense, silliness, Wil Wheaton
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Posted in Blog, Things I know less about than I think
Putin vs. Poutine (or The Gentrification of Fast Food and the Third World War)
So, you can tell a lot about a person by the kind of cheese they eat. If you look in the average person’s fridge, you’re going to find some mozzarella and cheddar, maybe some swiss or parmesan. Perhaps you live…
Tagged with: comedy, fast food, geek, humor, lose weight now, miscellaneous, nerd, random nonsense, silliness, technology
Posted in Blog, Things I know less about than I think
Posted in Blog, Things I know less about than I think
Xboner Outrage (or Eat Your Virtual Vegetables)
Recently Xbox finally revealed their next generation gaming platform to a ranting chorus of dismay from gamers everywhere. First of all, it was less of a reveal and more of a tease. The presentation itself had the feel of corporate…
Tagged with: annoyed, complaining, entertainment, geek, Microsoft, nerd, Skype, snarkiness, whining, Xbox, Xbox One, YouTube, YouTube video
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Posted in Blog, Things I know less about than I think
Why you should read the comments
For everyone that has ever been online, at some point you have come across a remark that was hateful, obscene, or just downright bizarre. If you are one of the people who has ever posted something controversial, political, or religious,…
Tagged with: advice, common sense guide, Internet, Online Communities, self-help, trolls, WPLongform
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Posted in Blog, Things I know less about than I think
Truth in Words and Pictures (or The Circle of Academic Life)
Photos by Steve Jurvetson, Lynette S., Horia Varlan, research.gov, Carolyn Lagattuta, Trois Têtes, and Wikipedia CC-BY-2.0 Original idea gratuitously stolen from xkcd
Tagged with: DPchallenge, geek, humor, nerd, random nonsense, silliness, truth
Posted in Blog, Things I know less about than I think
Posted in Blog, Things I know less about than I think
I Know You’re My Friend But I Don’t Like You (or Adventures In Facebooking)
So, after avoiding it for many years, I finally caved and started a Facebook account. I’ve always been more of a Twitter guy. I like the brevity and simplicity of it. Facebook always seemed more like your parents’ social media.…
Tagged with: comedy, Facebook, humor, IPad, miscellaneous, Online Communities, random nonsense, Sally Field, satire, silliness, snarkiness, social media, Twitter, Walmart, Words With Friends
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Posted in Blog, Things I know less about than I think
One Sigma Certainty (or Don’t Be That Guy)
If you get it, it’s awesome. So, you’ve probably heard of the ninety-nine per cent and the one percent, but have you ever heard of the 68.2689492%. I didn’t think so. Now, before you run away screaming, thinking I’m going…
Tagged with: comedy, humor, humour, non-standard deviation, number nerd, random nonsense, silliness, snarkiness, truth
Posted in Blog, Just nerding out, Things I know less about than I think
Posted in Blog, Just nerding out, Things I know less about than I think
Verbatim Gibberish 