Category Archives: TL;DR

Meet the next, non-British Paul Carr in Alex Wilhelm’s column Too Long; Didn’t Read.

Hey Sarah, All The Media In The World Won’t Make You Smart

tl;dr Palin is bullshit, and she scares me with her power. | Also, this is mostly unedited. The title selection process for this post was just too much fun. After “Ralin’ Palin,” and others fell aside, I decided to make … Continue reading

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The iPad Literally Breaks Every Use Case I Had For It

tl;dr – the iPad is shit, and broke all the use-cases that I had in mind for the tablet the I will (eventually) buy. We have all seen the laundry list of faults with the device. It comes up short … Continue reading

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Why The New SUL Is A Massively Positive Change

It is hardly perfect, in fact some are calling it a mere baby step in the right direction, but the new Twitter SUL is going to make Twitter better. Much better. The old system was a fake kingmaker. Hordes of … Continue reading

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Google Should Name Names In China – Enough Beating Around The Bush

Who hacked Google? If you look around the news of the last few days, it’s becoming obvious that we all know who was behind the “sophisticated” attacks: China. China hacked Google That, to practice my some British understatement, is bad. And … Continue reading

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Tech Rumors – Why The People With Information Should Move To Quash

If you are familiar with the Christian animated series Veggie Tales, you may have seen their film “The Rumor Weed.” Back in my younger days, and my religious ones for that matter, the episode had quite the impact on me. … Continue reading

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Free Speech Online

How do you feel about free speech? Do you think that the right to offend, and to be offended is sacred? Any speech can be interpreted as offensive, and so I stand by all speech as equally valid. We all know the old … Continue reading

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I Hate Facebook Games – And So Can You

There is a saying, that the object that you detest the most is just the object that you are most wrong about. Like hell; Facebook games are satan, and I stand by that. Facebook is a damn fine application. I … Continue reading

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How To Pitch A Tech Blogger

Given how poorly this is usually done, I figured that a few notes would be in good form. I get several pitches a day via email, and can safely say that most are indeed either pre-obfuscated, or annoying. Let’s say … Continue reading

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