Archive for the ‘Essays’ Category

In the age of Google, who cares about the BBB?

November 17th, 2008

I just got off the phone with the Better Business Bureau. They called to ask if I wanted to become a member. I thought about it for a second and couldn’t think of a single reason I would want to. The guy might as well have been trying to sell me encyclopedias or typewriter ribbon. [...]

DRM is bad

October 6th, 2008

Spengler: There’s something very important I forgot to tell you. Venkman: What? Spengler: Don’t cross the streams. Venkman: Why? Spengler: It would be bad. Venkman: I’m fuzzy on the whole good/bad thing. What do you mean, “bad”? Spengler: Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body [...]