From trotter to Twitter: A brief history of human (mis) communication

These days, we have access to the great pool of information known as the internet, which allows us to discover such life-changing information such as what Lily Allen had for her dinner. It was beans on toast, in case you’re wondering. It may surprise one to learn, however, that obtaining (admittedly questionable) worldly knowledge hasn’t always been as easy as pressing a few buttons.

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Wisdom via Video Game

After inheriting an x-box (what once was new now old school) along with a bunch of games, I have come to a new appreciation of video games. Now mind you, I have not owned a gaming system since the PlayStation 1 and before that, the now ancient Nintendo.

The first game I played was Halo 1; beat it. And then Halo 2; beat it. I enjoyed both of them very much with fulfilling excitement and satisfaction/gratification - wiping out seemingly insurmountable hoards of aliens and artificial intelligence for the accomplishment of meeting the next checkpoint.

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Final launch of the shuttle Endeavor delayed - as completely ineptly covered by CNN

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Commercials: the ‘real’ television?

China’s television regulator has ordered the removal of more than forty commercials it deems inappropriate, punishing advertisers found guilty of ‘misleading’ consumers, CRIEnglish reports. It’s the sort of story becoming ever prominent in the mainstream media, a scenario echoed in most countries to some extent.

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Of Sheen and Trump

The love of spectacle and the acceptance of negative publicity as better than no publicity is probably one of the signs on the end times if you happen to believe in such things. For those people who seem to still be shocked at the shenanigans that have made both these men get all that media attention in last few months (and there are a lot of you), I have to say that you are a bunch of gullible fools. 

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Completely Irrelevant.

Ed Miliband, leader of the Labour opposition party, has called for an independent review of newspaper practices and regulation, following the admission by News International that journalists did indeed hack into the voice mails of politicians and celebrities. 

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The World’s Day of Beckoning

A serious, almost, somber Beck consoled his audience and stand ups everywhere by announcing that he would not be leaving Fox all together. With that assurance not only is America’s future safe but the global comic community will rest easier knowing that a rich vein of satirical fodder remains tapped.

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