Next level web spying? Or technological serendipity?

You know, the current gov’ment spy level is unsettling as it is. It’s bad enough when you log into YouTube or Facebook and are suddenly greeted with a sidebar or interjected ads about that thing you were just Googling yesterday. It’s like the evil “delete browser history” workaround – which we all think we’re so smart when we do, until your matriarch wife hops on your laptop for some research.. Read More

Morphine-ated mozzarella: why you’re addicted to cheese

“The government’s trying to control my mind? With cheese?!” *Eyeroll.* I saw this comment on an anti-cheese post today. About five years ago, I’d have been right there with the best of these people, double fisting pitchforks – one to stab cheese slanderers with, and one to stab the nearest block of Gouda and eat it whole. Even when I finally quit cheese, it wasn’t for any of those anti-establishment.. Read More

Troll patrol: sharing bad opinions online could get you jailed soon.

Workaholics did a great episode not too long ago about a gamer troll antagonizing them. Being that it’s “Workaholics” we’re talking about, the hapless potheads all gathered together, impersonated a SWAT unit, and hunted down the house of the man who’d been shiz talking into his headphones at them. What they were going to do once they actually got there was about as planned out as any hash-brained idea would.. Read More

Resetting the net? Or reeling in the rest with a net?

So apparently, yesterday was “reset the net” day. The idea, I suppose, is to bring attention to the fact that we’re all living in modern Orwellian society. (Thanks!) And I guess we’re meant to download this thing online in order to block ‘em out like M.Knight.Shamalamadingdong’s tinfoil “Signs” hats. But as one internet commenter aptly put it, it might just be a trick – to get us to download more.. Read More