Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you are aware that Chik-fil-A has come under fire for their long-standing support (in the form of monetary donations) of anti-LGBTQ organizations. A few days ago, the Jim Henson Company posted a note on their Facebook page that read as follows: Continue reading
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In these modern times there are few things as important to political candidates as getting people to their websites. The (re)-election website is the hub for the candidate’s views, donations, campaign stops and email list subscription. Let’s look at the search results and HTML tuning that each site has. Continue reading
Today Comcast announced a doubling of network speeds for the same monthly fee in select markets. If you live in one of those markets here are the easy steps to make sure you activate and verify the faster speeds. Continue reading
As I was wandering around the web this past weekend, I stumbled upon a reaction to the events in Aurora, Colorado from a special guest on CNN, criminal profiler Pat Brown. Continue reading
Shell Oil has a meme generator. Instead of fundie mom and ceiling cat, this one has pictures of arctic landscapes and wildlife. Shell wanted people to create their own slogans for the pictures, and people could vote on them. The winner gets posted on billboards.
Oh, Shell. It’s sweet that you thought you could trust the Internet. It’s also really dumb. Really, really, really, really REALLY dumb.
Considering that more than half of all Americans are using social media in some form, though many of them badly (I’m looking at you, Rep. Dan Gordon) there’s clearly a temptation to say that companies should be doing all they can to reach out to customers using the various channels. At least, that’s the position of tech wonder-boy Josh James in his guest post on Forbes.com this week. Continue reading
Yesterday this writer was on Twitter when I saw a tweet from Rhode Island state legislator Dan Gordon (R-71) about the US House vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Admittedly, I was cranky, and after a day of reading bad economic news I felt a little fed up with the GOP’s continued bitching about the health care bill when Americans need some real leadership. I shot back a cranky response.
Politics, religion, same-sex marriage, breast feeding, health care. Sometimes it seems that there’s nothing Americans don’t vehemently fight about. But – just like you shouldn’t bring up your hatred of Chuck Norris around your NRA-loving uncle at Thanksgiving – it’s also not a great idea to walk into a party and loudly exclaim your love of cilantro. Continue reading
By now most of you are familiar with the internet dispute between TheOatmeal.com creator Matt Inman and FunnyJunk.com lawyer Charles Carreon. I won’t rehash the whole episode here, but you can find a good recap at Arstechnica.com. Last week Carreon dropped his defamation suit against Inman, but apparently his internet campaign is just beginning. Continue reading