Bring The Acoustic Noise

Here comes another of those goofy folky rap song covers I love so much. This time it’sPublic Enemy’s Bring the Noise,as performed by Brent Runyon. I know nothing about Mr. Runyon other than that he’s written a book about his life, specifically the time heattempted suicide by lighting himself on fire.How he went from that …

And It Gets Better

Either the story I linked to in my previous post about this wasn’t clear enough or I just flat out missed it, but apparently the anti-commercial skipping technology that Philips has developed would not only prevent you from fast forwarding the ads during programs you have recorded, but also keep you from channel surfing during …

How To Lose Friends And Influence People…To Want To Kick Your Ass

Philips creates anti-ad skipperI don’t have a TiVo or anything, but I still hate this idea. Hate hate hate it! It’s kind of like telling me that I can’t use my VCR (remember those?) to fast forward something. And I love the way they try to justify its creation by saying “don’t worry, we’re not …

Last Call For Last Call?

Here’s another story update for you. A few weeks ago I wrote about the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission’s brilliant plan to arrest people in bars because they’re drunk. Well, after almost 2000 arrests and seemingly a lot more public outcry, the program, which they ended up naming Operation Last Call, has been called off, hopefully …