I have been extremely busy lately that I have been leaving this blog to rot somewhat, I thought I’d just post a random update about the latest in my life!
I shall return shortly.
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Interview with David McKendrick of Fused Network
I thought I would take a moment and duplicate the interview here on David & Goliath just in case the original goes missing. The original interview was done with a Fused Network client many moons ago.
The interview with myself was completed by Linux Tech Daily, you can read more below.
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Big Media: Big stink?
The Epoch Times: Group Says ‘Big Media’ Suppressing Free Speech
The group that brought the world Buy Nothing Day, TV Turnoff Week and World Carfree Day has taken on Big Media.
Adbusters Media Foundation, a global network of media rights and anti-consumerist activists, is suing CanWest Global, the CBC, the CRTC and the Canadian government over the right to air what it calls public service advertisements. At issue, says Adbusters, is the right of Canadian citizens to have a “reasonable opportunity . . . to be exposed to the expression of differing views on matters of public concern,” as stipulated in the Canadian Broadcasting Act.
“We want to air messages about some of the biggest issues of our time, including things like obesity, war, and media concentration, and some of our ads want to talk back against some very large corporations that we think are distorting our society,” says Vancouver-based Kalle Lasn, founder of Adbusters.
Personally, I think that it’s up to groups like Adbusters to setup their own ‘competitive’ media distributions. And they do, but if they want people to hear their messages they’re going to need to propagate them on their own. I think they do a wonderful job with their ‘Adbusters’ release that frequents magazine shelves — but instead of concentrating on buying big media ads they should really resort to the internet — Facebook would be their primetime locale.
Propaganda: The East in the West
The Media Channel (a site I just recently came upon) has a write-up submitted by The Epoch Times on Chinese ’spy’ & propaganda infiltration of the media here in Canada on a couple of different issues. It’s a very interesting article & a highly recommended read.
Montreal Newspaper: A Voice for the Chinese Regime
Quite frankly, I knew that propaganda was ripe for the picking but I did not realize the extent to which governments would go to get their information moving. If they’re that deadset on spreading misinformation about a religion - just how far would they go for something actually important. Scary, to say the least.
I’m dying!
Well, not quite. But I had to take some Buckley’s earlier today and that was nothing short of a near death experience.
That horrid, disgusting taste lingers in my mouth like vultures circling their already-dead prey.
On another note, I’ve pulled every important muscle in my neck, back & shoulders leaving me to wander around quietly at home like a cripple. I’ve yet to escape to warm, wondrous Florida but a’las, better late than never. For now, work. Or something similar to it shall proceed.
Here’s a few links for today:
Ron Paul
Coffee Drinks Illustrated
Obey
The Sky is Falling
I’ve got whiskers, yes I do. I’ve got whiskers and so do you!
Peace, britches.
What is love, anyways?
Before delving too deep, I’d just like to explain the premise for the topic. Earlier this week I was having a conversation with my father about relationships, marriage & all that jazz (Blues, most of the time).
I was attempting to grasp a few ideas from him regarding marriage primarily. How to choose, whom to choose & what makes a woman marriage worthy, anyways? Given that he’s been in a fairly solid marriage longer than I’ve existed, I thought he would be a prime target for information extraction….
An industry in search of a model: Success
Earlier this evening I was surveying Wordpress.com & came across this little gem regarding Napster, iTunes & the potential failure of Napsters model.
I couldn’t be more in objection to a number of the points….
Slow & Steady
Steady now… steady.
I’ve written up a so-called-blog post on Fused Network blog about the growth of the web hosting industry & where it stands today. While it isn’t as thorough as I would have liked it to be — I think I did a fairly decent job:
Slow & Steady: The fall of the web hosting industry
On another completely unrelated note, I suspect I’m all but abandoning this one in favor of a physical one. I’m engrossed by David Henry Thoreaus’ & thought I’d follow suit. It’s titled ‘The journey to God’ & I do hope I can breathe worthy excerpts into its’ pages.
Adieu, for now.
(I’ll pop back in to say hi once in awhile)
We would like to extend our sincerest lies — Alterna Savings
My bank had two weeks of trouble resulting in all of their members not being able to withdraw funds and even after their description of the issue being updated to resolved: No members were still able to withdraw from their own accounts!
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