Further afield

Looking Around 04.03.04

Yipes! Only one new article this week. Sorry, kids. But I haven't been completely neglectful. Mini-rants on RIAA, Letterman, Disney, all excellent. And, lately, I've been commenting like a maniac on other sites.

Commenting Yonder 09.13.05

I don't always copy onebee when I post comments on another site, but in rare cases it's worth doing.

More Comments Out There 09.22.05

The Once and Future Tidball is whipping up more bloggy goodness for all of us to enjoy. In his discussion of the intersection between filmed entertainment and interactive stories (like video games), he sparked a bit of inspiration for an angry diatribe I've always meant to write about the dopey prognostications about the future of movies – the mini-rant version of which is in context on Jeff's site, or out of context below.

Further afield 04.27.06

It's exceedingly rare that I write anything for the Internet which isn't published at onebee, but it does happen sometimes. It's also rare for me to do a few minutes to a half hour of research about some news story that has made a blip on my admittedly rusty current events radar.

"Add 10% more design." 05.01.06

There's a ridiculous debate about whether "too much design" can sink a website. It's as preposterous as it sounds, and it's meaningless, but I jumped in because what else do I have to do on a Monday but fabricate reasons not to write about Survivor?

Shyamalan: A Ding-Dong 06.25.06

Andy's ripping into acclaimed director and self-proclaimed über-genius M. Night Shyamalan over at Words Are Fun. Night's gone goony with his own self-satisfaction and now he's got a book coming out about how he's a visionary genius and everyone else eats poop.

Downtime to Kill 08.02.06

Brandon, you've been curious about the state of DreamHost during the recent outages, so I refer you to this excellent summary/mea culpa over on their blog. I think it sums things up nicely and gives reason to be optimistic.

“Rotate that 75º around the vertical” 12.07.06

Nothing says "procrastinating on the Survivor column" like adding comments to random blog posts across the net.

Misdirected Outrage Dept. 12.25.06

Re: the Parents Television Council complaints about NBC's uncensored version of the SNL "Dick in a Box" video on its website. (Where's my Andy Samberg is Just Not Funny PAC?)

I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke 03.07.07

People who don't drink Coke are almost as bad as people who don't watch TV. (Of course, as in the TV case, I'm referring to the willful abstainers – those who think they have something over on the rest of us because they "never touch the stuff." People who medically must avoid soda are fine with me. Ditto for people who don't drink Coke specifically, but still enjoy a refreshing soda beverage – your Mountain Dew, your Sunkist, your various bizarro black cherry creme soda concoctions...)

Comments are the worst (except this one!) 04.04.07

Do you detest these "further afield" postings? You do, don't you? It's homework for you: "Look how brilliant my eloquent opinions are – but first do this reading so you know what I'm referring to."

Lynne Cheney on The Daily Show 10.12.07

I wanted to post about this after I watched it last night. I didn't get around to it at first, but then a post on my friend's Liberadio! blog got me started.

Bobby & June, Part I 07.11.11

In response to this excellent write-up of the Waiting for Guffman DVD features, linked by Brandon this week: