by natecooper | Dec 19, 2008 | culture, internet, nate, technology
With the ease of posting provided by Tumblr it seems like everyone is tumbling now a-days. I’d venture a reason for their success- aside from ease of use- is how Tumblr is marketed. “I don’t blog. I have a Tumblr.” Though I have hundreds of...
by natecooper | Dec 16, 2008 | books, culture, digital media, internet, movies, nate, technology, television
Been doing a fair amount of offline reading so haven’t had as much to write about. Read Everything Bad Is Good for You and was pretty impressed. The book starts as almost a defense of video games as a complex medium, despite it’s being maligned at best as...
by natecooper | Dec 5, 2008 | cool, culture, digital media, googlereader, internet, nate
A couple days ago I installed Helvetireader a script for firefox that gives Google Reader a spiffed-up interface centered around a cleaner look. I hadn’t really even used it enough to weigh in my two cents on the subject when Google itself released an update to...
by natecooper | Dec 4, 2008 | cool, culture, humor, internet
Buzzfeed links to a new trend I have to admit the title is definitely more interesting than the execution … but oh what a concept…
by natecooper | Nov 28, 2008 | culture, humor, media, technology
YouTube – Loud n Clear Commercial Just saw this commercial on the T.V. during my riotous trip to California. This little Bluetooth headset-looking thing is basically a gigantic hearing aide. Hear the emcee yell at your Bingo! game.. creepily spy on your...
by natecooper | Nov 18, 2008 | culture, internet, politics, technology
This article by the New York Times was on Digg’s front page and by now must be common knowledge. The sacrifice of privacy our new president-elect must make will undoubtably be difficult especially since, as this article points out, Obama is as addicted to his...